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2. WELCOME! Aims of this session:
To introduce you to Connecting Classrooms and all of its three strands:
- School Partnerships
- Continuing Professional Development
- International School Award
Moderator
[At 4:00 begin]
Welcome everyone to the webinar – “This is the British Council’s grant preparation webinar and over the next hour we are going to give you an introduction to, and advice on, preparing your Connecting Classrooms online grant application.”
The aim is to explore the assessment criteria for a successful application
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3. Connecting Classrooms
Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme for schools. It is designed to help young people learn about global issues and become responsible global citizens.
It aims to provide the skills they need for work in a global economy. It offers school partnerships; professional development courses for teachers; school accreditation; and generally, the chance to share & exchange best practice with international counterparts.
Presenter
Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme for schools. It is designed to help young people learn about global issues and become responsible global citizens. It aims to provide the skills they need for work in a global economy. It offers school partnerships; professional development courses for teachers; school accreditation; and generally, the chance to share & exchange best practice with international counterparts.
The Schools Online website offers information in further details. The link will be provided in the follow up .

4. School Partnerships Increasing Global Citizenship Enriching Education
Building an Equitable and Sustainable Partnership
Applications are assessed for quality against progression within criteria based on these THREE KEY OBJECTIVES. The online application form has a part dedicated to each one of these.
We will now take a closer look at each of these 3 objectives [[ Read the 3 key objectives ]]

5. Eligible countries South Asia
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen*
Americas
Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
United Kingdom
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England
UPDATE THIS SLIDE TO REFLECT THE CURRENT LIST OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Presenter
This slide lists the overseas countries that are Eligible for Grant funding this application round. Worth a glance for you to ensure that your partnership country is still eligible for Grant funding, since there has been slight changes from the previous round.
I’d like to point your attention to the countries that are bolded. If we receive a high volume of applications, partnerships involving the bolded countries will be prioritised for funding over other countries in the region.
The deadline for applications for this round is 31st January.
Special rules apply for partnerships involving three countries – more in next slide.

6. Partnership composition
2 way : 1-1
2 way Cluster: 3-3
3 way (SSA only): 1-1-1
3 way Cluster (SSA only) 3-3-3
Presenter
[[ P-ship composition: explain the table ]]
One partner must be from the UK. 
It is only Sub Sahara African countries that can participate in a 3 way p-ship, either with a single school composition or a cluster of 9 schools. For instance, this could include 1 UK school linked with 1 school from Ghana and 1 school from Ethiopia. Or it could include 3 UK schools, linked with 3 schools from Ghana, and 3 schools from Ethiopia.
We are keen to increase the number of 3 way partnerships, which means that applications with tri-lateral partnerships will be looked at favourably. So, if you are already partnered with a SSA school and are interested in adding a school or schools in a third country in SSA region to your partnership, our team would be happy to help you identify suitable schools. Having said that, this may not be realistic to take on 1 month before the application deadline, but certainly worth considering if you plan to apply in the next funding round in January, 2013.
1 x Ghana
3 way example:
1 x UK
1 x Ethiopia

7. Grant £1500 per school Travel (3 application deadlines per year)
Reciprocal visit for 1 teacher in each school
Eligible costs include: Flights, accommodation, internal travel, visas, essential vaccinations, 1-trip travel insurance
If leftover funds: communications, project materials, such as handouts, publicity flyers etc.
Note: Items such as computers, iPads, skipping ropes, etc. not eligible
[[ Explain : £1500 per school  £3000 per a way p-ship  £4500 per way p-ship  £9000 per a 3-3 cluster p-ship  £13500 per way cluster p-ship ]]
Travel costs include: Flights, accommodation, internal travel, visas, essential vaccinations, 1-trip travel insurance.
Also, a word about Visas and flights – It is strongly recommended that you first obtain your visa before purchasing flights. The British Council cannot reimburse the school partnership for costs of cancelling flights if visa requirements have not been met.
The grant funds ONE teacher travelling from each school. The visit must include a minimum 4 working days in the school.
The purpose of the grant is to provide funding for reciprocal visits, and it’s expected that partnerships will spend most or all of their grant on the visits and associated costs. If partnerships do have a small amount of money left over after the visits and have ideas on how they would like to spend it, they must contact the British Council to request permission for this.

8. Resources Guide to School Partnerships Classroom resources:
Rivers of the World
Commonwealth Class
World Voice
Living Together
- plus many other template projects on Schools Online
* Remember that there are full guidance notes and a online video tutorial available on the British Council Schools Online website to help complete the online application.

9. St Mary’s RC Primary School, South Moor
Paul Boyle
St Mary’s RC Primary School, South Moor

10. Continuing Professional Development - face-to-face courses facilitated by OASES - several courses planned for North East in 2014/15 - next course: 1st October 2014 in Newcastle “Introduction to international learning” - online courses accessed from Schools Online (
Submission info
Link to guidance:
Any questions not covered?

11. The British Council International School Award:
What is it?
provides a motivational framework for teachers to develop themselves professionally
recognises commitment to developing global citizenship in young people
gives formal accreditation for educational outcomes

12. Where to go from here?
Register on Schools Online: (
SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: contact Matthew McCormack for advice and support in finding a suitable partner school –
For more information about the ISA, visit: or contact the team on
Contact
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