European Teacher Professional Development for Science Education in a Web-based Environemnt (EuSTD-web) (Project nº CP PT- COMENIUS-C21) 4th Meeting – Varna (Bulgaria) 23 rd to 25 th June 08 Plovdiv University

Agenda Day 1 (23 rd June08/ h ???) DAY 2 (24 th June08/ h ) Informal discussions between the Working Sessions

Day 1/Morning (23 rd June08 / h) Welcoming and Introductory remarks Information (Audit of System Project, Progress Report, Monitoring of the Project from Brussels, …) Short presentation about a) the University of Plovdiv and (b) the Educational System and the Teacher Training System in Bulgaria Progress report by each partner institution …

Day 1/Morning (23 rd June08 /13.00h-14.00h) If progress reports are OK… If not…

Day 1/Afternoon (23 rd June08 / h??) Presentation of the Piloting of the “Assessment” Module at the University of Aveiro Presentation of the work to be done at level III Discussion about “What is a Good Practice” Discussion about the structure of the Book

Day 2/Morning (24 th June08 / h) Planning the Future Work Discussion of the Dissemination of the Project

Day 2/Afternoon (24 th June08 / h) Preparation of the next General Meeting Other Issues Evaluation of the Meeting

Informations Audit System 21st APRIL 2008 TO 24th APRIL 2008 AUDITOR’S REPORT ON THE DG EDUCATION & CULTURE SOCRATES PROGRAMME – COMENIUS ACTION TRAINING OF SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL STAFF (Draft) … FINANCIAL AUDIT FINDINGS Ex.Subcontracting, Consultancy and other external services Expenses not supported by invoices or other primary evidence (14.546,33) MANAGEMENT AUDIT FINDINGS Ex. Timesheets not provided by some partners …

Informations Audit System (cont.) Luisa Fernades is contacting each partner… please reply to her asp Conclusion… so far “Except for the Financial Audit Findings that we have issued for a total of € ,33, expenditure claimed by UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO of € ,00, properly reflects the eligible expenditure of the Project for the period, which was incurred by the Contractor in accordance with the contractual rules and obligations.”

Informations Brussels Evaluation of EuSTD_web Progress Report (sent in Dec07)

Informations Brussels Evaluation of EuSTD_web Progress Report Already sent…

Informations Brussels Evaluation of EuSTD_web Progress Report Dear Partners, As you know, the total expenses declared in the first progress report of the EuSTD-web project didn't achieve the 70% of the first pre-financing and so we weren't in conditions to receive a second payment. In order to verify if now we can request for the second payment, please send me an with your total expenses until now, by cost category, as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation. Have a nice weekend! Kind regards, Luísa Fernandes "Luisa Fernandes" Subject: EuSTD-web Date: Fri, 20 Jun :46: To:,, "Jari Lavonen", "Ani Epitropova",,, Miia Rannikmäe,,,, "Claes Malmberg",, Cc: "Nilza Maria Vilhena Nunes da Costa", "Niall Power"

Informations Brussels Evaluation of EuSTD_web Progress Report Please do send your reply, asp, either by mail or by post to… Luísa Fernandes Universidade de Aveiro Serviços Financeiros e Património Gabinete de Apoio a Projectos Edifício da Reitoria Campus Universitário Santiago Aveiro Portugal

Informations Monitoring Visit from Brussels… Mail sent on 23 th May 08 Dear Mrs Costa, We may be interested in visiting your project, in the framework of a number of project monitoring visits we envisage to carry out over the next couple of months (September-December). Therefore, we would like to ask you whether you have any planned project activity (e.g. meeting, conference, etc.) during this period, and if yes, could you inform us about the dates and place? You will receive an official notification, should your project definitely be selected for such a visit. Best regards, Beata Znoj ******************************** Beata Znoj Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency Unit P1 - Comenius Office: BOUR 2/49 Avenue du Bourget 1 B-1140 Brussels

Informations Monitoring Visit from Brussels… Mail sent on 06 th June 08 … Please let me know the dates of the general meeting in Helsinki as soon as possible. Having that would allow us to take the final decision about possibility of visiting your project. Best regards, Beata Znoj Beata Znoj Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency Unit P1 - Comenius Office: BOUR 2/49 Avenue du Bourget 1 B-1140 Brussels

Good Practices… Main outputs of the project … E-portfolios of good practice in science teaching at the primary/junior secondary level, developed by the teachers in cooperation with their trainers; The contributions of each partner … presenting at least 3 e-portfolios, developed by the teachers, relating the training experiences which took placed during the implementation of the programme as well as good practices of science teaching at primary/junior secondary level. These portfolios will be written in the national language of each partner institution

Good Practices… Master Thesis in Supervision: Fernanda Pereira (Physics and Chemstry Teacher of Basic Education -pupils from years old) Main Goal: To reflect about supervision/tutoring practices developed in the context of EuSTD-web Main Aims: -To understand how supervision/tutoring practices are being developed in the context of the Project - To identify and characterize good practices of supervision/tutoring -… -

Good Practices… Master Thesis in Supervision: Fernanda Pereira (Physics and Chemstry Teacher of Basic Education -pupils from years old) Methodological approach -To interview, by , Supervisores/Tutors of the Project - to carry out documental analysis concerning the implementation of the modules (namely in the area of Physics and Chemistry) in order to characterize good practices Fernanda is going to contact YOU… please do colaborate with her… this will help her project BUT also EuSTD_web

Book… A book containing. guidelines for teacher education, emphasizing the value of life-long learning (that is the importance of continuous development) and its role for the promotion of scientific literacy. These guidelines will be illustrated by concrete examples experienced during the implementation of the programme for teacher education.. the potentialities of collaboration between teachers of different European countries …. Main outputs of the project …