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Title: The International School Award


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The International School Award
  • Jackie Rayment
  • MFL Adviser

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Why?
  • The ISA now features in Part One of the SEF for
    schools in England as a 'significant award' that
    contributes to giving the school a 'distinctive
    character'.
  • Featured in the new curriculum guidance from QCA,
    particularly with regard to the Global Dimension
  • Links to other initiatives -ECM, Community
    Cohesion, Sustainable Schools, The New Secondary
    Curriculum (Cross curricular dimensions)
  • Gives you opportunities to raise the school's
    profile through local and national media
    coverage 

3
What is it?
  • DCSF accreditation scheme administered by the
    British Council
  • Curriculum based international work in schools
  • Open to all UK schools free of charge
  • Award last for three years

4
How do we obtain the award?
  • International ethos embarked upon or embedded
    across the school
  • Majority of students involved and impacted by the
    international work
  • Curriculum based work across a range of subjects
  • Collaborative Curriculum based work- with a
    number of partner schools for full award
  • Year round international activity
  • Evaluation from a variety of sources, allowing
    improvement

5
Three levels of award
  • Foundation-
  • embarking on internationalism, registering
    intent.
  • online framework to record existing activities
    and use Global Gateway to find a suitable partner
    school
  • Intermediate-
  • developing Internationalism
  • more substantial curriculum-based international
    activities and have started to work with
    international partner school(s)
  • a number of teachers are developing
    internationalism
  • Retrospective look at a schools recent work.
  • Full ISA-
  • schools ready to demonstrate an international
    ethos throughout the school, which is included
    in the school development plan. This will involve
    substantial curriculum based international
    activity and schools must demonstrate
    collaborative work.
  • history of international activity over the past
    two years.

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Full award
  • Submit action plan for projects to be carried out
    in the 2009-2010 academic year online by 13th
    November 2009
  • International policy International Coordinator
    job description
  • 7 activities which must, overall, involve a
    majority of curriculum subjects, impact a
    majority of pupils, and demonstrate some
    collaborative curricular work with international
    partner schools.
  • You MUST have at least one example of in-depth
    curricular collaboration with international
    partner schools
  • Submission of a A4 portfolio by July -Once your
    initial application has been approved, you can
    start collating evidence of the international
    activities you submitted
  • These activities must correspond to the academic
    year Sept 09- July 10
  • Successful schools are invited to a ceremony in
    the following Autumn term, where they receive a
    certificate and an award
  • Valid for 3 years

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Useful links/people
  • International School Award team on 020 7389 4419
  • www.globalgateway.org.uk
  • partnerfinding_at_globalgateway.org.
  • johnrolfe_at_britishconcil.org.uk (ISA Coordinator)
  • isa_at_globalgateway.org (general e mail address)
  • jackie.rayment_at_hertscc.gov.uk (MFL ISA)
  • lucy.grayson_at_hertscc.gov.uk ( Sustainable Schools
    Officer)

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Some thoughts /ideas
  • Steering group- like minded teachers
  • Audit current curriculum work
  • Go on TIPD/Use current links
  • Cross curricular days
  • Pupil voice/School council- Leadership/Ambassador
    programme
  • MFL/EAL-International fair/Teach a Friend a
    language/enhanced buddy programme
  • Technology- recipe exchange/ Coasters (motifs)
  • Art/Music/Dance-African masks/ drumming/dance
  • English/Library- reading post/letter exchange
  • Maths-Teaching in foreign language- use staff/
    support staff skills
  • Science- African eco systems
  • Master classes in Swahili/Dutch etc.
  • Humanities- First World war/Second World war
  • Media-African/Canadian film
  • ICT/PHSE/RE databases of pen friends/link
    schools recycling/feeding programme
  • PE- Dreams Teams / Primary outreach
  • The sky is the limit!

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