School-Based Case Studies

March 2019 – December 2019

Call for Teachers

Deadline 26 February 2019

1 DESCRIPTION
In order to provide better frameworks of support for teachers to mainstream the impact of
Teacher Academy (TA) online courses, a newly established study group will carry out school-
based case studies during 2019.

The study group will consist of 10 teachers from different countries across Europe who will
work together in the creation of a variety of outputs that will help to integrate the use of TA
online courses at school-level. To this end, the selection of its members will be done among
previous participants of Teacher Academy online courses, School Education Gateway related
networks (SEG members, eTwinning schools, eTwinning ambassadors) as well as teacher
communities run by European Schoolnet (Scientix ambassadors, EUN Academy course
communities, etc). However, the call will be open to any teacher interested in participating in
the activity following specific criteria. Teachers will be invited to apply to participate to the
activity via an open call disseminated through TA social media channels, SEG Newsletter, NSS,
NA, eTwinning schools, Future Classroom Lab network, etc.

2 MAIN ACTIONS
This study group will focus on defining and implementing actions supporting teachers who
lack relevant skills to benefit from the TA offer, encourage those who would normally be less
interested in participating in such a professional development format, and recognise the work
of those who successfully do. Example of possible actions are:

- Course follow-up and implementation activities to ensure what has been learned is
actually implemented and evaluated at school level
- Study groups taking a course together and supporting each other to benefit more from
the course
- Incentive schemes to encourage more colleagues to participate and complete a course
- Recognition schemes to recognise and value the work of colleagues completing a
course

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 - Dissemination schemes to ensure what has been learned by those participating in a
course is disseminated successfully throughout the school
- Support schemes to help teachers to implement what has been learned in their
classroom practice.

3 MAIN TASKS
The study group will be asked to carry out a set of tasks:

- Participate in two (2) one-day workshops in the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels,
one planned to take place on 12th April 2019, the second one to take place on 12th
December 2019. The workshops will include training in digital content creation tools.
- Produce a set of resources that will serve as a guide to other teachers and schools
who want to benefit from TA courses. The exact format of these resources will be
discussed with the study group but the aim is to create an interactive eBook that will
be disseminated online to mainstream participation of TA courses and/or a YouTube
playlist or channel where participants in the case study group share their best practices,
tips and advices for other teachers.
- Participate in regular online meetings/webinars with the coordinator of the
school-based study group as well as in social media group discussions (Facebook) to
allow for a more enriching exchange of experience and knowledge.
- Provide feedback and evaluation data via online questionnaires and interviews.

4 BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS

 Opportunity to be a member of the selected Study Group of this pilot project of the
School Education Gateway
 Professional development opportunities in the form of two on-site workshops in the
Future Classroom Lab in Brussels – certificates of participation will be provided
 Travel and accommodation costs of teachers covered to participate in the two
workshops
 Possibility to be part of an international community of teachers whose work will be
widely disseminated through the School Education Gateway and European Schoolnet
channels, thereby gaining visibility and recognition at international level
 Opportunity to get your previous work on Teacher Academy and similar courses more
widely recognised at school level
 Opportunity to shape school-level developments and inspire your colleagues – with the
support of the study group.
 Opportunity to exchange with like-minded colleagues and share your experiences.

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5 SELECTION CRITERIA OF TEACHERS
The selection criteria for the school-based case studies group are the following:

- Proficient knowledge of English (understanding, writing, reading and listening):

teachers should feel very comfortable to communicate in English in order to attend the
workshops in the Future Classroom Lab, and be able to develop training resources
(interactive eBook and YouTube videos, and closely collaborate online with the study
group coordinator and teachers from other countries.
- Have good content creation skills: teachers will receive a training on digital tools that
can be used for the creation of the final outputs. However, having previous experience
in the use of online or digital tools (to create online magazines, posters, podcasts,
videos) as well as previous experience in creating teacher professional development
materials (such as instructional videos, interactive magazines, e-learning material, etc)
will be an added value.
- Be an active and experienced teacher who is already taking (or willing to take) an
active role in the development of their school and have the explicit support of
their school leader: Participants should be in a position to be able to work with or
even lead other colleagues at their school. Accordingly, participants of the study group
should have the explicit support of their school leaders or should be a member of the
school leadership team.
- Be active in social media channels and act as a multiplier to increase the
engagement of teachers: the participants of the study group are expected to act as
multipliers in their own school but also, possibly, in other schools of the region/country,
to increase engagement in Teacher Academy online courses. Besides, they are expected
to be very active in social media channels (Twitter, Facebook) in order to reach other
teachers and increase engagement in Teacher Academy online courses.
- Availability to travel to Brussels and participate in the two on-site workshops and
the two/three online webinars: in order to fulfil the tasks of the Study Group, teachers
need to attend the two workshops.
o The first workshop is scheduled to happen on 11-12th April 2019
o The second workshop is scheduled to happen on 11-12th December 2019

6 HOW TO APPLY
Teachers are invited to apply for the School-based case study group of School Education
Gateway by filling in the application form by 26th February 2019 at 12:00 CET.

The selected teachers will be officially informed by email on their participation to the Study
Group activities by 6th March, the latest.

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The selected teachers will have up to 8th March at 12:00 CET to confirm their participation to
the Study Group. If no confirmation is received by this date, the candidate will no longer be
considered to be part of the Study Group.

7 CONTACT
In case of questions of doubts, you can contact Naír Carrera, Coordinator of the School-Based
case studies: nair.carreramartinez@eun.org

The School Education Gateway is an initiative of the European Union and funded by Erasmus+,
the European programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport. Neither the European Union
institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use
which may be made of the information contained herein.

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