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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?

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Erasmus plus funding hopes to improve opportunities by

‘…providing support for schools and training organisations, so

that they are able to address new phenomena such as the

internationalisation of education and the growing use of digital

learning, and create flexible learning pathways in line with

learners needs and objectives’.’

Erasmus + Programme Guide 2015

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

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

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

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

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

Follow-up

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Dissemination

Evaluation

Don’t underestimate the importance of this step!

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

SMART

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S Specific

M Measurable

A Achievable

R Realistic

T Timebound

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

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

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?

You have been watching…

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Please feel free to contact us with any further questions.

sarah@nile-elt.com

hanna@nile-elt.com