1. CONTACT SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY:
eTwinning Contact Seminar Cultural Heritage Kraków 5th to 8th July 2018
CONTACT SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY:
eTwinning National Support Service Poland Speaker: Chris Williams, United Kingdom

3. “From cave paintings to eTwinning and beyond”
Forming stable and sustainable project partnerships

4. What are they doing ? COMMUNICATING

5. “From cave paintings to eTwinning"
What are they doing ? COMMUNICATING
What makes a good school partnership ?

7. Three goals
this afternoon
Presentation
Icebreakers
3. Exercise

8. 1. PEOPLE Who is your presenter?
this man ?

9. Chris Williams Currently: Freelance consultant International School Partnership Specialist British Council Schools Ambassador Comenius Expert >>> Erasmus+ Global Learning Association – more on Saturday Chairman of the Nettleham Woodland Trust Previously: First degree (BA) in European Studies (History and French) 34 years in large secondary schools as History teacher, deputy head and acting head At Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School (LCHS) – full-time in senior leadership International Co-ordinator present – part-time as Consultant

10. LCHS and pupil partnerships
( : link with USA – school band exchanges)
present: link with Belgium, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands (France to 2001) – conferences (and football)
present: link with Czech Republic, Denmark (1996) and France (2001) – conferences, language visits
present: China – exchanges, teacher placements
(Also for shorter projects: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Finland, Guadeloupe, Hungary, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sri Lanka and Turkey)
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And after ‘stepping down’ from leadership in 2007, I continued to support the school and others, home and abroad, often in workshops like this, both hosting visiting Comenius and now Erasmus KA1 groups, and travelling as a presenter to places like Georgia, Poland, Ukraine and Portugal

11. But who is your neighbour?
Who are these people ?

12. 2. A LITTLE CONTEXT A thinking moment
RELATIONSHIPS
THEORY
REALITY
PRACTICE

13. What is a tree ? How do we perceive trees?

14. Perhaps through some of these categories
Perhaps through some of these categories ? - Sciences - The arts - Culture - Heritage

15. A moment of calm

17. 3. PARTNERSHIPS No two partnerships are identical

18. What will make a partnership fail?

19. Why LCHS partnerships succeed ?
Support from senior leadership
Trust between partners
Succession planning
Shared purpose
Simplicity

20. SMART targets This is what someone else said

21. Someone else also said, “Kiss” …..”Keep it simple, stupid”

22. What makes a good partnership ?
Communications
Respect
Achievability
Flexibility
Time
= CRAFT

23. C for Communications (or Contact)
Have at least two different methods
of contact with your partner(s)
Have at least two people in each
school able to lead the project
Exchange school calendars
Identify pressure points e.g exams
Identify quiet times e.g. holidays

24. R for Reliability (or Respect)
Do what you agreed
Don’t ignore your partner
Consider your partner’s needs

25. A for Achievability (or Attainability)
Learn from others e.g. eTwinning websites
Start with something simple and quick
e.g. ‘The view from my window’; ‘A day in my school’; ‘Our school meals’
Build up in stages e.g. British Council resources go from ‘Our school’ to ‘Our local community’ to ‘Our wider world’
For greater impact and relevance in schools
Involve more than one class if possible.
Link to wider curriculum if possible.

26. Acorn before oak tree

27. F for Flexibility (or Fortitude)
Here at the contact seminar
Some of your original ideas will have to change – you will have to compromise and be flexible.

28. F for Flexibility (or Fortitude)
After this contact seminar ... things may go wrong ...
... some parts of your project may have to change. Be flexible.
Be strong and brave
- show fortitude

29. T for Time Respect the schedule
- better a half-finished product on time than something late
- the other partner needs you to be punctual

30. T is also for Trust
Learn to trust your partners

31. Further information
Classroom resources for international projects:
In-service training providers (ADVERTISEMENT!)
e.g. organising Erasmus + KA1 courses:
Chris Williams: