1. A new „Erasmus+ - project“ for our partnership?
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A new „Erasmus+ - project“ for our partnership?
Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Mobility project for higher education students and staff
Deadline for the application: 4 March 2015
At least two schools from two different countries
Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practice (former Comenius projects)
Strategic Partnerships in the field of Education, Training and Youth
Deadline for the application: 31 March 2015

2. Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals
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Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Mobility of learners and staff: opportunities for students, trainees, … , as well
as for professors, teachers, … to undertake a learning and/or professional experience in another country;
The budget for Key Action 1 is about 60% of the whole budget (in Baden-Württemberg)
 In Baden-Württemberg about 90% of the applications for these „Learning mobility-projects“ were accepted.

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Key Action 2: : Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practice (former Comenius projects)
Transnational Strategic Partnerships aimed to develop initiatives addressing one or more fields of education training and youth and promote innovation, exchange of experience and know-how between different types of organisations involved in education, training and youth or in other relevant fields. Certain mobility activities are supported in so far as they contribute to the objectives of the project;
The budget for Key Action 2 is about 20% of the whole budget (in Baden-Württemberg)
 In Baden-Württemberg less than 30% of the applications for these „strategic-partnership-projects“ were accepted.

4. Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals
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Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals
Mobility project for higher education students and staff
Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practice (former Comenius projects)
Strategic Partnerships in the field of Education, Training and Youth
We should apply for both Key Action 1 and Key Action 2
 2 application forms  some parts of the application forms are similar (it‘s not exactly double the workload)

5. Each application for any project must include a ...
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Each application for any project must include a ...
European Development Plan - of each school (from the Programme Guide)
What are the organisation's needs in terms of quality development and internationalisation? Please identify the main areas for improvement (for example management competences, staff competences, new teaching materials or tools, European dimension, language competences, curriculum, the organisation of learning and teaching)
Please outline the organisation's plans for European mobility and cooperation activities, and explain how these activities will contribute to meeting the identified needs.
Please explain how your organisation will integrate the competences and experiences acquired by staff participating in the project into its strategic development in the future.
Will your organisation use eTwinning in connection with your mobility project? If so, please describe how. The eTwinning website can be accessed through the following hyperlink:
Please note that the European Development Plan is not meant to be detailed and exhaustive, but should serve as a context for the mobility application.

6. Approach for Key Action 1 and Key Action 2
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Approach for Key Action 1 and Key Action 2
Identify common interests in school development or problems at our schools (within schools‘ strategic development)
The „European development plan“ of each school is part of the school‘s strategic development
 strategic view of the organisation's plans for European activities
overview of their current status and vision for the future, the identified needs
Activities within KA1 and KA2
addressing the needs
have to be relevant for…
individual participants
organisation as a whole
„Planned activities will have a higher impact on the quality of teaching and learning if they are well integrated in the organisation's strategic development”.

7. Ideas for the European development plan
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Ideas for the European development plan
Entrepreneurial learning, initiative and ICT
Foreign language learning
and ICT
Active citizenship
Transition between school and university or apprenticeship
Individualisation mentoring systems, individual feedback, teaching methods, …
quality management at school
Impact on the school as a whole and on the individuals!
Foreign language learning is always included in all our possible projects…
“Innovation and good practices aiming to promote language skills can include for example teaching and assessment methods, development of pedagogical material, research, computer assisted language learning and entrepreneurial ventures using foreign languages.“

8. Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
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Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
Foreign language learning
and ICT
Entrepreneurial learning, initiative and ICT
Virtual mobility/travelling
Virtual/real geocaching
Research work about the other country
Projects in English in other subjects
Economic projects such as student enterprises
Teaching entrepreneurship / social entrepreneurship
Project work in different subjects  initiative, promoting self-awareness, self-confidence, self-reliance, healthy lifestyle
Using contacts to get information from native citizens Etwinning projects
Active citizenship we shouldn’t try to apply for the same project again…
Projects have to have an impact on the whole school – „pilot-project“ - useful in other groups/classes  school curricula?
Projects developed by teachers (and students) of the participating schools – tried out by the students at project meetings?

9. Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
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Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
Transition between school and university or apprenticeship
Individualisation
Feedback systems in school Teachers‘ feedback to students
Development plans for students concerning their learning process and their personal development
Teachers as learning coaches
Teaching methods with the aim of individualisation
Development of examples in different subjects
Language learning / Entrepreneurial learning, natural sciences, social sciences
Cooperation with entreprises
Information about university,…
Individual counselling
How can we make the students take the initiative?
Projects in different subjects involving enterprises / institutions (link between learning at school and real life)
Studying in Europe
Apprenticeship in Europe
Placement/Internship in Europe
How can we motivate students to use their opportunities?
Projects have to have an impact on the whole school – „pilot-project“ - useful in other groups/classes  school curricula?  school development plan? Best practice

10. Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
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Ideas for topics of a strategic partnership
Quality management at school
Evaluation
Inspection
Cooperation between teachers
Observing lessons / feedback from colleagues
Feedback from students
Information and transparancy students / parents / teachers
Projects have to have an impact on the whole school – „pilot-project“ - useful in other schools

11. WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED IN A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP?
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WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED IN A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP?
(from the programme guide)
Over the lifetime of a project, Strategic Partnerships may typically realise a broad range of activities, for example:
activities that strengthen the cooperation between organisations with a view to establishing exchanges of practices;
activities that promote the development, testing and/or implementation of innovative practices in the field of education, training and youth;
activities that facilitate the recognition and validation of knowledge, skills and competences acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning;
activities of cooperation between regional authorities to promote the development of education, training and youth systems and their integration in actions of local and regional development;
transnational initiatives fostering entrepreneurial mind-sets and skills, to encourage active citizenship and entrepreneurship (including social entrepreneurship).

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WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP? (from the programme guide)
Strategic Partnerships aim to support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices at organisational, local, regional, national or European levels with the aim of:
enhancing the quality and relevance of the learning offer in education, training and youth work by developing new and innovative approaches and supporting the dissemination of best practices;
fostering the provision and the assessment of key-competences, including basic skills and transversal skills particularly entrepreneurship, languages and digital skills;
promoting take-up of innovative practices in education, training and youth by supporting personalized learning approaches, collaborative learning and critical thinking, strategic use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), open educational resources (OER), open and flexible learning, virtual mobility and other innovative learning methods;
promote entrepreneurship education to develop active citizenship, employability and new business creation (including social entrepreneurship), supporting future learning and career paths for individuals in line with their personal and professional development;
increasing participation in learning and employability by developing quality career guidance, counselling and support services;

13. KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
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KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
New terms
Funding - financial terms
Project management and implementation
250 Euro per school / month 500 Euro for the coordinating school / month
2-year project:
6.000,- Euro
12.000,- Euro
Each school gets
Transnational project meetings
575 Euro per participant / meeting
e.g. 8 mobilities:
4.600,-Euro
In total: max 40 per year
Project meetings are mainly meetings for planning, organisation, implementation of the project.
If students play a role in planning, organisation, implementation, they can participate.
Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils (5 days to 2 months);
Long-term study mobility of pupils (2 to 12 months);
Long-term teaching or training assignments (2 to 12 months);
Short-term joint staff training events (5 days to 2 months).
If the Strategic Partnership foresees
training, teaching or learning activities,...
Eligible Activities
5 days means: 5 entire working days – arrival and departure days are not included!
„Applicants must justify the need for the meetings (number of meetings and participants) involved.“

14. JOINT PROJECT WORK OF GROUPS OF SCHOOL PUPILS (5 DAYS TO 2 MONTHS)
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JOINT PROJECT WORK OF GROUPS OF SCHOOL PUPILS (5 DAYS TO 2 MONTHS)
(from the programme guide)
During such events, pupils work together in one of the partner schools and are as a rule hosted in each others' families. Joint project work should be linked to the aims of the Strategic Partnership.
 opportunity to work together on one or more topics of mutual interest.
help pupils and teachers to acquire and improve skills not only in the topic or subject area on which the project is focused, but also in terms of teamwork, intercultural learning, social relations, planning and undertaking project activities and using information and communication technologies (ICT).
pupils and teachers get the opportunity to practice foreign languages and increases their motivation towards language learning.
Project activities should ideally be integrated into the regular activities of the schools and be included in the curriculum of participating pupils. Pupils should be able to be involved in all phases of the project, including the planning, organisation and evaluation of activities.

15. KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
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KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
New terms
How to apply?
Only the coordinating school submits the application. Of course all the partners should approve of the application before it is submitted.
The application will be assessed only in the country of the coordinating school.
If the application is approved all partners will be accepted in the project.
If the application failes the project can not take place.
It is possible for a school to apply for a project within Key Action1 and for a project within Key action 2.
It is possible for a school to apply for two different projects within Key Action 2

16. Example for a strategic partnership from the programme guide
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Example for a strategic partnership from the programme guide
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
Three upper secondary schools from Finland, Germany and the Netherlands find each other on the eTwinning platform because they are all interested in developing a project on democracy in school. The three schools decide to apply for funding for a Strategic Partnership. The aim of the project is to develop school leadership by involving teachers, pupils and also parents in the school decision-making. The project lasts three years and each year the participating schools look at how each of these groups is currently involved in the school decision-making and how their participation could realistically be improved on the basis of what they learn from their partners. The project is supported by and actively involves the school management, teachers and parents. Participating pupils develop their autonomy and critical thinking skills, as well as their understanding of concepts such as freedom, rights and obligations. They also reflect on how they can contribute to make their school more relevant for them. Throughout the project activities, pupils are given the opportunity to express their opinions, to listen to the opinions of others, to discuss using relevant arguments, and to explain decisions using valid reasons. The project activities take place both through the project TwinSpace on the eTwinning site and face to face in two meetings where a group of pupils from each school participate with their teachers. School management and representatives of parents also participate in the meetings. In between project meetings, the partners also use the eTwinning site to collaborate on developing the project activities, discuss and share resources. Pupils write a collaborative blog where they post pictures and updates on project activities, as well as opinions and reflections on the topics they are working on. The blog, the teaching plans and learning materials developed in the project, as well as some of the pupils' work, are published through eTwinning and made available as a resource for others who want to conduct a similar project.

17. KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
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KA2 – Strategic partnership (2-3 years)
Projects will be assessed against the following criteria:
Application form:
Description
European added value
Added value of each partner
Preparation
Project management
Implementation
Project activities
Follow up
Impact Dissemination Sustainability
Budget
Project Summary
Relevance of the project
(maximum 30 points)
Quality of the project design and
implementation
(maximum 20 points)
Quality of the project team and
the cooperation arrangements
(maximum 20 points)
Impact and dissemination
(maximum 30 points)

18. Ideas for topics of a mobility project
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Ideas for topics of a mobility project
Foreign language learning
and ICT
Individualisation mentoring systems, individual feedback, teaching methods, …
Transition between school and university or apprenticeship
quality management at school
Entrepreneurial learning, initiative and ICT
Stages :
1) Preparation
2) Implementation of the mobility activities;
3) Follow-up (evaluation, recognition, dissemination)
Active citizenship
2 days – 2 months
Teachers‘ exchange – Job shadowing – common teachers‘ training at the foreign school School leadership exchange – Job shadowing – professional development courses

19. Funding - financial terms How to apply?
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KA1 – Mobility of staff
New terms
Funding - financial terms
How to apply?
Each sending school hands in the application. More than two schools can be involved .
Exchanges are not mandatory.
organisational support
350 Euro per participant
Each school gets
Contribution to travel costs
275 Euro per participant
Individual support
Euro per participant and day
Duration of the stay at the foreign school: 2 days – 2 months