DCSF International School Award (ISA) online evidence portfolio

Presenting your international work: online portfolio of evidence

We recommend that you start this page at the beginning of the academic year. You will need to present your evidence in this project space below, using a combination of text, Word or PowerPoint documents, audiofiles, videofiles or weblinks - all of which can be uploaded on to this page. You can also use this tool to create simple webpages that show an activity (text and photos) or to upload scanned documents or photos as images. You can decide whether to make your ISA evidence public facing or private (visible only to participating teachers and the adjudicators). Please refer to your school's Acceptable Use Policy if using photos showing children at the school. Your online portfolio can be used as a showcase to share with pupils, staff, parents, governors and other schools.

The items listed below should be included in the following order: 1. International Policy 2. International Coordinator Job Description 3. Completed Activity Summary Sheet 4 Activity One 5 Activity Two 6 Activity Three 7 Activity Four 8 Activity Five 9 Activity Six 10 Activity Seven 11 Supplementary Activities 12 Future Plans

International Policy

In order to demonstrate commitment and the support of the school management an international policy is required which should be signed by the head teacher and chair of the Governing Body. Click the 'Add' button to upload a Word document or scanned image of your International Policy. >Link to ISA guidance on International Policies (includes templates and examples) (right click and open into a new window)

International Coordinator’s Job Description or Coordination Team’s terms of reference

Click on the 'Add' button - you can type directly in TEXT mode, or upload your own Word document. >Link to ISA guidance on Job Description (includes templates and examples) (right click and open into a new window)

Completed activity summary sheet

This is a summary of the activities your school has done. If you have chosen to use the excel template, download it here (right click and save it), fill it in and upload it by clicking 'Add' as before.

Activities One to Seven

You should present your international activities in the same order as they are presented in your completed summary activity sheet. Each one needs to be numbered and headed up with a 'Project stage' heading (green). You can use a template, downloadable below (right click and save) fill this in and upload it for EACH activity. Or you can present the information required directly using 'Add', 'Text'. Next upload your evidence. We suggest two or three pieces of evidence, but you may prefer to collate evidence into one webpage or microsite. You can upload photos, photo galleries (with captions), Word files, PowerPoints, or scans of classwork (images). You can also create a very simple webpage of text and images. You may also link to an external site or a page of your school website etc. Finally you need evaluations from the people who took part in the activity. You should include a brief evaluation of how successful the activity was. You should keep your evaluation 'light touch'. You only need to submit a minimum of one teacher and one pupil evaluation, although you can submit evaluations from other parties involved. You may feel that some of your completed activities were not particularly successful and that you would not repeat them in the future. In this case tell us what you learned as this may strengthen your application. We value this feedback. Note that this template is optional, but the information is required either on this form or as text. If you use it you will need seven copies, one for each activity.

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Supplementary Activities and Future Plans

You can include activities that were not part of your original plans. Unexpected opportunities may arise in the course of the year. This will help in providing a fuller picture of the international work undertaken during the year. Please finish with a brief outline of your future plans. This will count towards the assessment as the adjudication panel are interested in how the international dimension aims to be further developed and celebrated across your school. Your portfolio of evidence will be presented to the ISA adjudication panel at the end of July 2008. If your portfolio is approved, you will be awarded the ISA and accredited for three years (September 2008- August 2011). Good luck with your international work!

Uncompleted activities

Don't worry if you do not manage to undertake all of the activities in the plan. The panel will look to see that a majority of activities were completed.

Supplementary activities

Unexpected opportunities may arise in the course of the year. This will help in providing a fuller picture of the international work undertaken during the year.

Future plans

Please include a brief outline of your future plans. This will count towards the assessment as the adjudication panel are interested in how the international dimension aims to be further developed and celebrated across your school.