Teaching activities in adult education
A teaching assignment at an adult education institution abroad allows you to teach, exchange ideas with your new colleagues and get to know new educational methods. If you teach adults on a full-time or part-time basis, we will support you financially.
Overview
For whom
- For adult educators with a teaching assignment
Duration of teaching assignment
2 to 60 days
Where
- Worldwide for persons from Switzerland (outgoing)
- In Switzerland for persons from abroad (incoming)
What we fund
- Financial support for organisation, travel, and accommodation
What to do
- Participants contact their institution
- Institutions look for a partner institution, plan the teaching assignment in consultation with the participant(s) and submit a funding application
Deadlines
- Application deadline: 5 March and 1 October
- Project start: 1 June or 1 December
In detail
Teaching assignments in adult education abroad consist of teaching at an adult education institution in Europe or around the world. You will be involved in the preparation of teaching units and the assessment of adult learners. By collaborating with other trainers and learning about other educational practices, you will get inspired and get ideas for your work in Switzerland. You can also invite trainers from the host institution to your institution in Switzerland for teaching assignments. Thus members of staff who do not take on a teaching assignment abroad can also benefit from the exchange.
This activity is funded by the Swiss Programme for Erasmus+. This programme allows Swiss institutions to organise activities similar to the ones funded by the European education programme Erasmus+.
Requirements
For participants:
- You work in adult education and have a teaching position.
For institutions:
- Your institution and the partner institution abroad are both engaged in adult education. Examples include adult education centres, cantons, municipalities or offices, associations, vocational guidance centres, NGOs, museums, libraries.
- The applying institution is based in Switzerland.
The teaching assignment at the partner organisation:
- The teaching assignment lasts between 2 to 60 consecutive days.
- There is a clear connection to adult education.
- It meets the requirements of the professional environment.
Funding amounts
- Organisational fee for the institution: 120 CHF to 420 CHF (per person)
- For the journey: 400 CHF to 1’000 CHF (per person, depending on the country of destinatoin)
- For the stay: 144 CHF to 192 CHF (per day, per person, depending on country of destination)
- For the specific needs of individuals with disabilities or those suffering from physical, mental, or chronic illnesses: Max. 12,000 CHF (actual costs based on the note of requirements)Insurance and any visa fees are at your expense.
You can find all the funding contributions and the calculation in detail in our grant table:
Procedure
For participants (outgoing and incoming)
Contact the institution based in Switzerland. They will submit the funding application to us, regardless of whether the project comprises teaching assignments abroad and/or in Switzerland.
For institutions
Essentially, all collaborators can initiate a teaching assignment. The funding application is officially submitted by the institution based in Switzerland.
Teaching assignments in adult education are funded by the Swiss Programme for Erasmus+. In addition to teaching assignments in adult education, this programme also finances Continuing Education and Job Shadowing in adult education. It is possible to combine different types of activities in one funding application.
Follow the following steps to get your project started:
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1. Find a partner institution
To go on a teaching assignment, you need a partner institution.
- Activate your personal or professional network to find a partner institution.
- Check out the European platform for adult education professionals EPALE. On EPALE you can either place an advert or contact institutions which have already placed an advert.
- Teaching assignments in adult education are generally possible worldwide, with a few exceptions. Make sure that the partner institution you have in mind is located in an eligible programme country.
- Get more information on the topic Finding a partner.
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2. optional Form a consortium
If several Swiss institutions are pursuing the same goal, they can apply for funding for mobilities as a consortium. Find out whether a consortium project brings additional benefit to your project.
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3. optional Preparatory visit
Would you like to meet potential project partners on site to get to know each other or jointly develop a project? Get financial support for a preparatory visit.
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4. Plan project
- Determine the interest your institution may have in offering teaching assignments and what it hopes to gain from them.
- Plan the project and the stay abroad in close collaboration with your partner institution.
- Describe the planned activities in the funding application and provide information on the following points
- Details of all partner institutions
- Brief project description with objectives
- Overview of planned mobility activities
- Information on the preparation, the on-site support and the follow-up of the mobility activities
- Planned internal and external communication activities of the project results.
- Use the award criteria as a guide:
- It is important to us to also enable persons with disabilities or with physical, mental, or chronic diseases to participate. Therefore, we provide additional funding for persons with special needs, for which you can apply in the funding application. You may also submit a request for funding for special needs at a later stage during the project duration. You can find more information under Inclusion and equal opportunities.
- Consider environmentally friendly means of transport in the planning of your project. Find out more about green mobility.
- We are glad to offer individual consultation sessions in case you may have any questions regarding the planning and implementation of the project or the submission of the application. The consultation can take place by phone, online or on site.
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5. Submit funding application
- Submit the funding application online. Meet the deadlines in March and October.
- Begin filling in the application as early as possible in order to learn about the requirements. The application forms are activated once the call for projects has been launched, usually in December and June. You can save the work done on the application and continue working on it later. If you submit an application for the first time, you need to register once.
- Only one application is required for all persons involved in the teaching assignment. You can also apply for funding for continuing education and job shadowing abroad in adult education in the same funding application.
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6. Contract and payout
- We will review your application once the deadline has expired.
- You will receive notification at the end of May or the end of November.
- After a positive decision, we will send you a contract.
- The project starts on 1 June or 1 December. You can choose between a project duration of 12 or 24 months.
- Within 30 days of receiving the signed contract, we will pay out the first part of the funding: 80 % of the approved total amount for projects with a project duration of 12 months and 40 % for projects with a project duration of 24 months. As soon as you have used 70 % of this amount, you can claim the next 40 %. We will calculate the remaining amount once the final report has been submitted.
- Payments are made exclusively to adult education institutions based in Switzerland.
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7. Implement project
- Prepare the participants for the exchange so that they can benefit as much as possible from the experience.
- After the start of the project, we invite you to a kick off event. You will receive all the information you need to successfully carry out and complete your project. This event also provides you with the opportunity to get to know your contact persons and other project managers.
- You can use the notification of requirement for additional funding for persons with special needs to apply for additional funding if you have not already done so in the funding application.
- Please notify us of any contractually relevant changes to your project (e.g. duration, project partners, budget) with the Request for Amendment of Agreement.
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8. Submit final report
Once the project duration has ended, you submit a short final report within 60 days of the end of the contract. Depending on the number of mobilities realised, we will pay out any remaining amounts or make a reclaim.
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9. Spread the word
- Implement the planned communication measures. Be sure to mention that the project has been funded by Movetia. We provide the logo and text modules for this.
- Share the content widely via your institution's channels, e.g. newsletter, social media, blog, etc. Thus, your institution comes across as innovative, open-minded and an attractive employer. You will also stimulate professional exchange in the education sector.
- Contact us to increase your reach, e.g. by placing a magazine article on our website.
Q & A
Who will organise my substitute teacher during my absence?
Movetia does not stipulate any regulations for substitution measures. You organise your substitution and the timing of the activity in consultation with your institution.
What happens if the activity does not take place?
If you are unable to carry out a project as planned, you may try to modify it in alignment with the approved budget. It is important to note that the funding budget cannot be exceeded and that you need to inform us of any changes.
We will be glad to advise you and help you in finding a solution.
Who pays my salary during my stay?
Your employer in Switzerland will continue to pay your salary during your stay abroad. As the teaching assignment abroad is regarded as continuing education and not employment, a teaching assignment does not imply any changes on your current employment contract.