2. British Council London School Partnerships Coordinator John Rolfe
Introductions
Fariha Tahanin
British Council London
School Partnerships Coordinator
John Rolfe
Marketing and Communications Manager
Nice to
meet you!

3. Connecting Classrooms: a quick recap 3 strands
School Partnerships
Professional Development
International School Award

4. Q: What experience do you or your school have in international links
Q: What experience do you or your school have in international links? Use the highlighter tool to mark where you are:
1. Complete beginner
2. I’ve not done it, but my school has
3. Some past experience
4. A lot of past experience

6. School Partnerships
Find a partner through British Council Schools Online using the .
Have you registered on Schools Online?
Upload your profile
Search for a school
Make contact
Be persistent!
Free resources for partnership projects.
An easy-to-follow framework for building and developing your partnership.

8. Partnership funding – Who can apply?
Partnership composition:
Bilateral: 1-1
Bilateral Cluster: 3-3
Trilateral (SSA only): 1-1-1
Trilateral Cluster (SSA only) 3-3-3
1 x Ghana
Trilateral example:
1 x UK
1 x Ethiopia

9. Grant: £1500 per school Travel
If leftover funds: communications, project materials etc.

10. Assessment criteria - key objectives
Increasing Global Citizenship
Enriching Education
Building an Equitable and Sustainable Partnership

11. Equal INPUTS ( = efforts) from all partners
e.g. completing the application together!!
Equal BENEFITS for everyone
( = mutual learning from each other)

12. Partnership journey

13. Partnership Progression Framework

15. Professional Development
Free online and face-to-face courses.
Launched in 2013
Introductory Courses and Intermediate Courses
Online topics include: international learning – get started; Education for global citizenship; Inter-cultural and global awareness; Sustainable partnerships.
English and ICT courses
Face to face courses – Autumn term
Register asap !

16. Follow Up 1. E-mail: schools@britishcouncil.org
2. Telephone: