1. - Getting Started

2. What is Comenius? “We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood” Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670) Comenius provides funding for:  School Partnerships  Professional Development  Language Learning  Travel  Hosting an Assistant to provide a cultural resource to your school

3. EU Liechtenstein Norway Iceland Participating Countries EFTA Associated Turkey possibly others (e.g. Western Balkans) AustriaGermanyNetherlands BelgiumGreecePoland BulgariaHungaryPortugal CyprusIrelandRomania Czech RepublicItalySlovakia DenmarkLatviaSlovenia EstoniaLithuania Spain FranceLuxembourg Sweden FinlandMaltaUK

4. Comenius Partnerships  Multi-lateral / Bi-lateral partnership projects  Curriculum/development/language focus – or elements of all three  Funding awarded depending on the number of mobilities (i.e the number of individuals travelling per project - staff/pupil travel to partners)  Next application deadline: February 2011 Funding options over 2 years:  Multilateral: small (4-7 mobilities) €9,000 limited (8-11 mobilities) €14,000  Multi/bilateral: average (12-23 mobilities) €17,000 large (24+ mobilities) €22,000

5. Comenius In-Service Training  Courses for all education staff  Excellent training opportunities  Opportunity for reflection on current practice  Networking and partner-finding opportunity  Language and non-language courses  Job shadowing

6. Comenius In-Service Training Deadlines: April 30 th - activities between September 1 st 2010 - December 31 st 2010 September 15 th - activities between January 1 st 2011 - April 30 th 2011 Funding: Up to 1 week - €2,000 Up to 2 weeks - €2,500 Up to 6 weeks - €3,000 Eligible Costs: Travel, Subsistence (fixed daily rate), Course Fees, Linguistic preparation

7. Examples of courses ‘ICT for Collaborative, Project-Based, Teaching and Learning’ 05/09/2010 - 11/09/2010 – Malta ‘Creating E-Learning Courses – Hands on tools and practical tips’ 13/09/2010 - 17/09/2010 – Berchules, Spain ‘Creating Audiovisual Material For Foreign Language Teaching ’ 08/10/2010 - 13/10/2010 – Aglantzia, Cyprus :

8. Contact Details Bill.burson@britishcouncil.org  Tel: 02920 924322 Or Comenius@britishcouncil.org www.britishcouncil.org/comenius