Organise an Erasmus+ teaching mobility

Category of recipe: Internationalisation through a stay abroad.

Objective: Boost short/long term teachers’ mobility, depending on the duration of the stay abroad, as teachers need to adapt to new teaching methods, a different cultural environment, a different way of living.

Short description of the recipe: Staff Mobilities for Teaching (STA) are teaching activities organised within the framework of Erasmus+ programme that can be carried out in any study field (compatible with the teacher’s academic background) and cycle (short cycle/bachelor/master/doctoral). The study mobility will be carried out within a partner higher education institution.

Academic recognition: Certificate of attendance. Improved language and teaching skills.

Level of difficulty: Basic

Calendar and time needed:
The selection procedure starts at the beginning of the academic year and the teaching mobility could take place both during the first or the second semester, according to the teacher’s choice and the availability of the receiving institution to host the teacher.
After the selection procedure is completed, the teacher will start preparing the required documents within an approved calendar.

Cost summary: €.

Language and level required: According to the inter-institutional agreement.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Erasmus+ coordinators from the sending and the receiving institutions: in charge of assisting the teacher in completing the documentation, approving the teaching plan.
University IR office/Erasmus+ office: in charge of organising the calls for the selection of teaching mobilities, and the events for popularising the Erasmus+ programme among staff; ensuring the financial and administrative monitoring; preparing the documentation related to teachers’ mobilities (e.g. financial contracts).
Participants from sending institution: selected teacher, Erasmus+ coordinator, Dean, Head of the Department, staff.
Participants from receiving institution: Erasmus+ coordinator, students, staff.

Ingredients:
An annual application process according to a calendar communicated in advanced.
A teacher that fulfils the transparent selection criteria.
A host higher education institution.
An existing institutional agreement between the sending and the receiving institutions.
An invitation or an acceptance letter from the receiving institution.
One Erasmus+ coordinator for each institution to assist the teacher during the whole procedure.
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