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Establishing joint projects with a partner school A Presentation by Cathy Gaillard and Bill Elgar A) Background to the two schools - colleges Quelques renseignements sur les deux écoles - lycées B) Teachers involved Les professeurs impliqués dans le projet C) Which year group? How many students? Quelle année scolaire? Combien d’élèves?

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Page 1: Establishing joint projects with a partner school A Presentation by Cathy Gaillard and Bill Elgar A) Background to the two schools - colleges Quelques

Establishing joint projects with a partner school

A Presentation by Cathy Gaillard and Bill Elgar

A) Background to the two schools - colleges Quelques renseignements sur les deux écoles - lycées

B) Teachers involved Les professeurs impliqués dans le projet

C) Which year group? How many students? Quelle année scolaire? Combien d’élèves?

Page 2: Establishing joint projects with a partner school A Presentation by Cathy Gaillard and Bill Elgar A) Background to the two schools - colleges Quelques

D) The process / Le Processus

1. Letter exchange + Launch of Student Exchange L’échange épistolaire + Lancement du Projet d’échange

2. Geography Video Project Le Projet Vidéo de Géographie

3. The student exchange L’échange

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E) What has been achieved?

• A link has been established / Un lien a été établi

• Motivation for students and staff Motivation des étudiants et des professeurs

• Greater co-operation between the languages department and others within school / Meilleure coopération entre le département de Langues et d’autre départements

• Citizenship / La notion de Citoyenneté

• Improved self esteem / Une meilleure confiance en soi

• Staff get to know students better / Les professeurs apprennent à connaître mieux les élèves

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F) Difficulties encountered

The letter exchange

• delays / Les retards

• difficulty to involve others / difficile d’impliquer d’autres prof.

• time / Le temps

• differences in IT facilities / Différences dans l’équipement Informatique

The Geography Project

• had to be done out of college hours / à été fait hors cours

• problem of getting students common to both top sets / élèves?

• a slow process / Un lent procédé

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The exchange

• Dates available? / Touver des dates qui conviennent?

• duration / la durée

• students / les étudiants

• accommodation / Le logement

• other / autres points

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G) What next? / Et après?

• Establishment of a work experience link. Création d’un programme de stage professionel à l’étranger

Problems?

• Establishment of video conferencing Lancement de la Vidéo Conference

Problems?

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H) Advice / Quelques Conseils• Build up from small beginnings / Commencez petit

• Start with a rough plan and add to it / Planifiez en gros et ajoutez

• keep in contact / Gardez contact

• Be flexible / Restez flexible

• use the expertise of different members of staff / L’expertise des autres compte

• Good relations are vital / Cultivez de bons rapports

• Advertise early to staff, students and parents / “Faites la promo” de votre projet bien à l’avance...

• Make sure you have the backing of the Heads of both schools Le soutien des deux chefs d’établissement est vital

• Decide which students you want to target and really work on them./ Ciblez les étudiants avec lesquels vous voulez travailler