Belouga

Solution Satellite 1 – Diminishing the Difference Project 11: Belouga Academy – Connecting the World Please note this Pilot has a cost implication for school Leading Partner name:

Belouga Academy

Company Lead name:

Evin Schwartz

Linked School Partner

St John Fisher Halton and St Oswald’s Coppull.

Name of project:

Belouga Academy in Partnership with ALPSIT

Outcome of project:

To get 20 teachers from across ALPSIT set up and comfortable using the Belouga platform to enable us to develop global CPD programmes.

2nd May 2019

Anticipated start date: Number of schools who could participate:

20

Total Project Cost Cost – Per school Outline of project:

No cost 1 hour per week teacher time.

What When

Who / Additional information

Initial Google hang out call to learn more about the Belouga Platform

Thurs 2nd May 3.30 – 4.30pm

All 20 educators involved

Belouga Crash Course

Between 2nd May – 17th May.

This is a 40-minute online course that all staff participating are required to complete in this two-week window.

This will provide each educator with the fundamentals of global content and education.

This is hosted within

1 hour

1-hour google hang out call to walk through the full Belouga program, value of the program and goals of educators involved.

the Belouga platform as a course from two global experts.

Curiosity/Teache r Voice

10th June.

3.304.30pm

All 20 educators involved in a 1-hour Skype call to be hosted

by Belouga to provide a professional learning opportunity on the curiosity-based learning methodology. This will relate directly to how teachers can share their work and be positioned as global educators.

Content Creation

10th June 1st July – Approx. 1 hour per week.

All 20 educators participating in the cohort will now take the skill sets they learned and create their own courses within Belouga.

These courses (referred to as series in Belouga) should focus on a teacher’s current classroom lessons and needs, but activated in the Belouga format to be shared with the world. The Belouga team will provide 1:1 feedback for each educator participating in the cohort, along with best practices for creating global content.

The time allocated to this is really based on each educator and what their content will focus on- realistically each educator participating should plan for an average of 6 hours total during this timeframe.

Ecosystem Creation

4th July – time tbc

Belouga to bring in specific global organizations and experts on a call with cohort educators with goal of bringing the

world into the classroom and taking note on how these organizations and experts are getting their own work into the classroom. Participating educators will then be guided on series in Belouga that they can utilize in their own classroom relating to their subject matter for global education and collaboration. The global organization call will be 1-hour (30minute intro, 30 min conversation/Q&A) and may be broken into numerous categories based on participating groups interests.

Belouga will then work internally to provide participating educators with a roadmap of resources and content relating to their own goals.

Is this opportunity right from your school?

Is there a teacher in your school that is IT savvy who enjoys using technology to inspire children and staff within the school?

Do you want to see learning from other teachers around the globe?

Can you spare an hour of your teacher’s time per week between 2nd May and the end of term?