Tower Junior School Meeting

1. Erasmus+
Don’t miss out

2. UK’s young people and teachers to benefit from 1 billion
Euros for education and training

3. Research findings give a clear indication about the
importance of CPD
• CPD should be extended over time with adequate time for
preparation, follow up and reflection
• It should include team work, collaboration and active
learning
• Specific content and strategies should be linked to school
development and actual classroom reality
What Research tells us

4. • 1 billion Euros to be allocated over 7 years
• Helping young people gain crucial international skills
through Erasmus+
• This programme will support education, training, youth
and sport
• Share best practice and boost skills through the
development of partnerships, international collaborative
working and exciting projects.
Erasmus+ - the facts

5. Key Action 1 –What does it offer?
• Enhance your school development through European
mobility projects
• CPD for teachers with benefits for learners
• Opportunities for professional development in Europe
We support school
applications for
Erasmus+ funding

6. A statutory requirement
• A strategic view of plans for European activities
• Include: current status, vision for future, identified needs,
how planned activities will address needs
• Impact on quality of teaching and learning as well as
integration into the school’s strategic development
European Development
plan - Important

7. • Introduction of the European dimension or awareness
• Broadening the provision of language teaching – staff
competence or other year groups
• Making links with schools in Europe to motivate students
and give real purpose to learning
• To facilitate cross curricular learning by encouraging staff
from different areas to work together through the
European dimension.
Examples of what this
could include

8. • Specific courses or providers do not need to be specified
in the application
• Choose which country will provide the course, themes
and aims
• Job shadowing with a partner school
• If the project involves only courses there will be no
project partners
Training Courses for Staff

9. • Improving the attainment of young people
• Improving the attainment of young people with low basic
skills in Maths, Science and Literacy
• Developing high quality and accessible Early Childhood
Education and Care Services
• Revising and strengthening the professional profile of the
teaching profession.
Priorities

10. Broken down into five sections
• Travel- set rates for distance bands [€180-1100]
• Individual support – subsistence [€100-160 per day]
• Organisational Support – flat rate to support activity
[€350 per person]
• Course fees – 70 Euros per day - Max 700 Euros per
activity
• Special Needs Support – case by case basis
Budget

11. Thinking about your Global/European Development
Activity
Plan

12. Priorities

13. • Open to Higher Education, Vocational Education and
Training, schools, adult education and youth
• Funding for development, transfer and/or implementation
of innovative practices (including mobility for staff and
pupils in schools)
• Partnership size and type flexible i.e. cross sectorial
approach
Key Action 2 - Strategic
Partnerships

14. • Minimum of two partners from two countries (for schools
only or LA only strategic partnerships) otherwise
minimum of three
• •Partnerships will last 2 or 3 years
• •Next application deadline January 2015
Key Action 2 - Strategic
Partnerships

15. • Is your EDP of good quality?
• Has there been appropriate planning and thought given to
practical issues e.g. flights etc.
• Is the activity plan realistic and comprehensive?
• Are there plans in place for evaluation?
Things to Remember
Project Design and
Implementation

16. • What is the impact on the learners and what will the
impact be in the short and long term?
• Are the results of the project incorporated into the
curriculum or into management procedures?
• Have you planned for the transfer of competences?
Things to Remember
Impact and
Dissemination

17. • Two visits one of which could include a twilight workshop for
staff
• Support with the quality of your European Development Plan
and application form and application process
• A Support Pack for reference and advice including examples
of successful applications and clear guidelines for
implementation, how the points are awarded and what the
assessor is looking for.
• Distance support for all aspects of the process
What We Offer To Your
School

18. • The application process
• Forms
• Deadlines
• Guide to the programme
• Links to the European Commission Authentication
Service
• Personal Identification Code
• And everything to do with Erasmus+
We can guide you
through……….

19. Through a successful Erasmus+ application
Transform Your School