- getting started. what is comenius? “we are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood”...
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- Getting Started
What is Comenius?“We are all citizens of one world, we are all of
one blood”
Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670)
Comenius provides funding for: School Partnerships Professional Development Language Learning Travel Hosting an Assistant to provide a cultural
resource to your school
EU
LiechtensteinNorwayIceland
Participating Countries
EFTA
Associated Turkey possibly others (e.g. Western Balkans)
Austria Germany NetherlandsBelgium Greece PolandBulgaria Hungary PortugalCyprus Ireland RomaniaCzech Republic Italy SlovakiaDenmark Latvia SloveniaEstonia Lithuania SpainFrance Luxembourg SwedenFinland Malta UK
Comenius Partnerships Multi-lateral / Bi-lateral partnership projects Curriculum/development/language focus – or elements of all
three Funding awarded depending on the number of mobilities (i.e
the number of individuals travelling per project - staff/pupil travel to partners)
Next application deadline: February 2011
Funding options over 2 years:
Multilateral: small (4-7 mobilities) €9,000 limited (8-11 mobilities) €14,000
Multi/bilateral: average (12-23 mobilities) €17,000 large (24+ mobilities) €22,000
Comenius In-Service Training
Courses for all education staff
Excellent training opportunities
Opportunity for reflection on current practice
Networking and partner-finding opportunity
Language and non-language courses
Job shadowing
Comenius In-Service TrainingDeadlines:
April 30th - activities between September 1st 2010 - December 31st 2010
September 15th - activities between January 1st 2011 - April 30th 2011
Funding:
Up to 1 week - €2,000
Up to 2 weeks - €2,500
Up to 6 weeks - €3,000
Eligible Costs:
Travel, Subsistence (fixed daily rate), Course Fees, Linguistic preparation
Examples of courses
‘ICT for Collaborative, Project-Based, Teaching and Learning’
05/09/2010 - 11/09/2010 – Malta
‘Creating E-Learning Courses – Hands on tools and practical tips’
13/09/2010 - 17/09/2010 – Berchules, Spain
‘Creating Audiovisual Material For Foreign Language Teaching ’
08/10/2010 - 13/10/2010 – Aglantzia , Cyprus
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