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Comenius Assistants

The Induction Meeting

November 3-4, 2011 Helsinki

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Introduce your neighbour • Her/his name

• Home country

• Host school name, location and school type

• Why Finland?

• http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=162998&nodeid=41804&culture=en-US

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Participating countries • Member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

• EFTA/EEA Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

• Turkey, Croatia and Switzerland

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Main objectives • Assistant: to give future teachers the opportunity to

gain a better understanding of the European dimension to teaching and learning, to enhance their knowledge of foreign languages, other European countries and their education systems and to improve their teaching skills

• Host school: To improve learners’ skills and increase their motivation to learn languages and their interest in the assistant’s country and culture

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The tasks and period • Teaching subject(s) or foreign language(s) • Producing teaching material • Improving pupils’ comprehension and expression in

the assistant’s mother tongue and country • Providing support for disabled or less advantaged

pupils, and pupils experiencing difficulties with foreign language learning

• Helping to prepare / or implement a Comenius project • 12–16 hours / week, 13–45 weeks

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Administration

Assistant

The Host school

The Commission Sending NA

Finland NA CIMO Agreement

Matching

Grant agreement

Assistant

The Host school

The Commission Sending NA

Finland NA CIMO

Work agreement

Agreement

Matching

Grant agreement

Induction

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The role of home (sending) NA

• Induction meeting before departure abroad – the role of assistant – responsibilities

• Grant payments

– financial agreement: grant + travel + induction – payments will be made to assistants’ account in

the home country

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The role of host NA (CIMO) • Guidance and information to host schools and mentors

• Induction meeting for mentors in August – the role of mentors – responsibilities

• Induction meeting for assistants in November/February – the role of assistant – responsibilities – make friends

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The host school • Contract and plan between assistant and

school – send a copy of the plan to home NA and CIMO

• Assistants are normally covered by the insurance

(including liability insurance) for his/her work at school – the assistant is usually insured in the work palace,

against accident and injuries to the third parties, on the same basis as the rest of the school staff

– assistant is responsible for arranging insurance for his/her own life, sickness and belongings

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The host school • If an assistant is based at more than

one school – one school must take responsibility for

coordinating the assistantship – the cost of travel between these

establishments is not to be met from the assistants’ grant, but by the school concerned or by the local education authorities

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The host school • Should arrange temporary accommodation

for the first month of the assistants stay

• Professional and non-professional support – weekly meetings

• The host school and mentor help in all

practical things

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The assistant • Grant max. 940 € / month

• There might be a possibility to lengthen the

assistantship up to 45 weeks – Further information from home NA

• Please send a copy of final report also to

CIMO (all EU languages accepted)

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Permits • Registering a right of residence

– must after staying three months in Finland – fee: 47 € – http://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/pages/F3B8C0E86901D

0BDC225780100435878?opendocument

• No EU-countries – http://www.uvi.fi/netcomm/Default.asp?language=EN

• Change of address notification within 7 days

– http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi/default.aspx?id=62&docid=0

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Permits • Taxation

– www.infopankki.fi/en-GB/into/vero/tnt/

• Extract on criminal background – http://www.oikeus.fi/oikeusrekisterikeskus/

18598.htm • European Health Insurance Card

– http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559

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Further Information: EU

• Comenius Programme http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-

programme/doc84_en.htm • Comenius Good practice for host schools and

assistants http://ec.europa.eu/education/comenius/doc994_en.htm

• eTwinning School partnerships in Europe www.etwinning.net and http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/publ/pdf/e-

twinning/broch_en.pdf

Further Information: EU • Teaching tips (Europe knowledge):

http://myeurope.eun.org/ww/en/pub/myeurope/home/practice/ict_stories/los.htm

• Europe game: http://europa.eu/europago/

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Further Information: EU and Subjects

• Teachers’ Corner http://europa.eu/teachers-corner/index_en.htm

• EU Book Shop http://bookshop.europa.eu • Euroopan parlamentin Suomen

tiedotustoimisto http://www.europarl.fi/view/fi/homepage.html

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Further Information: FI language

– CIMO sites on Internet: http://www.cimo.fi/ohjelmat/suomen_kieli_ja_kulttuuri/suomen_kielen_ja%20kulttuurin_alan_linkkeja

– Studying Finnish in Finland http://www.studyinfinland.fi/study_options/studying_finnish/studying_finnish_in_finland

– a Finnish course on Internet: http://www.yle.fi/opinportti/supisuomea/

– Finnish on the Internet http://www.infopankki.fi/en-gb/finnish_on_the_internet/

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Further Information • Finnish National Board of Education

– http://www.oph.fi/english • Erasmus Student Network

– http://www.esn.org/ • Infopankki

– http://www.infopankki.fi • Discover Finland on the Web

– http://finland.cimo.fi/

Finding a job in Finland? • www.aarresaari.net • www.mol.fi • http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/02_working/05_forei

gners/index.jsp • http://www.studyinfinland.fi/living_in_finland/w

orking Recognition and international comparability of qualifications • http://www.oph.fi/english/mobility/recognition_

of_foreign_studies_and_qualifications

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Finnish ways – how to survive • This is Finland – in Facts

http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=160032&nodeid=41803&culture=en-US

• Statistics Finland http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html • CIMO - Study in Finland http://www.studyinfinland.fi/living_in_finland/way_of_life

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Finnish ways – how to survive

• Quiz – Fun Trivia

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=125601

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Contact Information

• Address: • CIMO, Comenius, P.O. Box 343, (Hakaniemenranta 6), 00531 Helsinki • fax +358 (0)207 868 601, www.cimo.fi

• Contact persons: • Sirkka Säikkälä and Katariina Vinblad • e-mail: firstname.lastname@cimo.fi • tel. 0207 868 583, 0207 868 538