Action: COMENIUS Assistantships (assistants)
Action Category: MOBILITY
Subprogramme: COMENIUS
Programme: LIFELONG LEARNING
The tasks to which an assistant may contribute include:
Comenius assistants may be based at more than one school, either to give extra variety to their work or to meet the particular needs of neighbouring schools. Assistants may not work in more than 3 schools during their assistantship.
Any future teacher who complies with the specific eligibility rules mentioned below.
How to apply?
Minimum duration: 13 weeks
Maximum duration: 45 weeks
Comment on duration: All activities must end by 31 July 2012.
Duration
Comenius Assistantships is a decentralised action. Applications have to be sent to the applicant's National Agency. The application has to be submitted either in the country of residence or in the country of studies of the applicant (the applicant has to sign a declaration that only one application has been submitted).
2. Impact and relevance
The expected impact on personal and professional competences including languages and intercultural benefits is clearly defined by the candidate.
- Applicants must not have previously been employed as a teacher; - Applicants must either hold a teaching qualification or have completed at least two years of higher education studies which could lead to such a qualification;
- Applicants must not have previously received a Comenius Assistantship grant (either under the Lifelong Learning or the Socrates programme).
Comment on participants: Assistant and host school must be from two different participating countries, one of them being
an EU Member State.
1. Quality of the mobility (assistantship)
The assistant provides a convincing explanation of:
- his/her motivation to apply for the assistantship;
- his/her willingness to adapt to the new environment;
- his/her ability to work with young people in the host school;
- his/her planned cultural, pedagogic and linguistic (if applicable) preparation for the assistantship;
- his/her contribution to the host institution (e.g. planned curricular and extracurricular activities);
- his/her contribution to the local community.
Specific eligibility rules
Pedagogic, linguistic and cultural preparation: A contribution may be granted on the basis of a lump sum. You could consult your National Agency's website for information on the amount. The eligible activities are induction meetings (cultural preparation), linguistic preparation and pedagogic preparation related to Content and Language Integrated learning (CLIL).
Financial Provisions
Assistants receive a grant to help cover travel and preparatory costs and to contribute towards subsistence costs.