International School Award

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International School Award
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• Recognises, celebrates, develops and encourages
  successful practice in curriculum-based
  international work in schools
• Funded by the DfES
• All inclusive covers 3 - 18 age range
• Open to all schools in the UK

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• FULL ISA - THE AWARD
• Accreditation for three years
• Trophy, certificate and use of logo on school
  website, stationery and promotional material
• Acknowledgement from peer group of educators,
  British Council and DfES of high standards of
  international work
• National awards presentation networking
  opportunities
• ISA accredited schools are champion ambassadors
  for the internationalism in education

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• BENEFITS
• Framework for developing international work,
  increased motivation, an enriched
  curriculum, a whole school ethos
• Portfolio of evidence of international work
• PR - local and national media coverage
• Sense of recognition and development of staff and
  pupils as global citizens

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• SELECTION CRITERIA
• International policy and an international
  co-ordinator / committee
• Curriculum based activity
• Range of year groups and subject areas involved
  in international activities
• year round activity
• Evaluation of impact (keep it light touch)
• Collaborative work with partners in other
  countries (www.globalgateway.org)
• Use a range of international opportunities and
  programmes (eg TIPD, Comenius, World Links, IPH)

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• Diversity festivals / language awareness projects
  / foreign languages taught in the school / get a
  partner school in Europe or elsewhere / cultural
  heritage at your school / email work / study
  international meals / nutrition
• Compare and contrast your home town / schools
  infrastructure / set up an international business
  / international work experience / international
  newsletters
• Comenius projects / teacher exchanges /
  headteacher placements
• Research overseas tourism, architecture, trade
  and industry, communications, art
• Study international poetry / drama / music /a
  maths project / overseas holiday destinations /
  flora and fauna / animals
• Design a cookbook, exchange recipes / what are
  international healthy foods / water / world
  issues / EU parliament
• UN Rights of the Child / international display
  boards / customs from around the world / 2008
  Olympics in Beijing / 60th anniversary of Indian
  Independence in 2007 / 2012 Sports in UK /
  international sports / folk stories and songs in
  assemblies / BC Scholars into Schools for a
  themed international day / geography field trips
  / battlefield sites / learn the language and get
  a link school for the ski trip / materials and
  clothes from around the world
• REMEMBER TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE LINKED TO THE
  CURRICULUM

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• Some statistics
• 890 schools accredited since 1999
• 221 schools accredited in 2006
• 500 schools working towards 2007 Full ISA
• Over 2500 schools currently in scheme
• 20 Nottingham and 39 Nottinghamshire schools
  currently involved

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• One cant truly educate young people in this
  country without the international dimension being
  a very significant and real part of their
  learning
• Charles Clarke
• DfES International strategy Putting the World
  into World-Class Education
• The International School Award is a major prize
  for excellence in this field
• www.globalgateway.org

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• PUT THE WORLD IN YOUR CLASS
• Four interconnected factors of
• Travel (cheap flights)
• Technology (IT, email, internet, mobile phones)
• Society and Politics (EU expansion, Every Child
  Matters)
• Demographics (aging population, migrant workers,
  the world is getting smaller)
• These present challenges and opportunities to us
  all -
• The need to produce young people equipped for
  this world-internationally minded, skilled in
  other languages and comfortable with difference
  and working with people from different
  backgrounds
• The International School Award supports and
  develops these with raising awareness
  collaboration skills and bringing other countries
  alive

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• WHAT IS AVAILABLE?
• The International School Award is now available
  with
• three different categories, allowing schools to
  build
• towards the Award. The three categories
• are as follows
• Foundation for schools beginning international
  work.
• Intermediate for schools that are beginning to
  work with an international partner school
• Full International School Award for schools
  that have developed an integrated international
  ethos.

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• FOUNDATION INTRODUCING INTERNATIONALISM
• What you should be doing
• An international audit of your current
  international activities
• Writing a basic international policy
• Assigning an International Coordinator/Committee
• Signing up on the Global Gateway to find an
  international partner school
• The evidence you have to provide us with
• online submission of letter of intent to
  internationalism in your school
• Details of a few completed/started international
  activities (optional)
• You submit this evidence via our online form
  (www.globalgateway.org/isa)
• You will get the results of your application
  within one month

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• INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPING INTERNATIONALISM
• What you should be doing
• Up-to-date international audit
• Finalising your International Policy thinking
  about aligning it with your School Development
  Plan
• Finalising the International Coordinator/Committee
  job description
• The evidence you have to provide us with
• Details of at least one international partner
  school you collaborate with
• Online details of three completed/started
  curricular activities involving approximately 50
  of pupils from across the school
• You submit this evidence via our online form
  (www.globalgateway.org/isa)
• You will get the results of your application
  within one month

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• FULL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD
• What you should have in place
• A finalised international policy within the
  school development plan
• A finalised job description for your
  international coordinator/committee
• At least 7 curricular international activities
  planned for upcoming academic year
• At least 75 of pupils across the school involved
• A partnership with one or more schools in another
  country/ies, involved in collaborative work

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• FULL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD
• What you should need to do
• Check over your International Policy and
  International Coordinators job description
• Submit an online action plan by the next deadline
• List your international partner schools
• List 7 curricular international activities over
  the next academic year with brief aims outcomes
• Remember to list involved partner schools,
  subjects student numbers in each activity

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• FULL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD
• An adjudication panel will assess your online
  application you will receive your results
  within a month of the deadline closing with
  feedback.
• Application successful? Congratulations! Now you
  must collect evidence guidance will be given.
• Portfolio of evidence submitted at end of
  academic year (July 2008).
• Portfolios are assessed results by end of
  August.

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• HOW TO APPLY
• Do an audit of international activities
• Choose which category you wish to apply for
• Download/complete the relevant guidance and
  application forms at www.globalgateway.org/isa
• Complete and send to the British Council
• No deadlines for Foundation/Intermediate stages
• Next Full ISA online application deadline 14
  July 2007
• Contact us for any help/advice/clarification

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• HOW TO DO AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIT
• This will help you to identify where your school
  is in terms
• of international work, and allows you to better
  choose
• which category to apply for.
• Use the guidance when completing the audit
• Try to involve the whole school in the process to
  get the most accurate picture of the range of
  activity
• You can now download guidance and application
  forms from www.globalgateway.org/isa

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• CHOOSING AN INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR
• The international coordinator can be the
  headteacher or a member
• of staff in your school. Some tasks might
  involve
• Having overall responsibility for applying for
  the International School Award and act as a point
  of contact
• Facilitating good internal and external
  communication about international activities and
  share best practice
• Evaluating the impact of international activities
• Maximising school involvement in international
  learning opportunities
• To help colleagues develop the use of
  international themes for cross-phase transition
  and cross-curricular projects.

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• WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
• Go to www.globalgateway.org/isa for all the
  information you need to do an audit and apply for
  the Award
• You can also find samples of the following
• International coordinator/committee job
  descriptions
• Case studies/examples of activities/benefits/links
  to resources
• School international policies

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• FURTHER INFORMATION
• www.globalgateway.org/isa
• The ISA Team ? 020 7389 4419
• (Manager - John Rolfe)
• isashemeenquiries_at_britishcouncil.org

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• INDIA and SRI LANKA PILOT
• customised scheme
• support school linking work
• network of engaged schools
• 39 schools in India accredited by Summer 06
• first 5 schools accredited with the Award in Sri
  Lanka in 2006

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• embed the ethos of global activities into school
  life develop links
• giving recognition to the importance of
  developing internationalism and impetus for
  future development
• to celebrate the different cultures and
  backgrounds of our school community
• to widen out pupils understanding of the world
  and the opportunities for them to contribute
  towards a better, safer planet-to respect
  themselves and others
• learning extended and greater awareness amongst
  governors and parents
• the staff work together and enjoy the inclusion
  and variety of this work
• it enables us to audit our existing activities
  and plan for development
• one of the best things Ive been involved
  in-inspiration from international colleagues
• motivation of pupils towards MFL learning
• commitment to develop international citizens
  relationships with global neighbours
• all schools should be doing this-a brilliant
  idea