ERASMUS+ 2014-2020 and the In Service Training Courses Dear Educators, Greetings from Finland. Once again the Erasmus+ call is online for the next round. Please go to the EU website for more information: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/index_en.htm If you want to apply an Erasmus+ grant to your school, please pay attention to the following : 1) The school staff should communicate about the needs of the school: in particular the pupils needs and the staff needs. The following questions could be discussed: a) What are the basic problems we face in the school life? -> What are the needs that arise from this discussion? b) Why do we need training or another action abroad? Is it possible to have the training in local or national level instead? 2) The main aim of the Erasmus+ is to make schools INTERNATIONAL. In the Internationalization Plan, which the headmaster signs and sends to the National Agency, you don’t have to mention in which training the teachers want to participate. But it is necessary to mention the country of the training, job shadowing or seminar, because then the NA can estimate the travel and subsistence costs. Also you need to say how many days the mobility takes. 3) Please pay attention to the quality of the application: indicate clearly the result of the needs analyses, the European dimension plan and the plan to disseminate the learned outcomes in the entire school level and its environment. 4) Also consider carefully to implement the eTwinning in your internationalization plan, and also use the EUROPASS tool to gather the experiences and knowledge during the process. These two tools are good to mention in your application. The deadline for the second round school application is on 4.3.2015. European Bridges Consultancy (EBC) Courses July 2015 - December 2017 The course descriptions can be found from the EBC website http://europeanbridges.com and www.courses.europeanbridges.com European Bridges Consulting, http://europeanbridges.com Tel +358-50-3827997, ulla.salomaki@europeanbridges.eu PIC code 944175400 2015 Italy, 22-28.2.2015, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Portugal, 12.-18.4.2015, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments. Ireland, 26.7.-1.8.2015, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Italy, 23.-29.8.2015, Relationship and Sexual Education Croatia, 4-10.10.2015, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Italy, 15-21.11.2015, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom 2016 Italy, 19.-25.2.2016, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Portugal, 24.4.-1.5.2016, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Portugal, 10.-16.7.2016 Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Ireland, 24.-30.7.2016, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Italy, 28.8.-3.9.2016, Relationship and Sexual Education Portugal, 16.-22.10.2016, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Italy, 20-26.11.2016, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom 2017 Italy, 19.-25.2.2017, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Portugal, 23.-29.4.2017, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Portugal, 16.-22.7.2017, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Ireland, 23.-31.7.2017, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom Italy, 27.8.-2.9.2017, Relationship and Sexual Education European Bridges Consulting, http://europeanbridges.com Tel +358-50-3827997, ulla.salomaki@europeanbridges.eu PIC code 944175400 Portugal 15.-21.10.2017, Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments Italy, 19.-25.11.2017, Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom I hope you find this information useful and that you could spread this letter around your school and country. Most of all it would be wonderful to meet you and your colleagues. If you have anything to ask, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Helsinki, Finland 7.11.2014 Ulla Salomäki European Bridges Consulting, http://europeanbridges.com Tel +358-50-3827997, ulla.salomaki@europeanbridges.eu PIC code 944175400