The document outlines Connecting Classrooms' programme areas from 2010-2011 onwards, including collaborative curriculum projects, professional development opportunities, and policy-level initiatives to promote international education. Core programmes include the International School Award and opportunities for teachers, leaders, and students. Flexible options allow for customization. Projects aim to give students global experiences through online collaboration on subjects like citizenship, the arts, and climate change. Leadership programmes and international coordinators' training further these goals in countries across East Asia and the UK.

1. Programme Areas for 2010 ~11 onwards

2. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Core: Collaborative Curriculum Projects RECOGNITION Core: International School Award PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Core: Internationalising the curriculum Global Citizen Award International Teacher Award International Leader Award Connecting Classrooms is responsive to its audience and to the different education systems around the world. As such it offers flexibility for customisation through a unique menu of optional choices in addition to the core offer . Community Action Projects Language Projects A flexible framework Bilateral Leadership Programme Coaching and Mentoring Students as Leaders Scope & dissemination Systemic impact Sustainability Arts Projects

3. Policy Level – International Curriculum Dialogues

4. Policy Level Dialogues This is the second Policy Level Curriculum Meeting of its kind to be held in East Asia amongst Curriculum Authority policy-makers and influencers from the UK and the Connecting Classrooms participating East Asia countries. In partnership with the British Council and Ministries of Education, we can co-organise a series of policy makers’ symposia in East Asia and the UK in order to help countries further develop relationships through cooperating on International Educational Strategies. We aim to support each other to achieve our collective visions and goals together in 2010 and beyond.

5. International School Award

6. International School Award International School Award accreditation recognises schools’ commitment to developing global citizens by embedding the global dimension in their curriculum and ethos. In England the award is already well-established and is recognised and supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) as a kite mark of excellence. Through dialogue with ministries and curriculum authorities in East Asia, we would like to offer through partnerships the opportunity for countries to adopt the International School Award, and all it stands for, as a way of recognising and rewarding those schools that have excelled in their achievements in developing an international dimension to their school.

7. Leadership Development

9. International Coordinators’ Training

10. International Coordinators’ Training Hosted by British Council Korea in collaboration with British Councils in Japan and Taiwan, this two-day training offered valuable opportunities for participating schools to explore the roles and skills required of an international coordinator in East Asian school, as well as equip them with the core skills for the role. Participants sharing with each other their understanding of ‘What it means to be an international coordinator,’ followed by sessions on communicating a vision, team building and motivation, and basic project management skills . There was also an interactive session to find out and tackle intercultural challenges and opportunities. British Council also ran this two-day training session for teachers from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2009 and we have organised similar sessions for UK teachers, also this year.

11. Collaborative Curriculum Projects

12. Collaborative Curriculum Projects Central to every school partnership and embedded in the schools’ curricula. These projects instil a global dimension in young people’s learning, giving learners access to other cultures and languages and direct experience of working with people in other countries. Projects involve a range of subject disciplines and capitalise on other British Council priority areas such as English language teaching, the arts and climate change. Over the past two years, through our Connecting Classrooms Online Community, more than 20,000 young people in schools in the UK and East Asia have worked together on Connecting Classrooms projects ranging from ‘Global Citizenship’ in our ‘I’m a Global Citizen’ competition, ‘Food & Health’, ‘Climate Change’, ‘Art & Identity’ and many more. Students develop many skills through online collaboration such as ICT skills, English language and communication skills that will help them in their future lives. Many schools have now organised live web conferences using SKYPE and have really benefited from being able to see their friends ‘live’ and see what their classrooms and schools and communities look like

13. Collaborative Curriculum Projects In 2010 to 2011 we plan to initiate more projects through working with our teachers to ensure there is a fit with their students’ curricula and that through the work students do, they will continue to have every opportunity for communicating with their peers.

14. 2010 – 2011 and beyond …

15. Primary/Elementary Schools?

16. What are your priorities? KS2/Primary/Elementary Schools KS4/Upper-secondary/Sixth form/Senior High School Joint curriculum work for schools Key Stage 3 or Lower Secondary Schools/Junior High Schools Teacher Training School Leadership Development International School Award Policy-Level Curriculum Development of International Dimension in Education