The International Dimension in schools

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The International Dimension in schools
Wednesday 17 January 2007 St. Peters High School
Mike Thunder St. Peters , John Rolfe British
Council
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The plan

• Mike why internationalism
• Not a show case warts and all!
• John The International Schools Award
• Mike some extra information
• The meal, with wine/juice and a chance to network
• evaluation

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Why internationalism?
The Head wants it? Name on the school!
The Senior Leadership want it?
The MFL department wants it?
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Why?
Good on SEF
OFSTED like it
or
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DfES

• DfES Action Plan - October 2005
• 'Putting the World into World-Class Education an
  international strategy for education, skills and
  children's services' identifies three key goals,
  each with associated priorities for action
• Goal 1 Equipping our children, young people and
  adults for life in a global society and work in a
  global economyGoal 2 Engaging with our
  international partners to achieve their goals and
  oursGoal 3 Maximising the contribution of our
  education and training sector, and university
  research to overseas trade and inward investment.
• or

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or
An integral part of the philosophy of the whole
school
We live in a global world and we have to equip
our pupils to take their place in a global world
Every Child matters
We are all children of God, and therefore all
have equal value
We must live together as friends or perish as
idiots
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Starting points
The pupils
Their home background languages day September
Their experiences holidays family
Careful of assumptions
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A worksheet
Die Länder in Europa
Quiz who can name all the countries? who has
been to the most countries? who can beat the
teacher?
Citizenship activity republic or
monarchy? EU? NATO?
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staff
Staff as role models
assemblies
Images
Positive or realistic?
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International days
Arab week
Need to involve several departments
Need charismatic leader
Sight and sounds
food
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Visitors

• Inviting visitors in to school
• Clear expectations
• Use contacts locally
• Other schools

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Links abroad
Links with personal contacts
Decide on whole class, part of a class, individual
Letters? Or e-mails, or MSN?
Group activities e.g. what shall we say about
our city?
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Trips abroad
rationale
Who to invite? Pupils and staff
Remember, staff as role models
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The International SchoolAward
John Rolfe
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Other links
www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/
www.globalgateway.org.uk
www.tes.co.uk make the link competition
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Comenius

• comenius.eun.org/ww/en/pub/comenius/index.htm
• Comenius funding offers
• Partnership finding
• Conferences
• Workshops
• E-twinning
• but

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More links

• www.globalgateway.org.uk
• the main website with so many ideas about links,
  funding opportunities and international work in
  general
• www.globaldimension.org.uk
• www.citizenship-global.org.uk
• www.qca.org.uk/esd
• www.qca.org.uk/respectforall
• www.un.org/milleniumgoals
• www.asdan.org.uk
• the international award, which is a scheme which
  gives credit for international work

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Help from Gloucestershire

• Fact Sheet No 11
• International School Partnerships
• including funding opportunities
• Fact Sheet No 18
• International Professional Development including
  funding opportunities
• Penny Krucker

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• The road to hell is paved with good intentions
• But
• A long journey begins with a small step

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Finally

• Guten Appetit
• Bon appétit
• Enjoy your meal