Call for Proposals: Erasmus+ Teacher Academies Programme

They are to build on the innovations and effective practice that exists within national teacher education and European cooperation and develop them further. Specific attention is to be paid to dissemination and exploitation of effective practice across countries and teacher education providers, and to ensuring feedback and impact also at policy level.

Objectives

• The overall objective of this action is to create European partnerships of teacher327 education institutions and training providers to set up Teacher Academies that will develop a European and international outlook in teacher education.
• These Academies aim to develop teacher education in line with the EU’s priorities in education policy and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the European Education Area. The action focuses on networking, mobility and innovative methods, and will also embrace multilingualism, language awareness and cultural diversity topics.
• The Erasmus+ Teacher Academies have the following objectives:
  • Contribute to the improvement of teacher education policies and practices in Europe by creating networks and communities of practice on teacher education that bring together providers of initial teacher education (preservice education for future teachers) and providers of continuing professional development (in-service), other relevant actors, such as teacher associations, ministries and stakeholders to develop and test strategies and programmes for professional learning that is effective, accessible and transferable to other contexts.
  • Develop and test jointly different models of mobility (virtual, physical and blended) in initial teacher education and as part of teachers’ continuous professional development in order to enhance the quality and number of mobility as well as to make mobility an integral part of teacher education provision in Europe.
  • Develop sustainable collaboration between teacher education providers with an impact on the quality of teacher education in Europe and with a view to inform teacher education policies at European and national levels.
  • Enhance the European dimension and internationalisation of teacher education through innovative and practical collaboration with teacher educators and teachers in other European countries and by sharing experiences for the further development of teacher education in Europe.

Funding Information

• The maximum EU grant per project is EUR 1 500 000
• Financial support to third parties in the form of grants or prizes is not allowed.

Expected Impact 

• The development of the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies is expected to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession and to ensure high-quality initial education and continuous professional development for teachers, educators and school leaders. Teachers, educators and school leaders will be better equipped to address current and emerging societal and other challenges in and outside the classroom.
• Erasmus+ Teacher Academies are expected to enhance the European dimension and internationalisation of teacher education by creating European partnerships of teacher education and training providers. The close collaboration between relevant actors across European borders envisages innovative European cooperation and substantial development of teacher education policies and practices, building upon the existing innovations and effective practices within national teacher education systems and on the joint learning offer organized for participating teachers. This approach is expected to pave the way to make mobility an integral part of teacher education provision in Europe, by removing actual obstacles to mobility and by identifying conditions for successful mobility strategies and programmes.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must:
  • be legal entities (public or private bodies);
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e. EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme
• Organisations established in third countries not associated to the Programme cannot participate in the action.
• The coordinating organisation must be a Teacher Education Institution. It applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project. It cannot be an affiliated entity.
• The applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) can be, for example (nonexhaustive list):
  • Teacher Education Institutions (colleges, institutes, universities providing initial teacher education and/or continuing professional development) for teachers and Early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff at ISCED levels 0-3, including VET teachers;
  • Ministries or similar public bodies responsible for school education policies;
  • Public (local, regional or national) and private bodies responsible for developing policies and offer for teacher education as well as defining standards for teachers’ qualifications;
  • Teacher associations or other nationally recognised providers of teacher education and continuous professional development;
  • Authorities responsible for education and training of teachers and supervision of their continuous professional development and qualifications;
  • Schools working with teacher education providers to allow for practical training as part of teacher education;
  • Other early childhood education and care (ECEC) organisations or schools (from primary schools to initial VET) or other organisations (e.g. NGOs, teacher associations) relevant for the project.

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