SEEDA Sponsorship for Teachers

The South East Economic Development Agency (SEEDA) has once again provided funding for 2007/8 to sponsor teachers to attend Science Learning Centre South East courses. If you are awarded a sponsored place you will be able to attend the course free of charge, and claim for supply cover and travelling expenses. To qualify for sponsorship you must be able to answer “YES” to the first and any other ONE of the questions below.

Have you been unable to participate in any science-specific CPD during the last year? AND You teach in a state school which underperforms in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects? OR You can demonstrate that the course you are applying for fulfils an important need in raising pupils’ attainment OR The course for which you are applying is related to your professional development needs in teaching physical sciences OUTSIDE your own specialist area?

Note: You must have your application endorsed by your headteacher or principal to confirm fulfilment of the criteria.

Not all courses qualify for sponsorship. The courses which are eligible are listed below:

Date	Code	Course Title
Secondary Courses
21-Nov-07	SE221	How Science Works: helping pupils to engage with science in the media
10-Dec-07	SE188	How to inspire with dataloggers
28-Nov-07 or 13-Mar-08	SE174	You can teach secondary school physics 1: forces, energy, particles and radioactivity
14-Feb-08 or 06-Jun-08	SE176	You can teach secondary school physics 2: electricity, waves and communications, medical physics and cosmology
11-Jun-08	SE170	You can teach secondary school chemistry 1: particles, rate and equilibria
30-Jun-08	SE171	You can teach secondary school chemistry 2: atoms, molecules, bonding and structures
03-Jul-08	SE301	Modelling scientific concepts on film using the Digital Movie creator 3
Primary Courses
20-Nov-07	SE274	Management & planning of investigations for KS1 and KS2: Fascinating Forces
06-Feb-08	SE275	Management & planning of investigations for KS1 and KS2: Electricity & Magnetism
12-Oct-07 or 20-Jun-08	SE278	Management & planning of investigations for KS1 and KS2: Planet Earth & the Solar System
12-Nov-07	SE182	Datalogging at INTECH
30-Nov-07	SE290	Fun with super absorbing polymers for KS2 into KS3
27-Mar-08	SE289	The Good, the bad and the amazing: exciting microbiology for the primary classroom
26-Jun-08	SE291	Easy art for primary science

Preference will be given to two applicants from the same school, one supported by sponsorship, one paying, so that schools can gain maximum benefit from teachers’ attendance, allowing for effective sharing and supporting of experience within the follow-up phase. You must send in both course application forms and sponsorship application form at the same time in order to qualify.

How to apply

To apply for sponsorship, download the sponsorship application form from the Science Learning Centre South East website. Complete the form and obtain a counter-signature from your Head or Principal. Send the completed form, together with your course application form (both forms if there are two applicants from the same school, although only one can claim sponsorship – see above) and send to the Science Learning Centre South East, Level 3, The Graham Hills Building 29, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ or fax to 023 8059 8811. Sponsorship will be awarded on a first come-first served basis, so please apply early.

Terms and conditions

The payment of sponsorship is subject to the course running – the Science Learning Centre South East reserves the right to withdraw the offer of sponsorship in the event of the cancellation of the course to which sponsorship is attached.

You may NOT apply for any additional sponsorship or funding for courses in addition to this application.

Sponsorship is non-transferable between individuals or courses unless permission is granted by the Science Learning Centre South East.

The Science Learning Centre South East, Southampton reserves the right to make the final decision on the awarding of sponsorship. All decisions are final.