International Education in Glasgow

ADES ConferenceFriday 23 November 2012

Les McLean QIO

Lesley Atkins Development Officer

Background to International Education

• History- 20 years of activity• Lord Provost’s International Office• International Education Office – 2.4 staff

• Purpose : ‘The IEO administers and develops the capacity of International Education across the Local Authority and is currently working in conjunction with a number of external partners including HMI, Education Scotland, the British Council and the University of Glasgow.’

International Education

Educating for a global education McMahon (2011)

International Educationin Glasgow schools

Some Facts

• 53 schools have established links with international partners

• Glasgow schools linked to 95 countries• Schools working within Global and EU Lifelong

Learning Programmes in partnership with British Council: Connecting Classrooms, Comenius school partnerships, in- service training Regio and eTwinning

International School Partnerships: Trinidad

• Scope: 12 Glasgow schools linked with 12 schools in St George East, Trinidad

• Original funding: British Council• Reciprocal visits 8 Glasgow teachers to Trinidad

February 2012; 10 Trinidadian teachers to Glasgow May 2013; 2 Glasgow teachers to TT October 2012

• Experiences and Outcomes linked to Glasgow’s Inclusive Legacy for Education 2014

Some outcomes to date

• International Professional

Development• Glasgow School of Sport:

Trinidadian school pupils’ scholarships

• St Pauls’s High: biology investigation with an international perspective – international education teaching and learning resource

International Education and CfELearning about biodiversity

• St Paul’s High: Investigation: What are the best conditions for a population of a species to survive in Scotland/ Trinidad. Could that species survive in their partner’s country? If so why and if not why not?

• I have collaborated with others to find and present information on how scientists from Scotland and beyond have contributed to innovative research and development SCN3 -20a

• St Thomas Aquinas Secondary are working on creating stories about ospreys- linking to biodiversity- whilst students in Trinidad are writing about ospreys there. Pupils are exchanging stores which will be brought to life through music and drama. Students in Glasgow and Trinidad will learn about the osprey in both environments.

• I can sample and identify living things from different habitats to compare their biodiversity and can suggest reasons for their distribution. SCN 3-01a

• St Bartholomew’s Primary: Classification using animals from Trinidad; learning about the habitats and environment of animals in Trinidad

• I can distinguish between living and non- living things. I can sort living things into groups and explain my decisions. SCN 1-01a

International Partnerships: Comenius Regio- Marseille

• Funding: British Council 2 years• Linked Local Authorities: Glasgow City Council/ Ville

de Marseille• Title ‘ Education for All’ ‘Education pour Tous’• Theme: enhancing second language support for

newly arrived bilingual young people to Glasgow and Marseille

• Marseille: formal twinned city with Glasgow – partnership capacity increased

Outcomes to date

• Professional study visits for EAL/ FAL teachers Glasgow/Marseille

• Transition model for P7 to S1 for newly arrived young people• eTwinning links increased between the two cities• Input to Glasgow EAL service from Comenius in-service training

providers: MIRACLE• 2 day post graduate module ‘ Education for Diversity’ Glasgow

University School of Education : 16 GCC teachers/ 2 Ville de Marseille teachers

• Partnership input to launch of new BCScotland publication ‘ Sustainable International School Partnerships’

www.efaglasgowregio.org.uk

Key Factors in developing International School Partnerships

• Imagination and a willingness to be different• Leadership• Developing International School Partnership experiences within

the Curriculum• Partnership working – British Council, Education Scotland, Local

Authority• Whole school approach – developing coherence by connecting

international partnership outcomes with learning experiences across the curriculum

• Supportive Global Citizenship team in schools• Accessing funding • International CPD

MLOL- Malawi Leaders of Learning

Background

• Executive Director's visit & subsequent vision• Teacher-to-teacher - it's about learning & teaching• Two-way learning• 2014 Legacy project• June/July 2012 - 10 Glasgow staff• October/November 2012 - 6 Blantyre staff visit

Glasgow

Year 1 Experiences

• "Malawi challenged me in so many ways, both personally and professionally. The impact this project has had on my values, views and attitudes is immeasurable"

• "A truly amazing and wholly unique and worthwhile experience, the impact of which runs deep and will last a lifetime"

• "An experience which enhanced my understanding and appreciation of the importance of high quality teaching and learning opportunities for all pupils, regardless of context or location"

The Future

• October 2012 - a further 9 Glasgow staff selected• March 2013 - Executive Director – further planning visit• June/July 2013 - 2nd Glasgow cohort to Blantyre• September 2013 - 15 MYLOLs to Blantyre

www.glasgoweducationMLOL.org.uk

Contacts and Publications

• ‘Developing Equality of Opportunity through Comenius’ International Education Office, Glasgow City Council (2011)

• ‘INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Educating for a global future’ McMahon (2011)

• ‘Sustainable International School Partnerships: Make the Difference’ British Council (2012)

• Contacts: International Education Office, GCC 01415820320 latkins@intoffice.ea.glasgow.sch.uk

• Education Services, Glasgow City Council 01412874724 les.mcLean@education.glasgow.gov.uk