This document provides guidance for international collaborative project work between schools. It outlines types of projects, how to formulate problems, set goals and conduct evaluations. Templates are provided for project planning and quality assessment. Guidance emphasizes clear communication, cultural awareness, establishing roles and responsibilities, and keeping projects focused and manageable. The overall aim is to facilitate productive partnerships across borders through well-organized, thoughtful collaborative projects.

1. COLLABORATIVE
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
WORK
Aachen, March 2012
Cees Brederveld
The Netherlands

2. Who’s who?
Partner finding moment
Speedtwinning
Others
Groups of 4 to 6 potential partners

3. Getting ideas

4. Project types
Type of Subject related Topical Problem based
projects projects projects cross curricula projects
Starting Subject Topic Problem
point
Purpose Increased Increased topic Increased knowledge as a
subject related knowledge basis for the students’ ability
knowledge to act and develop solution
models as a result of the
findings in the project
Results Description of Description of Increased action
the chosen the competence
subject interdisciplinary
topic
Example French Africa W(hat a w)aste (about how
‘chansons’ in to deal with the growing
the 20th Century amount of waste in the
world)

5. Problem formulation
How to formulate a problem

6. Goals and evaluation
What do you want to achieve?
SMART: specific, measurable,
attainable, realistic and timely
How to involve the students, turning
them into the project ‘owners’?
What kind of activities?
How to evaluate?

7. Goals and evaluation 2
Wikipedia: SMART-criteria
Guidelines for evaluating your project
Excel-sheet for evaluating a PPT

8. Embedding
How much time do you have for this project?
How many subjects fit in?
On which competences do you emphasize?
How can you be sure that the project will have
enough quality?
How could this project be implemented in
normal school work?

9. Mind
Starting event
Ownership – involving students
Involving head of school, colleagues and
parents
Dissiminate the results
Sharing activities equal among project
partners

10. Project plan
Project plan
Activity Action to be When to do Who is
undertaken what? responsible for
what?
Preparatory
planning
between the
project partners
Mini courses if
needed
Suggestion date
for starting the
project
Suggestion for
starting event of
the project
Suggestion for
closing date of
the project
Evaluation
made by
students
ongoing
Evaluation
made by
students at the
end
Evaluation
made by
teachers at the
own school
Evaluation of
the project
between project
partners
Other
agreements?

11. Project plan
Project planning template

12. Quality Star
Status
Evaluation Goals/aims
Project Plan Quality Criteria

13. 8 Golden Rules
Exchange as many addresses as possible
Always reply on inquiries!!!
Be aware of cultural differences
Netiquette
Set deadlines and keep to them
Make arrangements on the tools used.
Invest time and energy to understand
eachother
Don’t be afraid to ask!

14. KISS
Keep It Small and Simple.
from
Cees Brederveld
c.brederveld@technicles.nl
c.brederveld@atscholen.nl
ceesbre@gmail.com