Comenius in-service training grants are available for staff involved in school or further education to job shadow a colleague for up to six weeks in any of the 30 participating European countries.
As a UK applicant, you need to identify the colleague abroad who you wish to job shadow and agree a jobshadow plan with that colleague and their institution. The plan might take the form of an email from your colleague setting out briefly what is planned for each day of your visit.
As well as strengthening links between partner institutions, individuals can gain a greater understanding of school education across Europe, enhance their cultural awareness, refresh their language skills and exchange good practice.
From up to 1500 Euro for 1 week, 2000 Euro for 2 weeks and up to a maximum of 2500 Euro for 6 weeks. A higher grant may be awarded where special needs or exceptionally high travel costs are involved.
Step 1 - Identify an institution and a colleague you would like to shadow. Your town/region may have an area link or be twinned with a European town. Perhaps your institution has links established from previous project work. If not you can find a partner school using the Global Gateway
Step 2 - Agree a job shadowing plan and convenient time for the visit
Step 3 - Complete the 2008 Comenius application form
Step 4 - Send the form and jobshadow plan to the relevant office by the deadline date below.
The deadlines for 2008 are as follows -
- 30 June 2008 (for activities starting between 1 October 2008 and 31 December 2008)
- 30 September 2008 (for activities starting between 1 January 2000 and 31 March 2009)
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