Funding academies
Funding is made available for teacher education institutions and a list of other organisations.
The current Erasmus+ call plans to support creating 15 Teacher Academies.
Organisations can apply for the open call for funding via the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP).
Objectives
Erasmus+ Teacher Academies aim to
- create networks of communities of practice on teacher education
- offer teachers’ courses, modules and other learning opportunities on EU priorities such as learning in the digital world, sustainability, equality and inclusion
- develop and test different models of mobility in initial teacher education and continuous professional development
- make mobility an integral part of teacher education policies in Europe
- develop sustainable relationships between teacher education providers and other related groups
Activities
Each Erasmus+ Teacher Academy will implement activities including
- creating innovative strategies for teachers’ continuous development
- deliver new, challenging joint learning modules on teacher education
- develop a joint learning offer for teachers that includes physical and virtual mobility activities, and identify ways to remove obstacles to mobility
- encourage training schools to test new ways of teaching including distance or blended learning
- research or survey effective practices which can inform policies on teacher education
- promote existing virtual mobility Erasmus+ tools such as eTwinning