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British Council Schools Online


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www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline


What is British Council Schools Online?

• A Partner finding service

•The International School Award

• Online Forums

• Project Spaces

• Signposting for Professional development and other resources

British Council Schools online is your one stop shop for a number of key schools resources. We offer:


Schools Online Schools Projects

focus on curriculum based learning and offer a structured approach for schools to work more closely together on collaborative projects with schools around the world. The project templates combine classroom work with online discussions in a structured format. Moreover, this also allows students to move into deeper discussions and share their learning through making presentations or displaying artwork, as well as peer evaluation of their work.

Collaborative curriculum projectsCCPs are embedded into the curriculum

and are carried out in collaboration with a number of different schools.

Projects can involve a range of subject disciplines and can support the Council’s work in other areas such as climate change and the arts

Collaborative curriculum projectsCCps give students access to another culture and language and the direct experience of working with those in other countries

Educators are able to benchmark themselves against world class standards to ensure the best possible outcomes for their young people.


A Partner Finding Service

• can help you partner up with a school in a different country and share learning activities

• Search for a partner schools by key criteria such as country and type

• Link to a partner school, develop your partnership, find or plan projects and work together

• Use the project spaces to share and inspire the partnership

• You can also find lots to inform your work, from quick 10 minute activities to advice on how to build an international dimension to your school’s activities


Template projectsWe currently have 21 projects and template projects which have been designed to fit into the development of a global dimension in teaching. They will also appeal to the interests of your students.

Template projects can be found in http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/templateprojects


Example of successful project spaces

Group 1: http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/cultureinabox2

Group 2: http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/travelguides1

Group 3: http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/dos-and-donts-1

Group 4: http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/greenschools1

Group 5: http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/a-day-in-life-18


E- newsletters

• Our monthly e-newsletter will

highlight project activities that may be

of interest to you

• Our alerts will email you specific

information that may be relevant to

you, e.g. opportunity for new

partnerships, info on competitions,

funding for partnerships abroad, etc


How to register to Schools Online website

A few important things;

1. Registration is based on schools, therefore if your school has already

registered with us, there is no need to go through all procedures

again.

2. After completing the registration fields, you are required to submit

verification letter. The letter will verify your existence as teacher

working in a school, this is for the security of website.


School Verification LetterYour school verification letter should contain;

1. Message from your head teacher/ principal or school management team stating that you are qualified teacher working for the xxx school.

2. The message should be printed/ written in the school headed paper. If you do not have a school headed paper, please have the school stamp on the document or specify school address.

3. Signed/ scanned signature from your head teacher/ principal or school management team with accompanied date.


School Verification Letter


How to register to Schools Online website

To register to Schools Online website, please watch the following easy step guide video carefully.


School Search


Introducing School Search

School search is a useful tool brought to Schools Online to help teachers to search for school partners using the result of their searched criterion. It allows you to contact schools coordinator directly and enable you to get partners for your collaboration quickly.



Click on the region in the map to search for schools in the region.

Or choose your country in the drop down list.



Tick the box to choose the country where you would like

to search for schools.

If you don’t see the country in the list above, then you may find it here, and tick the box.

Tick the box to select the students’ level.

Choose your preferred school type.

Click “Show me” to display search result.



You may select more details here which will help narrowing your search.



The search result will appear as in the image on the left. To contact the school which is of your interests, please click “Read more or contact this school” (Where arrow is indicated)



For secure access to contact school, you will be asked to log in again, please log in with your username and password, the same as you use in accessing Schools Online website.



This is how the more detailed search result will look like, you may click on email address to contact the school. Good luck!


A Good School Message

Group task

Within your group, discuss on what makes a good school message, you may think that what kind of message will attract you most if you are the person looking for partners. Write your outcomes on flipchart papers

Then work together to compose a school message as a group and write it on your flipchart papers.


What makes a good school messageYour school message should…

- Be clear and straightforward.

- Mention any special aspect of the school.

- Add some description to help paint a picture.


Example of a good school message

Our school has a total of 211 girls and boys aged between 4 and 11 years old.

It is a Catholic school which aims to enhance and develop the lives of our

staff and pupils in a truly Christian environment. We aim to provide a way of

life, which will develop the spiritual, intellectual, emotional and creative potential

of our children and give them the confidence to live happily in today's world. All

children in our school are taught French and some of the older children attend

a German Lunchtime Club. We are actively seeking to forge international

partnerships to give our children a broader cultural understanding and

appreciation of people in other communities and countries. We are willing to

consider any type of project you have to offer ... Please contact us with your

ideas ... We would love to twin for the Olympics and are interested in working

on the history of sport, culture, traditions, geography, etc, in the different

countries.


Schools Online user navigation

Main page news

Global resources


Online Forums


Online Forums and Project Spaces

Schools online hosts online forums and project spaces so you can collaborate and connect with other schools. Through these you can:

• Talk to other teachers and share your experiences

• Build project spaces for your and your partner country to share and work from during your partnership

•All resources are free


Introducing Schools Online Forums

Say Hello: This is the forum where you can introduce yourself with your partners from all over the world. It is the gateway to open your opportunity for your international collaboration.



Start Connecting: This is a place for you to connect with your partners, if you have some new ideas about the projects and would like to share them to other teachers or would like someone to take part in. This is a place for you.

Project ideas: Project ideas forum links to our 21 available template projects. Teachers may post messages introducing their schools, brief project plan, proposed timeframe to attract potential partners to work with them. A great place to look for partners for your collaboration.



Curriculum resources: This is a place where you can find various resources which will be useful for classrooms learning. There have been divided into several subject areas. Teachers are encouraged to share some resources as well. Curriculum resources will be updated on a fortnightly basis.

Help: Need help on using the forum or the website? Please post your message within this forum. Please ensure that you provide sufficient information in order to allow us to investigate the problem. We have the facilitator who looks after the forum and he/she will respond to your query within 2 working days.


A good partners finding message

Group taskGroup task

If you are looking for partners for your collaboration in the forum, it is important that you have clear and attractive message for your potential partners.

Discuss in your group , what makes a good partner finding massage and write partner finding massage in flip chart.


Example of a good partner finding message

I am Susan Thomas, from The Banyan Tree School, New Delhi, India. We have 1700 students aged between 4-18 years. Our school is a co-education school situated in New Delhi. .We are looking for partners to work on the following time bound projects:Green SchoolIndigenous Games

We would like to start the projects around January and would like the projects to last two weeks. We don't mind where the partner school is based . If you are interested or need more information, please reply to my post. I look forward to hearing from you soon!


Training and resources

Continued Professional Development

-Teacher Training-Self Access Courses-Workshops -ETC

Professional Development

-International Learning-Education for Citizenship-Global Awareness-Sustainable Partnership



Global Learning Resources: Features with exciting learning activities that link to various subject areas, it is ideal activities that teachers can adapt it to suit classrooms learning also integrating into schools curriculum.



1. Curriculum resources forum

2. Template projects

3. English Language Resources

4. Global Learning Resources

Thanks

Raiya Al Abri Project Coordinator

[email protected]


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