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your Institution: Attract and Apply Sarah Mount, Business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
your Institution: Attract and Apply Sarah Mount, Business - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Erasmus Plus Funding for your Institution: Attract and Apply Sarah Mount, Business Development Director Hanna K Furre, Business Development Co-ordinator What is Erasmus Plus? Erasmus plus funding hopes to improve opportunities by
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Some facts
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- Total budget of €14.7 billion over 7 years
- Some 56 countries (EU & neighbouring countries) are eligible
to apply
- Grants available for 4 million people, 125,000 institutions
- 40 % increase in funding available under the previous
‘Lifelong Learning Programme’.
- What does this mean? 800,000 educators and youth workers
will acquire new teaching and learning methods abroad
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European Funding post 2014
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Main differences: Main differences:
- Institutional V personal applications
- Applications for whole training programme V single training
activity
- Development plan for increased competences (European
dimension) V individual CPD
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The Application Process
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A step-by-step Plan:
- Identify: training needed
- Research: formal application requirements
- Investigate: training opportunities available
- Plan: European Development Plan
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Example Application Form
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European Development Plan
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What is a European Development Plan?
- What is you wider goal? (Where are you now?)
- How are you going to reach this goal? (Where do you want to
get to)?
- Who do you need to help you reach this goal (How are you
going to get there?) When referring to your EDP - Be specific, use examples
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Main Activities
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How do the different parts of your project fit into your European Development Plan/School strategy? Example
- Goal – Increasing CLIL competencies
- 1. Job-shadowing at a partner school to increase knowledge
- 2. CLIL for secondary teachers TT course
- 3. Language improvement course for teachers
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Follow-up
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Dissemination Evaluation
Don’t underestimate the importance of this step!
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Keys to Sucess
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Feasibility and Impact Show links/relationships between: Needs and requirements; planned activities; expected outcomes AND long-term effects/dissemination International Dimension, Networking & Learning from Colleagues Why transnational mobility is key to the impact of the project
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SMART
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S Specific M Measurable A Achievable R Realistic T Timebound
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Success stories – Open-enrolment course
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M Rapisardi Paterno school, Sicily 1) Context:
- Setting up European network of Sicilian schools
- Offer language courses and CLIL
- Insufficient English level of teachers and management
2) Objective and participant profile
- Strengthen professional profile of management staff
- Train prospective CLIL staff
3) 2 week courses for all three groups
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NILE Experiences
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4) Methodology:
- Accredited schools,
- Project group,
- Europass
5) Results and Impact:
- Improving competences of management staff
- Implementing CLIL
- Promoting materials sharing through webpage and other channels
6) Long Term benefits:
- School as reference pint in the internationalisation process
- Using the school as a resource in non-school projects
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Success stories – Tailor-made course
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Instituto Comprehensivo Assissi Project: ‘Global Education 2020’ Identified the need for a course combining language improvement, CLIL and innovative uses of technology in the classroom.
- Needs analysis
- Programme negotiation/differentiation
- Learner outcomes
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Summary
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A step-by-step Plan:
- Identify: training needed
- Research: formal application requirements
- Investigate: training opportunities available
- Plan: European Development Plan – Does your project take
you from A to B?
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