Tuesday, May 16, 2006

LECT commonwealth schools study visit.

Thank you for your interest in participating in LECT commonwealth schools study visit.
Please read the following information carefully.

I am putting together a bid to take up to 10 teachers to a commonwealth country to the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers. This bid must by submitted by Friday.

The primary focus of the visit will be Student Voice and Citizenship.
This will look at raising student participation in school and local community projects, such as setting up schools councils and student initiated activities. It will aim to address developing the skills of responsible action and raising political awareness for informed citizens.
The bid will also highlight the value of visiting an ethnically diverse commonwealth country, aiding our understanding of global institutions and provide a broader perspective of other cultures to which we are affiliated.

International experience is an extremely effective form of continuing professional development for teachers. This visit (if successful) will offer a unique opportunity to see how major educational issues are addressed internationally.

The visit hopes to be an collaboration between the Association of Citizenship, Kent Schools and CCCUC. The final group of participants will be structured to include individuals from all of these groups and we hope to have a range of individuals from different educational establishments working in differing roles.

The trip will take place in the school holidays sometime between 29 May ‘06 - 31 March ‘07  (although is likely now to be next academic year) and will include 5 study days plus travel. The bid asks for a request for most favorable dates.

There is a lot of interest in this project but I am keen to hear from everybody. Please can you reply with the following information:

Your Name,
School Name,
LEA,
Contact address (can be school address)
Email (essential)
Subjects / or role within your school
Whether you are a member of ACT or work with CCCUC in initial teacher training.

Additionally (not essential) if you have a moment some comment on how you could make use of this visit could be very useful.

I fully appreciate how busy you all are but I need this information no later than by 10 O’clock FRIDAY to ensure the bid is submitted in time.

If you have any further questions please respond by email or contact me at Invicta on 01622 755856
Information on LECT is available at
http://www.lect.org.uk/lect/

I look forward to hearing from you very soon,

Keira Price

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Lead Teacher for Citizenship
Invicta Grammar School
Kent
01622 755856

(NB, You will need to have a valid passport!!)

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