Apresentação da APS na kickoff meeting do projeto RIGHTS

1. APS – Teachers’ Association of Sintra
(PT)
Partner nº4 of the
RIGHTS Project
João Carlos Sousa
Chairman of the Boarding Committee
Associação de Professores de Sintra
RIGHTS Kick off Meeting
Rome, October 19 - 21

2. Overview
• Name of Partner
• Presentation of the Organization
• Previous experience in EU funded project
• Role in RIGHTS project
• Expectation from the RIGHTS project
• People participating in the project and contact
info

3. Associação de Professores de Sintra
(APS)
http://profsintra.org

4. Presentation of the organization
• non-profit organisation created in 1992;
• +1800 associates (educators and educational institutions)
• mission is supporting teachers of all levels and to enhance their
professional development;
• work covers: national and international conferences, seminars,
publications, thematic workshops, in-service training courses,
European courses, participation in national and international
projects, etc.
• In-service Teacher Training Centre recognised by the Portuguese
Ministry of Education since 1993 (wide range of areas involving
yearly more than one thousand teachers of all teaching levels).
• Use of ICT and distance learning methodologies in teacher training
inniciatives (LCMS, electronic course design, educational resources
mediatisation and online tutoring)

5. Previous experience in EU projects
• “Développer une methodologie des TIC pour la classe
de langue” (1997-2000)
• “The learning Teacher Network”
(2003-2006-present) - Member of the steering committee
• “Digital portfolio as a strategy for teacher's
professional development“ (2005-2008) - Coordinator
• “EPT - European Portfolio for Teachers”
(2006-2009)
• “ecoMEDIA Europe” (2011-present) – Member of the steering
commitee
– Organiser of the International Conference ´12 in Sintra,
May 2012

6. e-education
Social and technological aspects
May 27 - 30, 2012
Sintra, Portugal
International Conference
Associação de Professores de Sintra, Portugal
Local organiser

7. Roles in RIGHTS project (1/3)
Work Packages of the RIGHTS project
• WP1: Management.
• WP2: Quality assurance.
• WP3: Research.
• WP4: Course content development.
• WP5: Technical design and development.
• WP6: Experimentation.
• WP7: Dissemination.
• WP8: Exploitation.

8. Roles in RIGHTS project (2/3)
• WP1: Set up of Steering Committee, work teams; Participation in
management of project activities and administrative issues; Participation
in kick-off, interim and final meetings; Organization of the 1st Interim
Meeting in Sintra. Implementation of monitoring tools on progress of
activities/sustained expenses; Contribution to the drawing up of progress
and final reports.
• WP2: Setting up Q&E Team; Filling in evaluation grids and meetings
questionnaire; Submit expectation/satisfaction questionnaires to teachers
and data collection national level; Fixe up a focus group with students and
teachers and data collection at national level.
• WP3: Setting up of Research and Didactic Team; Realization of
documentary research at national level; Submission of the multi-level
survey to teachers and students; Data analysis at national level.
• WP4: WP Coordination; RIGHTS E-course syllabus definition; Host and
participation in 3-days of workshop held by CDS; Production of the RIGHTS
E-course Learning Objects; Translation of Lecture Notes in national
language; Cross-evaluation of contents.

9. Roles in RIGHTS project (2/3)
• WP5: Validation of E-learning platform and uploading of contents.
• WP6: Setting up of experimentation team; Selection of
participants; Delivery of E-course for teachers; Delivery of
Workshops to teachers and students and produce 2 digital stories
by high school teachers/students; Draft national experimentation
Report.
• WP7: Valorisation team setting up; Provide brochure and website
translation (PT); Brochure and e-newsletter distribution;
Papers/Articles drawing up; Participation in final project
international conference. Participation in key thematic international
conference: Learning Teacher Network Conference 2012, Nice,
France.
• WP8: Identification of national key actors; Delivery of promotional
material to the key actors; Organization of 2 national events;
Exploitation Agreement definition.

10. Expectations for the participation in the
RIGHTS project
• Contribute to the understanding of the issues involved
in the the use of DST methodology in Education;
• promote the use of DST methodology in Education in
EU Secondary Schools in general and in PT in particular;
• promote EGC - Education for Global Citizenship in EU
Secondary Schools in general and in PT in particular;
• promote the use of eLearning as a tool for in-service
teacher training;
• fullfilll the general and specific objectives of the
RIGHTS Project.

11. People participating in the project and
contact info
– Mr. João Carlos Sousa
• RIGHTS Team Leader – manager & researcher
– eMail: jcmsousa@profsintra.org
– Tel. (+351) 933287831 , Skype ID: jcs_59
– Ms. Helena Lopes (Ms. Inês Rodrigues Duarte)
• Researcher
– eMail: helenacslopes@gmail.com
– Tel. (+351) 962981277, Skype ID: helenalop
– Mr. Jorge Damásio
• Researcher
– eMail: jdamasio@netcabo.pt
– Tel. (+351) 965319696

12. Looking forward to receiving you in Sintra
Thanks for the attention!