etwinning National Support Service BELGIUM - Flemish Community FINAL REPORT YEAR 2009 Executive Summary - Public

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1 Operating Grant Agreement number: etwinning National Support Service BELGIUM - Flemish Community FINAL REPORT YEAR 2009 Executive Summary - Public

2 Information on the Beneficiary Beneficiary organisation: Departement Onderwijs en Vorming Internationale Relaties Vlaamse Gemeenschap Coordinator: Sara Gilissen Coordinator address: Reporting period: From: 1/01/2009 To: 31/312/2009 Report version: Date of preparation: 1/02/2010 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

3 Table of Contents 1. APPROACH TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES.4 2. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT.5 3. OUTCOMES AND RESULTS LESSONS LEARNT AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE EXTRA HEADING SECTION 8

4 1. Approach to achieve objectives 1. Promotion of etwinning at national and regional level In Flanders etwinning is promoted by following channels: Website and weblog brochure Electronic newsletters etwinning Printed newsletters etwinning Newsletters Klascement Newsletters KC & Co Communication via different channels Fairs and information sessions etwinning weeks campaign etwinning Awards Flanders European etwinning Awards etwinning Ambassadors Promotional materials etwinning in the press 2. Technical and pedagogical support to participating schools etwinning flanders provides support for schools by: Helpdesk etwinning Ambassadors Follow up and monitoring of registered schools National workshops Professional Development Workshops and contact seminars Publications, Website and weblog 3. Monitoring of projects and schools etwinning Flanders monitors teachers and projects by: Progress cards and TwinBlogs National etwinning Quality Label and national prizes Case studies Good practices For further information about the monitoring of projects and teachers: see in annex the report about the national achievements Foster the quality of etwinning projects To foster the quality of etwinning projects we provided: - Helpdesk, technical and pedagogical support for teachers. - The network of etwinning Ambassadors: as support for teachers, an inspiration for good practice, tips and ideas. Also we provide support for the ambassadors to foster the quality of these projects. - Follow up and monitoring of registered schools. - National workshops.

5 - Professional Development Workshops and contact seminar. - Publications, Website and web log. In Flanders we actively foster the quality of the projects. As a result the submissions for the national and European prizes, as well as the quality labels have improved. Also the recognition of the etwinning projects in other Awards are good proof of the quality of these projects. European Quality Labels received in 2009: Kristof De Loose - GBS De Waterleest Eppegem. -Creative Commons - Bart Verswijvel - Immaculata Insituut Oostmalle. - Strawberry United - Marie leet Bens - Immaculata Instituut Oostmalle. - WWW Working With Words - KVRI Vorselaar - Ludo Jacobs. - Make a Wiz - GBVS Meulebeke - Lieven Van Parys. - Our Creativitiy - Sint-Janscollege Poperinge. - 2ndschool.eu - PTS Maasmechelen - Robert Conings. - Education through Lego Mindstorms - VTI Veurne - Lut Hoornaert. Other Awards: - Global Junior Challenge Awards Bart Verswijvel and Lieven Van Parys were nominated as finalists and were invited for the prize ceremony in Rome with their projects: I animate, I communicate and I integrate & m@te and wiz Creative Commons - elearning Awards htm Creative commons (Bart Verswijvel) was also nominated for the elearning Awards COS awards Middenschool Heilig Hart has one the first prize in their age category for the ICT-integration. - Koningin Paola prijs Lieven Van Parys has one this price with his project Kids Hand in hand. 5. Professional Development and teacher training at National and European level etwinning has provided professional development and training for teachers through: Workshops - Info sessions. - Conferences. - European Professional Development Workshops. - An Annual Conference. - Contact seminars. - Network of ambassadors and training for ambassadors. Monitoring of the participants of the European PDW's and contact seminar can be found in the Annex.

6 6. Contribution to the European portal The Flemish NSS contributed to the European Portal by - Translations: translations of the newsletter and items for the portal. - Revisions: revisions of the portal, (public pages, TwinSpace and Desktop) - Good practices: contributions for good practices - Newsletter: translations and contributions 7. Collaborative work between NSS and Central Support Service Taskforce - European Network of national ambassadors Online discussions, meetings and preparation of PDW in Varna and Chania. Participation in the PDW of Varna. Recruitment of ambassadors. - Professional Development Workshop for NSS. Groups - Planning of an etwinning group for teacher trainers. Translations - Montly newsletter (in collaboration with Dutch NSS). - Website: public portal, desktop and twinspace (revisions). - Guidelines for revisions. - Other revisions. etwinning European Prizes and conference february 2009 in Prague - Promotion. - Candidates for European Prizes. - Evaluation of projects. - Conference exhibition: stands. - Press releases. 8. Collaboration with other National Support Services. The Flemish NSS works closely together with the Dutch NSS. We share: - publications - translations - ideas and good practice of projects - ideas and good practice of promotion - network of ambassadors - workshop for ambassadors. We keep weekly contact through and telephone. Contact seminar 9-10 October 2009 in Maastricht Collaboration between Belgium French speaking Community, France, Germany, Luxemburg and The Netherlands. One NSS is the host for the contact seminar. The other NSS collaborate actively in the preparation of the contact seminar: - programme, good practices and workshops - selections of candidates

7 - materials for participants (promotion, brochure, participants list, certificates, ) - follow up of the participants - active participation in the Contact seminar (support for workshops etc.)

8 2. Activities carried out Date Activity Target group Location School Teacher/participant Organisator 27-29/01/2009 Workgroup meetings NSS-CSS Brussel Marianne Vanlancker 5-7/02/2009 PDW starters Zandvoort, NL Marianne Vanlancker and 2 teachers etwinning Nederland 13-15/02/2009 etwinning conferentie Ambassadeurs Prague Marianne Vanlancker and 4 teachers CSS 9/03/2009 etwinning promotie publiek ICT-dag Khlim Diepenbeek KC Klascement 26-28/03/2009 PDW Roskilde Two teachers etwinning Denmark 7/04/2009 COV Beurs publiek COV beurs Gent KC COV 8/04/2009 COV Beurs publiek COV beurs Kortrijk KC COV 23/04/2009 presentatie etwinning studenten Lo Antwerpen Karel de grote Hogeschool Sara Gilissen KHK Koen Cools 24/04/2009 Infosessie Ryckevelde publiek Ryckevelde Ryckevelde 24-26/04/2009 PDW Bratislava Ambassador (speaker) 28/04/2009 Schoolbezoek Casenote Meulebeke GVB Sint-Amandus Sara Gilissen 29/04/2009 Schoolbezoek Casenote Oostmalle Immaculata Instituut Sara Gilissen 30/04/2009 Schoolbezoek Casenote Bree Middenschool Heilig Hart Sara Gilissen 5/05/2009 Workshop etwinning en web 2.0 starters Brussel Sara Gilissen etwinning 6/05/2009 workshop etwinning comenius Alden Biesen Alden Biesen Bart Verswijvel en Kristof De Loose Guy Tilkin 12-14/05/2009 Workgroup meetings NSS-CSS Brussel Sara 15-17/05/2009 PDW Warsaw Two teachers etwinning Poland 16/05/2009 presentatie etwinning comenius netwerk Hasselt KHLIM Sara Gilissen en Bart Verswijvel Valère Awouters 20/05/2009 Prijsuitreiking etwinning publiek Brussel Departement Sara Gilissen KC en etwinning 29/05/2009 Ambassadeursdag Ambassadeurs La Roche Sara Gilissen etwinning Vlaanderen en Nederland 30/05/2009 Ambassadeursdag Ambassadeurs La Roche Sara Gilissen etwinning Vlaanderen en Nederland 3/06/2009 Workshop Basisscholen Eindhoven Jef Van Thielen 12/06/2009 Infosessie Ryckevelde Ryckevelde Ryckevelde 17/06/2009 CSS-NSS meeting CSS-NSS Brussel etwinning 3-5/09/2009 PDW Varna, Bulgarije etwinning Bulgarije

9 17/09/2009 CSS-NSS meeting CSS-NSS Brussel Sara 30/09/2009 Workshop Ambassadeurs ambassadeurs Brussel Departement Sara etwinning 3-5/10/2009 PDW Ambassadeurs Chania Three ambassadors etwinning Greece 5/10/2009 Workshop etwinning starters Tessenderlo THHI Sara Johan Mulders 5/10/2009 Workshop etwinning lerarenopleiding Vorselaar KHKempen Sara en Ludo Greet Cuyt 25/09/2009 Presentatie Lerarenopleiding lerarenopleiding Vorselaar KHKempen Kristof De Loose Greet Cuyt 30/09/2009 Startvergadering Ambassadeurs Brussel Departement etwinning 9-10/10/2009 Contactseminarie Maastricht etwinning 17/10/2009 Taccle Beurs leerkrachten GO Gent Hogeschool Gent Guy Verzele Jens Vermeersch 15/10/2009 Workshop MVT leerkrachten frans Diepenbeek Uhasselt Sara en Irene Stephanie Stappers 20-22/10/2009 Workgroup meetings NSS-CSS Brussel Sara 28/10/2009 Infosessie Europa leerkrachten Antwerpen Europe Direct Sara Europe Direct 29/10/2009 Infosessie Europa leerkrachten Leuven Provinciehuis Sara etwinning en ED 29-31/10/2009 PDW Lissabon etwinning Portugal 1/12/2009 Infosessie Europa leerkrachten Hasselt PHL Sara etwinning en ED 5-8/11/2008 PDW Bonn Four teachers etwinning Germany 18/11/2009 Workshop starters (A) starters Brussel Departement Sara, Frank en Kurt etwinning 17/11/2009 Workshop op school basis Lombardsijde GVBS Lombardsijde Lut Hoornaert Directeur Hugo Gerompé

10 3. Outcomes and Results Title of the outcome Website Weblog Newsletter Electronic newsletter Invitations Article casenotes Report National Achievements Leaflet Levensloop Boekje Affiche Banner Post it Lanyards Pen Bags Network of Ambassadors Prize ceremony Workshops Infosessions Contactseminar Workshop for ambassadors Meeting Ambassadeors Article Press Target audience Public Public All Flemish Schools All registered schools and subscribers Registered schools COS Public Public All new registered schools All new projects workshops All new schools events All new schools All new schools All new schools Workshops Ambassadors Public Public Public Public Ambassadors Ambassadors Public Distribution channels Department of Education and Training Department of Education and Training COS Website Website Mailings Mailings Workshops Department of Education and Training Mailings Mailings Mailings Mailings Workshops Mailings Newsletter Mailings Newsletters Mailings Newsletter Mailings Newsletter

11 etwinning Projecten en scholen België Vlaanderen 2009 etwinning Projects and schools Belgium Flemish Community Leerkrachten en Scholen 2009 Teachers and Schools Aantal leerkrachten per school Totaal aantal leerkrachten teachers 174 Totaal aantal scholen schools 130 met één leerkracht 87.6 % 114 met twee leerkrachten 6.9 % 9 met drie leerkrachten 3 % 4 met vier leerkrachten 0.7% 1 met meer leerkrachten 1.5 % 2 Aantal leerkrachten per school lkr 2 lkr 3 lkr 4 lkr >4 lkr The vast majority of registrations are individual teachers in schools. The schools with more than one involved teacher have a diverse profile. Schools with three teachers are De Wegwijzer (Dessel), KA Oudenaarde, MSGO de Moerbei (Moerbeke Waas) and VBS Hemelsdaele (Brugge). Two teachers of KA Oudenaarde participated in the Contactseminar in Maastricht. The school with four teachers is Middenschool Heilig Hart in Bree, where an ambassador and participant of the CS is active. The school with 9 and 15 teachers is VBS Sint Jozef in Lombardsijde and THHI Tessenderlo. In both schools we gave a workshop for teachers in A target group for the following years might be the colleagues of these individual teachers in schools. Our aim should be to involve at least two teachers in one school. A strategy might be to promote the offer to organise a workshop in the particular schools. Note: registrations in previous years were not taken into account! 1.2. Leerkrachten in basisonderwijs en secundair onderwijs Leerkrachten in Basisonderwijs Primary Education 39, 08 % 68 Kleuter Pre primary education 16.6 % 29 Basisonderwijs Primary Education 22.4 % 39 Leerkrachten in secundaire Scholen Secondary Education 60.9 % 106 Middenscholen ( 16 jaar) 24 % 42

12 Bovenbouw (+ 16 jaar) 22.4 % 39 Beiden (12 tot 18 jaar) 14 % Leerkrachten in BaO en SO 2009 Basisscholen Secundaire scholen Leerkrachten in Basisonderwijs 2009 Lager en Kleuter Lager Teachers of Primary education are slightly underrepresented in etwinning. In the Flemish Community teachers of ('gewoon') Primary education represent 44.8 % and teachers of ('gewoon') secondary education represent 55 % of the total of teachers. 09/zb_092032_NL.pdf 1.3. Leerkrachten per provincie Leerkrachten per provincie Brussel en Vlaams Brabant (19.3 %) 14.9 % 26 Antwerpen (29.3 %) 15.5 % 27 Limburg (14.26%) 20.6 % 36 West Vlaanderen (13.4%) 31 % 54 Oost Vlaanderen (23.7 %) 17.8 %

13 Registraties per provincie 2009 Vlaams Brabant en Brussel Antwerpen Limburg West-Vlaanderen Oost-Vlaanderen Registrations per province are heterogene. West Vlaanderen is a very active province. Especially when we compare the number of registrations per province with the school population in that province. While West Vlaanderen only represents 13.4 % of the Flemish School population the province harbours 31 % of the etwinning registrations in Antwerp seems to be slightly underrepresented. Antwerp represents almost 30 % of the Flemish School Population, but is represented with 15.5 % in etwinning. We could organise special workshops in Antwerp next year Registraties leerkrachten per maand Registraties per maand Januari 7 februari 14 maart 6 april 6 mei 9 juni 6 juli 6 augustus 4 September 29 oktober 51 november 31 december 5 Gemiddeld: 14.5 registraties per maand 174

14 Registraties per maand Reeks januari februari maart april mei juni juli aug sept okt nov dec It is obvious that the start of the new school year (Sept, Oct and November) is a huge boost for the etwinning registrations. The 'etwinning weeks' campaign in October 2009 might be a possible explanation for that. As well as the fact that teachers start planning the school year in September and it is more difficult for them to start new initiatives in the second part of the school year ( January June). The etwinning weeks are a success and the same effort should be invested in the coming years. 2. Projecten 2009 Projecten published 71 % 96 closed 22.9 % 31 waiting 5.9 % 8

15 Projecten 2009 Totaal published closed waiting The majority of the Projects was published in % of the projects were closed. The waiting projects are mostly waiting for the project partner to approve the project, although the NSS has sent e mails to the teachers concerned. Published Closed Basisonderwijs 40.9 % Secundair Onderwijs 59 % Projecten 2009 BaO en Sec basisonderwijs secundair onderwijs For the projects the distribution between primary schools and secondary schools is similar to the 60/40 distribution of the registered teachers. Published Closed Projecten met Twinspace 25.9 % Projecten zonder Twinspace 74 %

16 Twinspace projecten 2009 met TS zonder TS An overwhelming majority of the projects has no published Twinspace. Only one quarter of the projects actively uses the Twinspace to collaborate and publish. This is possibly because the New Twinspace was only launched in October So training and promotion of the Twinspace should be a priority for the next year. Published Closed Stichter 57.3 % derde partner 41.7 % Projecten Stichter of derde partner stichter derde partner Almost 60 % of the projects were founded by a Flemish teacher. A percentage of the projects were founded by two other countries, who invited a Flemish teacher to participate. Published Closed Scholen met 1 project 60.6 % Scholen met meer dan 1 project 39.3 % projecten projecten projecten projecten projecten projecten 2 2

17 13 projecten 1 1 Aantal projecten per school project 2 projecten 3 projecten 4 projecten 5 projecten 7 projecten 9 projecten 13 projecten Although there are few schools with more than one teacher registered, there are almost 40 % of schools with more than one project, it seems that the individual teachers in the schools are very active. We should be careful with these numbers. A few schools have more than 10 projects, which raises the question of the degree of active participation of these schools in those projects. Taal van project Published Closed Nederlands 4.7% Frans 7.2 % Engels 46.4 % Duits 3.6 % Engels en Frans 11.6 % Combinaties van talen 25.2%

18 Taal in projecten 2009 NL F E D E F comb English is the preferred language in projects, as could be expected. But the surprise is that Dutch, French and German are highly underrepresented in the projects. We should promote more projects in these languages. Maand registratie Januari 11.8 % Februari 10.2 % Maart 11 % April 6.3 % Mei 5.5 % 7 7 Juni 1.5 % 2 2 Juli 3.1 % Augustus 1.5 % 2 2 September 22.8 % Oktober 21.2 % November 2.4 % 3 3 December 0 Gemiddeld 10.3 projecten per maand

19 Registraties projecten Reeks1 januari februari maart april mei juni juli augustus september oktober november december September and October are the most popular months to register projects. January, February and March also have more than the average number of projects.

20 4. Lessons learnt and plans for the future - etwinning weeks The registrations show that the promotion campaign in October was succesful. In 2010 we will again use the opportunity to promote etwinning to a wider public. - Contactseminar The Contact seminar with neighbouring countries, is an effective way of promoting etwinning and provide training for the teachers. We will continue this in Collaboration with other organisations such as Ryckevelde, Alden Biesen and Europe Direct More efforts could be made to jointly organise info sessions and promotion campaigns. - Other target groups: principals, primary teachers, teacher trainers, pedagogical advisors will be focused on next year. - Local workshops To enhance training and professional development we will organise local workshops in 2010 in collaboration with the ambassadors. - Collaboration with the Dutch NSS We will continue successful collaboration with the Dutch NSS and investigate other ways of collaboration. - Network of Ambassadors We will continue successful collaboration with the Flemish Ambassador Network,