International Professional Learning Community Visit
Grant Application Form / 2

International Professional Learning Community Visit - Grant Application Form

Submission deadline – 10th July 2015

Please read the “Guidance for Applicants” before submitting your application. Please email your application form to . NO hard copies are required.

Eligibility checklist
This PLC visit is open to secondary schools only. To be eligible to apply for a grant you must fulfil these criteria:
§  Be an existing or recently formed Professional Learning Community (PLC).
§  Be experienced practitioners and/or middle managers – i.e. those who have a few years’ experience and are in a position to be able to influence practice when they return. Applicants may be from one or a number of different schools.
§  Be no more than six teachers.
§  A school who is a debtor to the British Council cannot apply.

Part 1: Partner information

1.1a Lead Coordinator /
Name of School
Address:
Local Education Authority:
Welsh Medium:
School Size:
Percentage of pupils receiving free school meals:
Website:
Project coordinator
(name and title):
Position in organisation
(inc. dept or faculty):
Telephone: / Mobile
Email:
Name of Head:
1.1b Partner 1 /
Name of School
Address:
Local Education Authority:
Welsh Medium:
School Size:
Percentage of pupils receiving free school meals:
Website:
Position in organisation
(inc. dept or faculty):
Telephone: / Mobile
Email:
Name of Head:
1.1c Partner 2 /
Name of School
Address:
Local Education Authority:
Welsh Medium:
School Size:
Percentage of pupils receiving free school meals:
Website:
Position in organisation
(inc. dept or faculty):
Telephone: / Mobile
Email:
Name of Head:
1.1d Partner 3 /
Name of School:
Address:
Local Education Authority:
Welsh Medium:
School Size:
Percentage of pupils free school meals:
Website:
Position in organisation
(inc. dept or faculty):
Telephone: / Mobile
Email:
Name of Head:
1.1e Partner 4 /
Name of School:
Address:
Local Education Authority:
Welsh Medium:
School Size:
Percentage of pupils receiving free school meals:
Website:
Position in organisation
(inc. dept or faculty):
Telephone: / Mobile
Email:
Name of Head:

Part 2: The PLC

2.1 Please specify the current or previous activities of your PLC within Wales.
2.2 Please describe the benefits of these PLC activities to your school(s) and pupils.

Part 3: Study Visit Project details – Current Issues around Digital Competence

3.1 Digital Competence will be the focus area of the visit. Please provide evidence of need and specify any theme within this focus area that you would like to explore specifically.
3.2 What are the shared objectives (agreed between your school(s) of this visit?
3.3 Explain how you expect your participation in the visit to develop good practice in your school(s).
3.4 How do you hope the outcomes of the visit will impact on teaching and improve learning outcomes for children?
3.5 What are your proposals for building a sustainable partnership with the Hong Kong schools in the future?
3.6 How would your PLC benefit and measure the impact and success from this visit?

Part 4: Further information

Please add any further information you may wish in support of your application /

Part 5: Data protection and freedom of information

This study visit is managed by the British Council on behalf of the Welsh Government. The British Council will use the information you are providing for the purpose of assessing your grant application and securing your participation in the IPLC. We may pass this information on to other organisations, including the Welsh Government in order to assess your application and to administer and evaluate the project.

In order to administer the project, we will send your information to British Council offices based in another country, where it will continue to be handled in accordance with UK data protection law.

We may want to use your information to send you details of other activities, services and events which you may find of interest.

Please tick one of the statements below

Yes, I would like to be sent details of other relevant activities, services and events.
No, I do not want to be sent details of other activities, services and events.

Under UK data protection law you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold on you, for which we may charge a fee, and the right to ask us to correct any inaccuracies in that information. If you want more information about this please contact your local British Council office or the Data Protection Team or see our website:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/home-data-protection.htm

Part 6: Submission

Submission /
Name of lead coordinator / Date
Original signatures are not required at this stage but application must be submitted using an official school/college email address.