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Descriptions of courses run by providers

taking part in the European IST conference

in Cologne / December 2013

European IST Conference

11. – 12. December 2013

Senats Hotel, Cologne

1 Descriptions of courses run by providers taking part in the European IST conference in Cologne / December 2013

Country Institution Description of the institution

Austria Lifelong Learning GesnbR

www.eu-seminare.com

We do Seminars for Teachers/ Trainers for Adult Education for improvement of Learning & teaching methods

We focus on modern didactics, NLP & Coaching

Lifelong Learning GesnbR

Marc Ortlieb & Tanja Kaufmann

Packerstraße 72

8561 Söding

[email protected]

www.eu-seminare.com

Austria Pädagogische Hochschule

Steiermark PHSt

www.phst.at

The University of Teacher Education Styria (PHSt) offers a wide variety of study programmes in the field of training,

continuing education and further education for all types of schools and grades. There are over 500 people employed

in the fields of teaching and research.

Belgium VSKO - Flemish Board of

Catholic Education

www.vsko.be

VSKO is the Flemish Board of Catholic Education. We offer courses organised by our In-Service Training Unit

(Effective Staff Development in Lisbon, Leading Educational Change in Prague, Evidence Based Teaching and

Learning in Malaga; by our unit of special needs education on Building a School for All (on inclusive education); by

our pedagogical advisors on TQL - Teaching, Learning and Quality in Lisbon; our advisor in charge of the in-set for

primary school heads plans a new course on leadership (informal dynamics within the school).

Belgium Alden Biesen

www.alden-biesen.be

Alden Biesen. Grundtvig and Comenius courses based on centralised project outcomes:

Quality care - self-evaluation (based on SEALLL) - in cooperation with PLATO, NL

Learning in Heritage contexts (based on Aqueduct) - in cooperation with PLATO, NL

Storytelling in adult learning (based on Sheherazade)

Networking in education (based on ComNet) - in cooperation with die Berater, AT

Validation of non-formal learning (based on VIP, VILMA) - in cooperation with BUPNET, DE

Quality of international IST courses (based on GINCO T&T)

Belgium GO! onderwijs van de

Vlaamse Gemeenschap

www.g-o.be/english

If you are an educational professional and if you would like to learn about implementing ICT in your teaching, the

TACCLE course in April 2014 in Italy might be just what you are looking for. It is the last such course under the

current LLP programme.

With the sixth in-service training, which will run from 6 until 13 April 2014 in Urbino, Italy (reference number: BE-

2013-268-001 Session 2 Comenius or BE-2013-267-001 Session 2 Grundtvig) our aim is to help teachers to develop

state of the art content for e-learning in general and for learning environments in particular. We try to achieve this

by training teachers to create e-learning materials and raising their awareness of e-learning in general. TACCLE will



help to establish a culture of innovation in the schools in which they work. The training is geared to the needs of the

classroom teachers but teacher trainers, ICT support staff and resource centre staff may find it useful too! If you are

an educational professional and if you would like to learn about implementing ICT in your teaching, the TACCLE

course in April 2014 in Italy might be just what you are looking for.

This course is not aimed at advanced users of ICT.

The course is organised by GO!, the state education network in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium (www.g-

o.be/english)

More information on this course: http://taccle2.eu/news/taccle-ist-course-2014-creating-your-own-e-learning-

content-in-school-education-and-adult-education

The course is the result of the TACCLE projects:

www.taccle.eu

www.taccle2.eu

We also organise the CIRCE course aimed at teachers of classical languages and culture:

http://www.circe.be/content/view/121/334/lang,nl/ In July 2013 the 8th CIRCE course was organised. For future

courses we are waiting for more information on Erasmus+.

Belgium,

Flanders

DPB + Eekhoutcentrum

www.dpbbrugge.be +

www.eekhoutcentrum.be

We are a institution for pedagogical advisory (DPB) and in-service training (Eekhoutcentrum) and have been

involved in several international projects. We coach, counsel and train leaders, middle management and

teachers/trainers from centres for adult education, VET and compulsory education.

We offer a course on educational quality “Teach, Learn and Quality” in Lisbon (Portugal), a course on educational

innovation “Eduaction4Tomorrow” in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and a seminar on the Finnish educational system in

Joensuu (Finland).

We organized several international Master Classes, the last one in October 2013 in partnership with professor

Helen Timperley (University Auckland, New Zealand) on the professionalization of teachers/trainers.

We prepare a new course on coaching “Keycoach” that will be organized in Pamplona (Spain) in September 2015.



España ACADEMIA IRIA FLAVIA

IFSPANISH.COM

Iria Flavia is a small school, directed by 3 partners. We have two centres: one in Vigo and one in Santiago de

Compostela.

The school in Vigo is dedicated to in-company language training for corporate clients: German, French, English,

Italian, Portuguese. We teach in-person, blended and on-line courses, both General and for specific purposes.

The school in Santiago de Compostela is dedicated to our courses of Spanish as a foreign language, and it is

accredited by Instituto Cervantes. Our courses are addressed both at adult students and at school / university

groups. Since 2010 we also offer teacher training courses both for teacher of teenagers and of adults. The contents

of these courses are focused on the use of IT, theatre techniques and Spanish culture and current affairs (music,

cinema, comic...) in the class of Spanish as a second language.

España IES Urbano Lugrís. A

Coruña. Spain

www.iesurbanolugris.es

IES Urbano Lugrís A Coruña is a High School and Vocational Education. Staff: 60 teachers & 600 students.

It has participated in several international Comenius-Grundtvig activities and programmes during the last ten years;

having received in 2009 the Galicia Comenius-Grundtvig Prize. In the year 2012 it has obtained the Erasmus Charter,

reason why the school expands its international activity to the Erasmus programmes.

IE Urbano Lufgrís, in collaboration with ARSCIENCIA, SOTAVENTO & Museos científicos coruñeses, organizes the

training course for teachers (4th year):

SCIENCE & ART: SO DIFFERENT, SO SIMILAR!

Comenius-Grundtvig Database number:ES-2013-353-002

Place: Santiago de Compostela. (Unesco Heritage). GaliciaSpain

Objectives:

-The training course is an approach to the basic aspects of the relationship between Art and Science. Step by step

we analyse the various ways in which Science may become Art, and how and when Art could influence Science

and in the actual fusion of Art and Science to make a Third Culture.

-The main aim for the teachers is to get some hints, which they can use in their Art and Science lessons, in order

to convey to their students the idea that both Science and Art are, in a deep sense, very similar and that they are

closely related.

-Spreading the culture of Galicia through its triangle of World Heritage Sites: Santiago and the Camino de Santiago

(end point of pilgrimage, meeting point of cultures, location of international meetings), the tower of Hercules in A

Coruña and the Old Roman Wall of Lugo. This also includes its society, traditions, cuisine, current technology,

lifestyle, Celtic heritage...

- Finally, yet not less important, contacting of teachers with the same interest in opening new avenues in the

fields of science and art and to convey this concern to the new generations.



Finland CLILedu / Summer

University of Lapland

www.cliledu.fi (under

construction),

www.lapinkesayliopisto.fi

CLILedu offers teacher capacity building with first class facilitators. The courses are organized either jointly with the

Summer University of Lapland or by CLILedu independently, and in close collaboration with the participants or

participant organizations to meet their specific needs.

CLILedu avails of a wide network of CLIL-oriented organizations, authorities and individuals (researches, materials

writers, and CLIL educators). All course facilitators are widely recognized European CLIL experts who are invited to

facilitate courses of their own specific fields of specialisms.

Areas of CLILedu specialism:

1. Finnish education, curriculum development, study visits

2, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

- CLIL on at pre-primary, primary and secondary levels

- CLIL in vocational education

- CLIL in Higher Education

- Subject-oriented CLIL

- CLIL materials and resources development

- Activating new technologies for CLIL practice

- Leadership and management of CLIL programmes

3. Dual-language environments

- Professional development

- Academic language

- Bilingual / multilingual materials

- Curriculum adaptation

- Home-school cooperation

4. Language education – language across the curriculum

- Academic or subject-specific language - reading and writing

- School-based language policy

5. New technologies in teaching and learning

- Blended learning

- E-learning pedagogies

- 21st century skills for teaching and learning



Finland Euneos Finland

www.euneos.fi

Euneos Corporation (registered in Finland in 2005) is active in European in-service-teacher training since 2006, as

the legal body of the Comenius 3 network COMP@CT.

The field of expertise of Euneos is the didactical use of:

- ICT in the transition of education from non-digital to digital learning

- ICT in EU projects and in global projects for school education. Euneos is the legal body of a network of EU

secondary schools running project based internetprojects with schools in India (www.eumind.net).

- e-learning tools in language learning and in intercultural communication . Euneos has been involved in centralised

European projects WebCEF-www.webcef.eu (Web-based tools for evaluating oral language skills) and CEFCULT –

www.cefcult.eu (learning environment for assessing intercultural communicative competence).

Euneos has a broad experience in supporting schools on developing school policy plans on internationalisation.

Courses

“Tap-Swipe-Pinch”: how to use tablets and social media in education (Spain: new course)

"eJournalism 2.0 - Educational Collaboration Across Borders Using Web based Tools": how to use ict in international

projects (Inari-Finnish Lapland)

WebCEF course for language teachers: online assessment of oral proficiency.

Finland European Bridges

Consultancy

http://europeanbridges.c

om

European Bridges Consulting connects educators in Europe to promote overall wellbeing of individuals and entire

institutions especially at the educational sector.

EBC organises national and international conferences, seminars and training courses. Project evaluation and the grid

analyses are also in the field of expertise. Consultation is available on project management and the follow up and

evaluation of the project processes.

EBC assists also the study visits of the educators in Europe.

The courses EBC organisers are

1) Group Dynamics and Social Skills in the Classroom, http://italy.europeanbridges.com

2) Action Methods Improving Motivation and Quality in the Learning Environments,

http://portugal.europeanbridges.com

Germany Europafels

europafels: Our Concept for continued vocational training

One of the main goals in our conception of continued vocational training is to bring theory together with practice.

This is why our seminars are organized to provide participants with information based on the current state of



research on a given topic. In order to meet this high standard of timeliness, we have professors from universities

near our training centers in Europe and Germany teach our seminars, specialists who take into account the latest

developments in their field in terms of research and application. Our instructors are come from a variety of

disciplines and are thus able to shed light on the topics taught from different viewpoints. Additionally, we invite

presenters whose main occupation is teaching and we ask them to introduce the participants of the course to

different possibilities of putting the theories into practice – an approach to advanced training for teachers which has

proven successful both nationally and regionally.

We do not only hold ourselves to these high standards of timeliness when it comes to the presented information,

however. We also try to meet them in our own teaching. This is why our instructors are encouraged to use the

didactical materials they bring to the seminar from their own academic research and teaching experience in our

seminars. Participants’ competences in the area of IKT, for example, are thus not only developed by the information

provided by the instructors on the subject, they are also developed through active exchange on online platforms.

The materials taught are eventually put to the test during visits to individual institutions. As we take tours through

the schools, businesses and public institutions that use innovative concepts, our instructors who specialize in the

respective field explain how they have put theoretical findings into practice.

In this way, the seminar concept can be immediately translated into the class room setting and participants have a

chance to get to know the theory and practice of an activity-oriented form of teaching.

Due to the conception of the vocational training

- participants are offered multiple options to connect,

- they are challenged to actively take part in the seminar;

- they have the chance to get to know different kinds of customs and conventions through personal contacts and are

thus given the opportunity to reflect on their own cultural practices critically;

- they get a chance to experience the region, its history and culture;

- they are given opportunities to reflect on their own stance toward the materials taught and the topics discussed;

- they are involved in the production of knowledge and the development of solutions to existing problems.

In this process, learners are involved wholly, and not only gets a chance to advance their knowledge, their

competences as well as their personality. What has been learned can then be applied directly in the participants’

own teaching. Finally, europafels continues to support its participants even after the end of the seminar as they are

trying to put what they have learned into practice or as they seek to realize other projects that have to do with the

seminar topic or go well beyond it.



Germany Forum Eltern und Schule

www.weiterbildung-fuer-

schulen.de

Forum Eltern und Schule is an institution of political adult education acknowledged by the federal state of

Northrhine-Westfalia. It is carried by Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft Gesamtschule (GGG) e.V. NRW Verband für

Schulen des gemeinsamen Lernens, a non-profit organisation working for integrated schools. Educational policy,

school development, co-operation between parents and school are main areas of our work. Forum Eltern und

Schule was coordinating institution of the Comenius-2.1 project "EU-MAIL - EUropean Mixed-Ability and

Individualised Learning" (2003 - 2006). The results of this project have influenced our work to a large extent since

then. We have developed a wide range of courses, seminars, conferences on the base of these results. One portion

of this are European courses dealing with different aspects of school and learning in European countries. At first

there were the partner countries of the EU-MAIL project (Finland, Sweden Norway and England). Meanwhile

Northern Ireland (UK) and Southern Tyrole (IT) were added.

There are two leading questions in our European courses:

1) How do children learn and how can they be best supported?

2) What can schools in different European countries learn from each other for the best support of their learners

For more details please visit our website and look for "Seminare in Europa / European courses"

Germany Goethe-Institut

http://www.goethe.de

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide.

Goethe-Institut sets internationally recognised standards in the teaching and learning of German as a foreign

language. It runs language courses, compiles teaching materials, trains teachers, contributes to scientific research

and participates in politicolanguage initiatives.

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Professional development in Germany

Continuing education seminars for German teachers are offered at the 13 Goethe-Instituts in Germany and other

seminar locations.

Our approx. 90 continuing education courses and seminars offer you the opportunity to update your skills in

methodology/didactics and your knowledge about Germany and its people and to arrive at a balanced view of

Germany. At the same time, you will exchange ideas with people of different nationalities and improve your German

language skills. •Approximately 150 university-educated, highly motivated trainers with intercultural skills prepare

programs focusing on Germany and its people, methodology/didactics or continuing education.

•We will inform you about current research and discussions in your selected subject area.

•You will receive high-quality training materials.

•Our continuing education programs are intended mainly for teachers of German as a foreign language from

outside Germany, but also for journalists, artists and individuals in other fields with an interest in the German

language and culture.



http://www.goethe.de/fortbildung

Germany Grundschule Dresselndorf

www.grundschule-

dresselndorf.de

The Grundschule Dresselndorf is a small primary school, situated in a rural area. One third of our students are

migrants and their number is continually increasing. So the whole school community has had to open up to different

cultures. We’ve worked a lot with different lifelong learning programmes, such as conducting Comenius school

projects, inviting Comenius school assistants, taking part in study visits and in-service training courses and holding a

partnership with a Belgian university to offer practical training.

This has also influenced our school curriculum. We started with teaching CLIL lessons three years ago, and

networking with schools from abroad has finally led to offering two IST courses per year.

“Teaching English Successfully” is a teaching English methodology course.

The courses take place in

1. Taormina, Sicily, last week in May

2. Tochni, Cyprus, first week in October

Germany Kulturring in Berlin e.V.

www.kulturring.org

Kulturring in Berlin e.V. – Berlin, Germany - a non-profit association bringing together local initiatives and groups in

the cultural and educational sector across Berlin. Established in 1994, it continues the work of the Kulturbund which

was established in 1945.The Kulturring has various centres and offices across Berlin.

The Media Education Department of the Kulturring in Berlin e.V. has introduced media education with a video focus

to primary and secondary schools and pre-service and in-service education. The department has a successful path

with media educational and video and language combined projects and is looking into how video production can be

used as a tool to foster media and intercultural competence.

The Media Education Department has so far coordinated five multilateral European projects and is coordinating the

new VIDUSIGN project: fostering inclusion and creative expression for non-hearing youth through video.

Furthermore, the department has been offering Comenius teacher training courses for more than 10 years.

The focus has always been on the creative use of Video in the classroom and a critical approach towards media

education. We offer three course models:

Video and Communication - Media Education across the Curriculum: How to use foto/video production in different

subjects.

Video Production and Web 2.0: Additional focus on the social media and sharing your video products online with



peers.

Crealle - Creativity and Language Learning: Creative & motivational concepts for language teachers including drama,

music and history combined with video.

Germany Paedagogische

Hochschule / University

of Education Freiburg

www.ph-freiburg.de

Die Paedagogische Hochschule / the University of Education Freiburg is a university specializing in the subject of

education and pedagogy, and is charged with research and educational activities at the highest academic levels.

There is substantial experience with adult education, teaching media and media research. Since 2006 IST is

successfully provided continuously every year.

Course offer:

META Europe: MEDIA TRAINING ACROSS EUROPE, Speaking out! - Media competence and cultural empowerment

How to work more effectively with different target groups in community media? How to design compelling and

creative audio productions for use in teaching and training? In the META Europe course participants learn about

digital recording, interviewing and editing and just as important how to train minority groups to create a voice for

expressing their cultural identity. Radio / Media producers can learn from adult educators about their practices and

adult educators can benefit from the creative and media experience of media / radio producers.

META EUROPE is a European training course focusing on media competence and new technology. It has been

developed under the European Socrates /Grundtvig scheme by an international consortium of radio stations,

universities and media training projects.The University of Education Freiburg, Germany was the coordinator and is

course provider. From 2006 to 2013 courses were run successfully in Poland, UK, Austria, Finland and Spain.

Germany REVEAL

www.reveal-eu.org,

www.my-vita.eu

REVEAL offers the LEVEL5 system for validating competence developments.

LEVEL5 is based on a three-dimensional model that visualises the development of:

- Knowledge

- Skills and

- Attitudes

in the so-called LEVEL5 cube on five quality levels.

Using the cube model LEVEL5 can significantly reduce the complexity in the description of learning outcomes hence

offering an attractive display system especially for not formalised learning settings.

With LEVEL5 also learning projects outside formal educational institutions or even self-directed learning activities

(eg learning in Erasmus mobility programs, while learning the job) can be designed, planned and validated.



For these learning contexts, the network REVEAL with members from 22 European countries developed the system

LEVEL5, to promote, visualise and validate informal learning. Since 2005 the system has been used successfully in

over 100 European educational projects.

LEVEL5 makes it possible to identify, visualise and validate social, personal and organisational competence

developments.

REVEAL, as umbrella organisation, offers trainings, counselling and joint (project) developments in the field of

competence based learning and validation.

REVEAL runs the social media platform my-vita.eu, an e-portfolio in which you can share your experiences, projects,

Cvs and other evidences of competence developments in an exciting and self-organised manner with friends,

colleagues or with potential employers.

Viceversa also companies and organisations can present themselves to a European audience, as for example, for the

recruitment of professionals, or for co-operation with like-minded partners.

Germany Universities of Education

in Baden-Württemberg

www.ph-

ludwigsburg.de/eu_forsc

h/

The six Universities of Education in Baden-Württemberg are located in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Ludwigsburg

, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Weingarten. They traditionally specialise in the education and further training for primary,

secondary and special school teachers. In the last years additional study possibilities - particularly in the field of

Lifelong Learning and adult education - have been created (e.g. Bachelor and Master Programmes in Pre-school

education, Cultural and Educational Management and Educational Research) .

We offer at the moment 2 different courses (results of Comenius /Grundtvig Multilateral Projects):

CAT4U: Effective Use of Computer Aided Teaching and Learning (CAT) Materials - Criteria for choosing usable CAT

materials for science teaching and learning (Module 1)

META EUROPE: MEDIA TRAINING ACROSS EUROPE Speaking out! - Media competence and cultural empowerment

Greece Ellinogermaniki Agogi

www.ea.gr

Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA) is an educational organization of private law, officially recognized by the state. EA is a

teacher training organisation, since it has been certified by the Greek Ministry of Education (2000) as a training

centre for teachers of Greek elementary and secondary schools. The R&D department of EA has great experience in

the coordination of research and demonstration projects focusing on teacher training and professional

development. It is an institutional member of EDEN (European Distance Education Network) and of STEDE (Science

Teacher Education Development in Europe) network. EA was the national representative of the Greek Ministry of



Education in the International exhibition “Salon de l’ education” that was held in November 2000 in Paris in the

framework of the e-Learning Initiative of the European Commission. EA was the first Greek educational

organization, which applied ODL in secondary level education in the year of 1993. During the last years the R&D

department has coordinated and supported the participation of EA in more than 100 European (IST, eContentplus,

Socrates/MINERVA, Leonardo da Vinci) and National projects. EA team has also successfully coordinated a series of

Socrates Comenius and Minerva projects (e.g. GEH-MIT, DAF-Network, AgroWeb, WebTV, YouRA, METASCHOOL).

More specifically, the DAF-Network, a network of teachers of German language, for the dissemination of the

German language and the professional development of teachers of German language received the Second European

Award for Innovation and Creativity in 2009 (http://www.daf-netzwerk.org/). EA was also recently authorised to

prepare a training program in new technologies for teachers from the small islands of Aegean Sea (with less than

5000 people) through a large-scale open and distance training scheme, in collaboration with the University of

Aegean. EA is coordinating a large network of 130 rural schools in Greece, Spain, Finland, Sweden and Romania

(Rural Wings Network – http://www.ruralwings-project.net) providing them with distance training and support

through the implementation of innovative projects and activities. It also runs the European Portal on multigrade

education (NEMED – http://www.nemed-network.org) which provides training to teachers in rural schools. EA is a

teacher training organisation, since it has been certified by the Greek Ministry of Education (2000) as a training

centre for teachers of Greek elementary and secondary schools. EA is also running a large-scale European project,

the “Open Discovery Space”, that aims to offer a socially-powered and multilingual open learning infrastructure in

order to boost the adoption of eLearning resources in European schools that will be implemented in 2000 schools

across Europe (2012-2015). The in-service training courses it offers to teachers, teacher trainers and policy makers

focus on using new technologies (remote labs and other applications) and open educational resources for Science

teaching and for inquiry based learning, developing teachers' digital skills or programming skills, developing

creativity through use of games in education, developing creativity in early science teaching.

Greece HELLENIC CULTURE

CENTRE

www.hcc.edu.gr

The Hellenic Culture Centre www.hcc.edu.gr , founded in 1995, is one of the first non formal education institutions

that offered Greek as a foreign/second language courses. It has an expertise in Language Teacher Training

programmes. The aims of the institution are to promote language learning and language teaching and to contribute

to adult education and intercultural education methodology. Has been involved in different national and EU projects

on intercultural education, teacher training, cultural exchanges, e-learning.

http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/are-you-a-teacher/i-teach-greek (third GINCO Award “Good Care for Quality 2012”)

http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/are-you-a-teacher/greek-to-non-native-speakers

http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/are-you-a-teacher/learning-to-teach-greek

http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/are-you-a-teacher/greek-as-a-foreign-language

http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/are-you-a-teacher/teaching-greek-to-adults



http://www.hcc.edu.gr/en/lesvos-summer-school/greek-language-and-culture-programme

- We offer 8 different Greek language and culture courses to multinational classes

(all teacher training courses as well as the Greek language and Culture courses are offered through the Grundtvig

training database)

Greece UNIVERSITY OF THE

AEGEAN

www.aegean.gr

The University of the Aegean is a University network with departments in six islands and offices in Athens. It is a

new university with 13.500 students and 16 departments. It is a new dynamic institution relying on technology for

its operation.

The course is based on a Comenius 2.1 project MUSE (Multigrade School Education) Project No. : 106231.

Multigrade education (when a teacher in a classroom addresses a group sf students of different ages that belong to

different schoolgrades), could provide a new, attractive educational paradigm. It offers new methods for teaching

in schools (primary and secondary. The course gives emphasis on ICT, peer learning and generally on innovative

methods in teaching and learning.

Hungary Tempus Public

Foundation

www.tka.hu

Tempus Public Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit organization established in 1996 by the Hungarian Government, with

the task of managing international cooperation programmes and special projects in the field of education, training

and EU-related issues. It is the National Agency of LLP programme.

Iceland InterCultural Iceland

www.ici.is

InterCultural Iceland is a non-profit consortium which develops innovative educational initiatives and offers a broad

spectrum of multi-disciplinary expertise and training activities. It was founded in 2003 in Reykjavík Iceland. ICI has

become an important research and training centre at national and European level on the themes of teachers

training, new competences and intercultural education, co-operative learning for didactics, and for anti racist and

sensitization training about migration, prejudice and discrimination.

Today the Centre has an international reputation for excellence in the areas of training for trainers and teachers,

Intercultural education, cooperative learning in multicultural groups, anti-racist and sensitization training against

prejudice and discrimination on a regional and European level. In 2012 ICI received a "QUALITY COURSE PROVISION

FOR GRUNDTVIG IST 2012" for a sensitisation training course that has been offered in Iceland since 2004. Since then

ICI has developed and tried out new methodology and material with different groups of adults in Iceland and

Europe.

Ireland Alpha College of English

www.alphacollege.com

Alpha College, founded in 1989, offers English language training at all levels of language competence for adult

students in its city centre location and in July offers 2 centres, both in Dublin suburbs, for young learners up to the

age of 17. In addition Alpha is accredited by ACELS/QQI as an approved training centre for the CELT Teacher training

programme and has been providing in-service refresher courses for Overseas Teachers for the last 14 years. There

is a strong commitment to on-going in-service training within the school and a structured programme for staff



training and development is drawn up each year. Alpha College is accredited by QQI/ACELS; is a full member of

EAQUALS and IALC and is the first intensive language school to be authorised to award the EAQUALS Certificate of

Achievement. Currently we are working to enhance and expand the use of technologies in the classroom and to

fine-tune the standardisation of all aspects of assessment across the school.

Ireland Emerald Cultural

Instituite

www.eci.ie

The Emerald Cultural Institute is an ELT and teacher-training institute in Dublin, Ireland. We have two schools and

run several additional centres during the summer months. We offer in-service professional-development

programmes to teachers from primary to third-level, with most of these courses being a mixture of methodology

and language development. We deliver most of our courses in Dublin, but we also deliver courses at our clients’

home locations in Europe and Russia. As well as traditional, face-to-face courses, we deliver blended courses (a

combination of face-to-face workshops and online modules).

Ireland International House

Dublin

www.ihdublin.com

The Teachers' Refresher Course is designed for teachers whose first language is not English and who wish to refresh

their English language skills while at the same time, explore new methodologies and different approaches to

teaching a language.

The course is designed by our Teacher Training Department, and consists of lectures, workshops and communicative

sessions and is ideal for teachers who wish to take home lots of practical ideas and activities to use with their own

students.

Our course is recognised by the European Union Leonardo and Socrates Programmes and is therefore eligible for EU

funding under the COMENIUS scheme.

TEACHING MODULES

•ESOL methodologies

•Using course books

•Learner training

•Phonology

LANGUAGE AWARENESS MODULES

•Modal auxiliary verbs

•The perfect aspect

•Narrative tenses

•Future forms

We also offer a cultural programme, tailored to course participants' interests, teaching context and learners

Ireland The Linguaviva Centre Linguaviva has been teaching English to international students since 1977, and pride ourselves on being one of



www.linguaviva.com

Ireland's most reputable English language schools, attracting students from all over the world. We are the longest

standing member school of Quality English based in Dublin City Centre. Our courses cater for all levels of English

from Elementary to Advanced. We also offer tailor made courses for Business English, Comenius / Grundtvig funded

Teacher Training and Literature. We offer free WiFi as well as a fully equipped Computer Room. We also have a

Games Room offering Table Tennis, Pool, Air Hockey and Table Football. We offer agencies same day confirmation

on all bookings including accommodation confirmations. Linguaviva has been shortlisted in 2012 and 2013 for the

STM Star School of Europe award which demonstrates the close working relationships that exist with the school and

our partners.

Course offerings – general English, intensive English, academic English, exam preparation, ESP, Teacher Training,

Mini Stay Programmes, Private Tuition, English + Programmes, Au Pair Programme, Internship Programme.

Italy Novacultur Srl

www.novacultur.it

Novacultur Srl is a Reasearch&Language Training Agency based in Rome. Since 1995 we coordinate or participate in

EU Programmes and offer Comenius/Grundtvig training courses in the field of foreign language teaching.

In particular we are the founders of the new methodology Glottodrama aimed at teaching languages through Drama

(European Language Label 2010) and at training teachers in this new approach (GINCO Award 2012). At the present

the method Glottodrama is adopted by private langauge centers and academic institutions in 8 EU countries.

. We are going to organize in 2014 a second international conference on "Performing Arts in Language Learning"

and to set up the first international association in this field.Moreover we are open to any further international

project or partnership in this sector wich intends to focus on a humanistic approach to foreignlLanguage teaching

and Learning.

Italy Pixel Associazione

http:\\www.pixel-

online.net

Pixel promotes internationalization and European Cooperation in the fields of Education, Training and Culture.

Pixel was established in Florence (Italy) in 1999 and has significant experience in the following areas:

•Organization of international education and training initiatives

Pixel organizes and deliver international in-service training courses on different topics such as: European

cooperation, new technologies for education, innovative educational methodologies, language learning etc. Some of

these courses have been delivered in over 30 editions so far. An average of 300 participants, from all over Europe,

attend Pixel international courses every year. The international courses organized are addressed to: school teachers,

head of schools, university lecturers, trainers, researchers, public officers, managers of education and training

organizations etc.

•Direct submission as promoter or coordinator of European Projects.

Pixel successfully coordinated and managed over 60 European projects. Some of the European programmes that

funded the projects in which Pixel was and is involved are: Socrates ODL; Socrates Minerva, Socrates Grundtvig,

Socrates Lingua, eLearning, Leonardo da Vinci, Lifelong Learning (Sub Programmes: Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo

da Vinci, Grundtvig and KA1, KA2, KA3, KA4 Transversal Programmes), Justice Programme, Safer Internet



Programme.

•Organization of international events and conferences in the field of education Pixel organizes international

conferences. Three of them are organized on a yearly basis. The first one is entitled: The Future of Education and it

is held in Florence, every year, in June. The second international conference is entitled: ICT for language Learning

and it is held in Florence, yearly, in November. The third international conference is entitled: New Perspectives in

higher Education and it is held in Florence, yearly, in March. About 250 participants attend each of the events

representing over 50 countries in the five continents.

Pixel organizes on a yearly basis one or more editions of the following courses:

•European Project Planning. The course provides participants with the skills for successfully accessing European

funds in the field of education, training and culture

•European Project Management. The course provides participants with the skills for successfully managing

European funds in the field of education, training and culture

•European Projects for Schools The course is addressed to schools teachers and staff who wish to acquire the skills

for successfully accessing and managing European projects in the field of education.

•Edutainment: Videogames and Media for Education. The course is addressed to teachers who wish to acquire the

skills for using Videogames and Multimedia for educational purposes

•Media Education for teaching and. The course is addressed to teachers who wish to acquire the skills for using new

media for educational purposes

Latvia TA Group

www.ta-group.eu

TA Group is an educational company that provides services in the field of development of thinking skills of various

groups of learners. We run teacher education seminars and workshops, develop thinking oriented materials and

curricula and help organisations in problem solving and problem management.

Currently we are offering the following courses for the Comenius target group.

Problem Management & Effective Education based on TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)

What do we call a problem? Is there a strategy that can help us move from the problematic situation to the idea of a

solution? Can this strategy be mastered by school leaders to ensure successful management of educational

problems?

This course provides answers to the above questions by introducing the participants to the Theory of Inventive

Problem Solving (TRIZ). The course is aimed at school leaders, policy makers, educational administrators and

professionals interested in improving their problem-solving skills.

All participants bring their own problems and deal with them during the course. This ensures a strong practical



focus.

Creativity & Thinking Skills in Language Education

This course introduces language teachers to the Thinking Approach to language teaching and learning

(www.thinking-approach.org). The approach provides teachers with specific tools and techniques that allow them to

integrate the development of thinking skills in the process of teaching a language. Participants are also given an

opportunity to develop or adapt own teaching materials to bring creativity and thinking to their own classes. The

course is based on over 15 years experience of developing and application of the approach across Europe.

Bringing Creativity & Thinking Skills into the Educational Process

Practically everyone agrees that it is important to develop creativity and thinking skills of learners. However, when it

comes to specific thinking tasks, lessons or curricula, it becomes evident that there are more questions than

answers. What do we actually mean by thinking? When can you say that we help our learners become better

thinkers? Can thinking be assessed?

The course provides answers to these questions and illustrates them by examples from various subjects at different

stages of learning (from pre-school to tertiary). The course is built on the experience of embedding thinking into the

learning process in various schools across Europe. Specific examples can be obtained from the community of

thinking teachers website (www.ta-teachers.eu)

Encouraging thinking at home and school

Successful cooperation between parents and teachers is often important for the quality in the learning process. It is

especially useful if parents and schools share the approach to the development of the child.

This course introduces the participants to the materials and the methodology of the Parents As Successful teacherS

project (PASS – www.ta-parents.eu). The project developed support materials for family learning to help parents

facilitate the development of language and thinking skills of children aged 3-7. The adapted version of materials was

also used by teachers in kindergartens, pre-school and primary schools. The lessons learned show that PASS can

become one of the tools for a successful dialogue between parents and teachers.

Malta Easy School of Languages

http://www.easysl.com/

EASY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, VALETTA, MALTA :

IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH: SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TEACHERS OF

ADULTS

Objectives:

•to experience and experiment with different learner-centred and collaborative learning techniques within the



context of

current communicative English-language teaching methodologies

• to enhance participants’ language skills and language knowledge

•to discuss current issues and trends in language teaching methodology

• to provide a variety of ideas and techniques in order to utilise and adapt coursebook materials to engage and

motivate

learners in participants’ own classrooms

• to meet teachers from different countries

Methodology:

• participants will be in multi-lingual groups where all the interaction will be in English (and therefore a minimum

CEF B2

level of spoken Engish is required)

•sessions will be workshop-based and will be practical and ‘hands-on’: they will involve participant-centred

experimentation and discussion

•sessions will also include components in which participants’ own language skills are developed through various

language learning techniques followed by reflection, discussion and evaluation of ways of transferring these

techniques

to participants’ own classrooms

Malta ETI -Executive Training

Insititute

www.etimalta.com

ETI is a training provider in Malta specializing in language and communication programmes which address the

needs of professionals wishing to improve their communication skills and their performance on their job or

profession. ETI is also a leading provider of in-service training and development programmes to teachers and

individuals working in the education sector. We have had teachers even outside the EU programmes, from all 5

continents, including South America, Asia (Russia, Japan and China), Africa (North & South) & Australia.

These short CPD (Continuing Professional Development) courses (1-2 weeks) are run throughout the year and

address diverse professionals in the Comenius sector (Primary to Secondary/Vocational and Post-Secondary), the

Leonardo sector (VET), as well as in the Grundtvig (Adult education) sector. These in-service (teacher) training

programmes are experiential and hands-on, and use multimedia and technology.

The ETI has collaborated as a partner on short term Leonardo Mobility projects, as well as being a partner

organization in centralized KA 2 Priority EU LLP projects whose role mainly revolves around designing and delivering

teacher training programmes in KA 2 priority subjects.

More information at www.etimalta.com

IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES DESIGNED AND DELIVERED by ETI BY TOPIC AREAS

Methodology in Language Teaching for Secondary/Vocational/Post Secondary/Adult):

Spice Up Your Teaching Ideas –Methodology in Practice Today- 1 week



Methodology Revisited, Revitalised and Re-energised - 2 weeks

Methodology in Language Teaching for Primary Level:

Language Learning, Fun & Games –Methodology for Primary School- 1 week

The Playground Classroom- Language Teaching Methodology for Primary School - 2 weeks

Methodology in Language Teaching & Language Development for English Language Teachers :

Fluency Development & Methodology for English Language Teachers - 1 & 2 weeks

Development of ICT Skills applied in Teaching :

Empowerment in ICT Skills –Making use of Technology Tools - 1 week (for all subject teachers)

Technology-Enhanced Learning - 2 weeks (for all subject teachers)

Practical ICT Tools for Language Teaching

Courses related to the application of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) :

CLIL - Tools & Applications for Teachers working with CLIL – 1 & 2 weeks

Methodology Courses related to Business English

Teaching Business English – 2 weeks

Professional Development Courses

Professional Communication Skills

Developing Intercultural & Communication Skills

Skills for Working in International Projects

Training in Internationalisation - Setting up International Student Projects & Placements

Other Teaching Courses

Dyslexia in the Teaching Environment

These course programmes have provided training opportunities for diverse teachers in diverse situations, promoting

intercultural exchanges within a bilingual environment which is also rich in history and culture, therefore targeting

the European dimension.

Nether-

lands

Chain foundation

http://chain.eu

http://chain.eu - seminars



Nether-

lands

European School

Psychology Centre for

Training

www.espct.eu

ESPCT Trainings/Workshops COMENIUS Trainings

Basic course: Crisis Management

Successful Interventions with Crises in Schools: Using Evidence Based Strategies and Tools

Advanced I: Crisis Management: Coping with Life Threats

Interventions for Coping with Life Threats: Theory and Evidence Based Practices for Suicide and Homicide Events.

Dealing with Threats of own Life or Others' Lives

Strategies and Tools for Dealing with Suicide and Threats

Advanced II: Crisis Management: Coordination and Trauma Counseling

Large Scale Crises: Preparation and Effective Strategies for Coordination and Trauma Counseling

Prevention: Conflict and Bullying Management

Preventing Violence in Schools: Effective Strategies for Conflict Management and Bullying Prevention with School

Staff and Students

Two day-Workshops

Creative Cards:

Working with Creative Cards in Counseling

Conferences

Crisis Management in Schools-Meetings:

Invited guests: ESPCT Board, International Trainers, National Trainers, Advisory Board, National Representatives

Nether-

lands

In Dialogue

www.in-dialogue.org

In Dialogue is a consultancy organisation that has been offering various courses under the current programme, since

2009. Me mainly offer (and will offer in the Erasmus+ KA1) courses on leadership approaches, coaching methods,

facilitation/ teaching techniques and conflict management. For the new programme we are revising our current



course offer. For the new programme the courses will be (courses with an are new):

Relational leadership

Narrative Coaching

Strength based coaching

Monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects

Inspiring facilitation, training and teaching

Inclusive educational approaches (aimed at including people will special learning needs)

Strategic management (including large scale interventional)

Conflict management and mediation, by narrative means

Apart from offering courses as mentioned here, In Dialogue offers consultancy services to oganisations and teams,

outside of the LLP/ Erasmus+ programme. Our course offer reflects the consultancy work we are involved in, by

which we can bring many cases into the courses and offer insights on the latest developments on the methods,

theories, approaches and techniques.

Scotland,

UK

LFEE Europe

www.lfee.net

LFEE Europe has been an international course provider since 2002. Based in Scotland, our team of experienced and

fully qualified native teachers are committed to promoting French, Spanish and English language and culture

throughout Europe.

Our courses are practical, fun and motivating. They take place in Lyon and Salignac in France; in Malaga, the capital

city of Andalucía in Spain; and in Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland.

We aim to support specialist and non specialist teachers of French, Spanish and English in Primary and Secondary

schools around Europe. We also run training programmes for Inspectors of education and other education officers

between France, Spain and the UK.

Spain ENGLISH MATTERS

www.englishmatters.org

English Matters was established in 1999 to design, organize, promote and implement programmes concerning the

intercultural and inquiry-based learning of modern languages, particularly English and Spanish, and a variety of key

themes of educational value. The programmes are devised for teachers, students, professionals and adults generally

engaged in lifelong learning. English Matters had its roots in a 1992 educational partnership between Ireland and

Spain and, following the success of this collaboration, the work was extended across Europe. The Executive

Committee of English Matters is based in Spain and has professional and academic connections with Universities

and training bodies in Spain, Ireland, England and various European countries.

Fundamental to the work of English Mattes is the symbiotic relationship between culture and language. Cultural

experience is the base for developing communicative competence within a framework of creativity, participation



and the sharing of good practice. Our programmes focus on developing innovative and flexible professionals for

living and working in today’s world.

English Matters has built expertise in the area of in-service training of teachers, in the teaching of modern languages

and in the building of collaboration across Europe. We are open to partnerships where this expertise could be

beneficial to others.

Spain Escuela Montalban

http://www.escuela-

montalban.com

Escuela Montalbán - TANDEM Granada has been offering Spanish language courses in Granada since 1986. Our

Spanish school is located in Granada, one of the most fascinating cities in Andalusia, southern Spain. The Spanish

courses are held throughout the year. The friendly atmosphere and personal touch of our Spanish classes as well as

Granada's Andalusian charm will turn your language holidays into an unforgettable experience.

The school building, characterised by its Andalusian style, its friendly classrooms, and its beautiful courtyard, retains

much of the charm and intimacy of a family home. It is situated in a quiet location just ten minutes away from the

city centre. Students from all over the world and from different age groups participate in our Spanish language

programme throughout the year. An extensive cultural programme always complements the Spanish courses.

For those students who are interested in Spanish courses combined with cultural activities we highly recommend

our Spanish for Body and Mind Programme. You can choose between cooking classes, Yoga sessions, Tango or

Flamenco dancing, scuba diving at Cabo de Gata, horseback riding in Sierra Nevada, rock climbing or hiking in the

Alpujarra Mountains.

We are accredited by the Spanish Instituto Cervantes and we are also a D.E.L.E. Examination Centre. With 800

students every year we can be considered as a medium-sized Spanish language school.

Our school is a member of TANDEM International with a network of language schools in Europe and overseas.

Sweden Elderberry AB

www.eucourses.eu

Elderberry AB from Sweden provides IST for teachers and trainers in the fields of culture, heritage, eLearning and

Mobile learning. Our motto is "taking learning ouside the classroom"

We have been running EU IST courses since 2001 and this year ran 17 sucessful courses for over 200 particpants;

SMILE, Digital Extra, Sharing Landscapes and Reading the City were held in Stockholm, Istanbul, Coventry and

Pistoia. We hope to build upon our popular educational methods with courses directed at science and technology

teachers.

Sweden Kinda Lärcentrum

Kinda Education is the public organisation for Adult Education and Technical College in Kinda Municipality, also

providing International In-service teacher training in the field of Outdoor Environmental Education, to bring the



www.kinda.se.

www.ode.kinda.se

education and learning outside the classroom and into the landscape, rural as well as urban. The courses also

encourage to find teaching strategies to meet the needs of today's students by a holistic approach.

Sweden The Learning Teacher

Network

www.learningteacher.eu

The Learning Teacher Network is a non-profit association (NGO), a European educational platform and an

international platform for professional learning, sharing of experience and debate in the vanguard of educational

progress. The network organizes annual International Conferences and European training courses as well as

produces an illustrated Magazine and an academic Journal. Conferences and courses currently mainly target the

area "Education for sustainable development". European training courses are also arranged and given on the topic

"Creativity and Learning".

United

Kingdom

ADC College

http://www.adccollege.e

u

ADC College was founded in 1991 as part of ADC Technology Training Ltd and has been involved in vocational and

professional training for more than 20 years. ADC College is a professional development and language tuition

organisation based in north-west London putting strong emphasis on the training and development of professionals

at all levels.

The college is accredited by the British Council for quality in programme delivery and English tuition, and

additionally has been awarded the MATRIX seal in recognition of its unique quality standards to assess and measure

advice and support services, which ultimately support individuals in their choice of career, learning, work and life

goals. Since 2010, ADC College has offered career advice in London job centres as part of the ‘National Careers

Service’ initiative promoted by the Department for Work and Pensions. ADC is a recognised examination centre for

Trinity College London.

ADC College currently cooperates with educational institutions in Germany, France, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech

Republic and Romania, and will initiate projects with Norway, Bulgaria and Spain in 2014. Through close

partnerships with local employers, ADC College offers students the opportunity to combine professional language

learning with intercultural training and first-hand knowledge of their fields through vocational practice.

United

Kingdom

International Projects

Centre (IPC)

www.ipcexeter.co.uk

IPC Exeter has been delivering in-service teacher training courses for teachers from all over Europe for more than 20

years. In this time we have brought together many thousands of teachers from across Europe to work and to share

ideas and experience in an atmosphere of creativity and positivity. We offer a range of specialist courses tailored to

the needs of teachers of English and other subjects who are motivated to use new methodology in their teaching.

We encourage teachers to work collaboratively and to consider meeting new partners from different countries to

create school projects that will benefit their students directly. We aim to create networks of teachers who will

maintain contact and continue to share ideas and experience and to pass on this benefit to their students. IPC is

based in a beautiful, historic building overlooking the river Exe just 5 minutes from the centre of the city of Exeter in

Devon, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the UK. All of our courses include visits to the most beautiful



parts of our region so that a course with IPC Exeter combines teacher development with cultural, geographical and

historical awareness. We look forward to working with NA's in the era of Erasmus Plus and to welcoming new

course participants from across Europe.

United

Kingdom

INTERNATIONAL STUDY

PROGRAMMES

www.International-Study-

Programmes.org.uk

International Study Programmes has over 30 years experience in organising a wide variety of educational

programmes in the UK for European teachers and students on behalf of Ministries of Education, in-service teacher

training organisations and schools and through the Comenius, Grundtvig and Leonardo programmes.

Many teachers from all parts of Europe attend International Study Programmes’ professional development courses

in 13 cities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where host family accommodation is provided.

Teachers’ courses may include:

•practical methodology workshops with eminent teacher trainers and ELT authors, providing new ideas, techniques

and materials for Teaching English as a Foreign Language or for CLIL

•English language training

•visits to British schools or colleges and discussions with teachers and head teachers

•lectures & workshops on aspects of British culture and Britain today and cultural visits

Courses for which individual educators are invited to apply take place throughout the year and include:

• Courses for Pre-primary Teachers of English

• Language & Methodology Courses for Primary Teachers of English

• CLIL Courses for Primary Teachers

• Courses for Secondary Teachers of English

• CLIL Courses for Secondary Teachers who teach their subject "bilingually" in English

• Courses for Teachers in Vocational Schools

• Courses for Teachers of English to pupils with Special Needs

• Courses for Teachers of English to Adults

• Courses for teachers of Science, History, Geography, Art, Music or Drama

• Courses for Head teachers and for Schools Inspectors & Advisers

• English for inter-school communication - language courses for teachers

Many “tailor-made” courses and educational visits for groups of educators are also arranged, taking into account

their special programme requirements, dates and budgets.

International Study Programmes looks forward to being involved in Erasmus +.

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