British Council Schools Online (BCSO)

Day 01 TimeActivity Welcome and introduction, aims and objectives of the workshop Introduction of the BCSO programme (Partnerships, CPD & Leadership) International School Awards Tea break International School Awards Lunch Break Registration on BCSO portal and Facebook Learning online on Connecting Classrooms (Online Course) Conclusion and Working Tea

British Council The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We build trust and understanding between people worldwide by enabling them to share ideas and knowledge. We call this cultural relations. We do this through work in Education and Society, English and the Arts.

British Council Schools Programme Schools is a global education programme, which offers funding and resources for school partnerships, professional development for teachers and head teachers, and the opportunity to share best practice with colleagues in the UK and more than 180 countries around the world.

British Council School Programme School Partnerships Professional development for School Head Teachers Professional development for School Teachers International School Awards (ISA) Health and Physical Education Curriculum Student Council & Social Action projects 100 Words Competition

School Partnerships Funded Partnerships: The British Council offers funding of £1,500 for partnerships between schools in the UK and Pakistan. Online Partnerships: The partnership offers young people the chance to collaborate directly with their international peers, bringing challenging global issues to life and creating meaningful cross-cultural relationships.

Professional development for Head Teachers We aim to support schools across Pakistan and overseas in strengthening their leaders’ skills and curriculum’s focus on the international dimension and global citizenship. The School Leadership Programme not only offers professional development to school leaders, but also equips them to strengthen the curriculum in their own school integrating an international dimension with a focus on education for global citizenship The programme consists of 21 modules. The modules are delivered in a span of one year, five modules after every three months in four different sessions. 7

More than 1700 school leaders trained in Well over three quarters of participants believed that Connecting Classrooms has had a positive impact on leadership and management in their schools and colleges. 8

Menu of modules to pick and choose (1) Developing a vision and culture for your school Creating and communicating a vision Building a great culture Leading on teaching and learning Leading effective teaching and learning Planning, monitoring, evaluating and reviewing, and self-evaluation Building teams and developing staff Building teams The power of coaching Developing staff and distributed leadership Understanding staff motivation 9 The Modules

Menu of modules to pick and choose (3) Developing excellent personal leadership Leading and managing, and leadership styles Leadership and time management Leading through change Managing change Goal setting for success Leading on student development Pupil voice Leading on happiness and well-being in schools Student leadership Leading on effective behaviour management 10 The Modules…

Menu of modules to pick and choose (5) Leadership in a global context The benefits of the international dimension The International Leader Analysis in detail The International Teacher Analysis in detail Reaching out the community Community engagement Inclusive education Developing inclusive schools and classrooms 11 The Modules…

Professional development for Teachers Both our online courses and face to face workshops provide an ideal opportunity for teachers to share experiences, increase knowledge, discover new ways of doing things and inspire one another. The courses support schools to embed global citizenship and international learning in the classroom, and help develop ICT and English skills.online coursesface to face workshops 12

Professional development for Teachers Online Courses: The Connecting Classrooms Professional Learning site provides seven free online courses for teachers in global citizenship, ICT and English for international exchange. Courses help teachers develop their own knowledge and skills and are packed with classroom resources that can be used with students and shared with fellow teachers and partner schools. 13

Online Courses Available Connecting Classrooms Professional Learning - learning.britishcouncil.org/ learning.britishcouncil.org/ 1.International learning – get started - for teachers new to international working and partnerships 2.Education for global citizenship - explore how to enhance global citizenship in the classroom. 3.Inter-cultural and global awareness – examine cultural and global contexts to support collaborative working with schools in different parts of the world 4.Sustainable partnerships – for schools involved in long-term school partnerships. 5.English language for international exchange – for teachers with limited English to improve English language skills to communicate with teachers in the UK and around the word. 6.Learning online with Connecting Classrooms – this short interactive course is the best place to start if you are new to learning online with Connecting Classrooms 7.ICT for International Exchange - for teachers to improve their ICT skills 14

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Professional Development for Teachers Face to Face Workshops: These Continuous Professional Development (CPD) workshops complement the online courses, are delivered by expert trainers, and provide a fantastic opportunity to meet and learn with fellow teachers in local areas. We also offer other workshops such as British Council Schools Online and International School Awards Orientation sessions, Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) workshops, Student Council and Social Action Workshops.

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British Council School Online Portal schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/registration British Council Schools Online (Pakistan) Connecting Classrooms Professional Development Site connectingclassrooms-learning.britishcouncil.org Registrations

Schools register with us to link up with other schools worldwide for fun, friendship and shared learning. British Council Schools Online (BCSO) Portal BCSO is a web community with a variety of online tools designed to help enable teachers to network with one another, seek and share advice, access professional development resources and join or form partnerships with schools to work together on international projects.

Adding New Users Each school should be registered only once Once the school is registered, the details of that particular school will be stored in the database Another teacher from the same school can be added without having to fill the school details again

Template Projects There are free 20+ projects available on the portal for schools to download and adapt or use straight away. Culture in a Box, Fiesta and The games we play are the three most popular project templates Registered schools have the opportunity to carry out these projects in one of our project spaces.

Partner Finding Schools registered on the British Council Schools Online portal automatically have access to the School Search, which features over 40,000 schools in 184 countries and can help them find the perfect school partner. There are two ways of Partner Finding: 1. Select a Template Project and then find a partner 2. Find a partner and then select a Template Project

Project Space A project space is a virtual place where the schools discuss and plan projects as well as upload documents and multimedia files. The project space is secure and only accessible to members. Both partners are required to submit project space request forms in order to confirm that they have both agreed to work together on a specific project and that they have a fixed timeline for completion of work.

Reporting After completion of an online project, one of the partner school needs to inform the BCSO team that the project has been completed and the Project Space could be closed. They also need to fill and submit a local Reporting form to the Pakistan Schools team in their region. The schools may get up to 4 certificates for students, 2 for teachers and 1 for school on successful completion of an online project and submission of the project report.

Throughout the International Learning – get started course you will explore a range of ways of working with schools in other parts of the world and of developing international learning and global citizenship in your curriculum. Please note that it only takes an hour to complete and you will also receive a Certificate on completion of the course. Online Course

Learning Online with Connecting Classrooms is a short online course which will enable you to develop an understanding of how the online learning experience works. Please note that it only takes 30 minutes to complete and you will also receive a Certificate on completion of the course. Online Course

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