This document describes Elos, a European school network and curriculum concept that aims to provide students with an international education. Elos creates a curriculum called European and International Orientation that is based on European frameworks for key competencies and language skills. The goal is to prepare students for a globalized world by developing their identity and competencies through international cooperation and mobility. Schools and teachers benefit from exchanging best practices with international partners, while students gain skills for learning, working, and living abroad. Schools can market their participation in Elos to attract students and gain international recognition for quality. The document provides information on implementing Elos in the curriculum, activities, and certification processes for schools and students.

1. Elos –
education stretching borders
http://eloseducation.info/
ANITURRI BHI
Agurain, Araba
THE BASQUE COUNTRY

2. World of today
• Globalized world
• International world of work
But internationally oriented education?

3. What is Elos?
• A school concept
and
• A European network
(with support of LLP of EU)

4. Elos
• Creates a curriculum of European and International
Orientation (EIO)
• Based on the Common Framework for Europe
Competence (CFEC)
• Based on the Common European Framework of
Reference for Languages (CEFR)

5. Elos
• Elos - Education stretching borders (2010)
Elos = Europe as learning environment in
schools (but not limited to Europe) (2004-2009)

6. Priorities European Council
• Strategic Objectives (ET 2020)
Strategic Framework for European cooperation in Education and
Training
• Key competences
European Framework for Key Competences for Lifelong
Learning

7. European Council
Strategic Objectives:
• Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality
• Improving the quality and efficiency of education and
training
• Promoting equity, social cohesion and active
citizenship
• Enhancing creativity and innovation, including
entrepreneurship, at all levels of education and
training

8. European Council
Key competences:
• Learning to learn
• Entrepreneurship
• Social and cultural awareness
• Communication in foreign languages

9. Why internationalisation?
• Students benefit!
• Teachers benefit!
• Schools benefit!

10. Students benefit!
• Elos prepares the students for learning, working and
living in a globalized world
• Helps to form their identity:
“The shortest way to yourself is a journey around the
world”
• New motivation for students

11. Students benefit!
• International cooperation with peers
• Knowledge of one or more modern foreign languages
• Informed and critical citizens of Europe and the wider
world
• Key Competences:
- Learning to learn
- Entrepreneurship
- Social and cultural awareness

12. Teachers benefit!
• Exchanging best practices with colleagues
from Europe
• Training and further education abroad
• Take a look over the borders: how do they
operate?

13. Schools benefit!
• Elos = Unique selling point = marketing tool
• Internationalisation is firmly rooted in schoolplan +
curriculum (not dependent on individuals)
• Elos is suited for all programmes of learning and
schooltypes
• New motivation for staff and students

14. Schools benefit!
• International recognition of competences and
knowledge of students
• International acknowledgement of quality of
internationalisation in your school
• Cooperation with like-minded schools in international
network
• Continuation of learning curriculum

15. School standard
• Including a European and International Orientation (‘EIO’)
in a variety of lessons and through activities abroad 
development of Europe Competence (use of portfolio)
• Striving towards embedding the Elos goals in the school
curriculum and in the school policy to ensure coherence
and sustainability

16. School standard
• Building the institution’s internal capacity to achieve these goals
(f.e. facilitate ‘Elos School Team/Coordinator’ to develop lesson
plans and materials; etc.)
• Being involved in structural international exchange activities with
international partner schools/colleges and –if applicable- other
organisations abroad
• Taking part in general monitoring and evaluation activities at
school level, national level and international level, and other
relevant studies (when requested)

17. Elos (vehicle)
Education stretching borders
EIO (content)
European and International Orientation
coherence
Learning
cross curriculum
Activities

18. How to implement Elos?
Implementation of Elos/EIO:
• in curriculum, schoolplan, school information
guide
• in year programmes
• in activities plan
• in programmes of examination
• in programmes of quality assurance

19. Elos/EIO in the classroom
In lessons:
• making an investigation of all European themes in your
programmes and
• rearranging the themes over the schoolyear(s) and
avoid overlap
• working together in lessons and projects with other
subjects and schools (abroad) in order to create a
cross curricular, coherent offer for students

20. Elos/EIO in activities
In activities:
• including an international perspective
• visits abroad
• email and internet projects (eTwinning)
• students and teachers exchanges
• projects with partner schools
Prepared and evaluated in school/lessons

21. Elos! Then what?
• Check/reallocate EIO subject contents
• Building international network
• (Cross-subject) projects
• Coherence between EIO and activities
• Development of tests
• Incorporation of Elos in curriculum,
schoolpolicy, PR
• Certification of school and student

22. Support for schools
• Advice on grants/Comeniusprojects
• National network meetings (school
coordinators, school heads, teachers)
• (Inter)national conferences
• Quality evaluation based on a standard
• Support for implementation of Elos/EIO in
schools
• Website and eTwinning

23. Elos Europe
• + 250 Elos schools, 17 countries
• 125.000 students
• In 12 countries: national Elos centre and
national Elos coordinator
• European association and network
• Links to enterprises and schools for further
education

24. Certification
• For schools
• For students

25. Certification
• School:
- Signing of Letter of commitment + selfevaluation
- Participation in network
- Awarded by national coordinator
- External evaluation every 3 years
If approved, then:
- Elos school-certificate

26. Certification
• Student:
- Student portfolio based on CFEC, relevant to level of
education followed
- Awarded by certified Elos school
- Elos student certificate
- At the end of schoolcareer

27. Information
• www.eloseducation.info
• http://new-twinspace.etwinning.net/web/p29244/welcome

28. Favour your pupils with an international start!

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