Inclusive Classrooms for Effective Democratic Citizens

Application for the Blended Intensive Teacher Training (BIT)

— developed and facilitated by the Erasmus+ Teacher Academy SciLMi 

This professional development course is designed for secondary school teachers.
 

Learning objectives:

• Make effective use of SciLMi resources to meaningfully integrate meta-scientific literacies into everyday teaching practices.
• Adapt or develop materials and design learning activities that foster students’ development of meta-scientific literacies.
• Collaborate across subject boundaries to raise awareness of socio-scientific issues and support students in contextualising their knowledge by connecting it to real-world problems.
• Reflect on and apply strategies to cater to the strengths and needs of their increasingly diverse classrooms. Teachers learn to effectively support
  • learners with cognitive and learning strengths or needs,
  • learners with communication and interaction strengths or needs,
  • learners with emotional and behavioural strenghts or needs, 
  • learners with physical and sensory strengths or needs,
  • learners who speak languages or dialects other than the language(s) of instruction, and
  • learners with diverse biographies and life stories. 

Through engaging, hands-on activities and reflective exploration, participants will develop a deeper understanding of core strategies of inclusive education, practise applying these strategies in context, and refine their teaching techniques to empower all learners in mastering the competences defined in the SciLMi Framework of MetaScientific Literacies.

To apply for the training, please submit your application by 15 September. 
There are no course fees.
 

Participants must agree to complete the full course, including the two virtual sessions, and to take part in the SciLMi evaluation study.

Please make sure to reserve the dates for both the virtual sessions and the on-site week in your calendar.

• You will be informed in September / October 2025 whether you have been selected and offered a place, or added to the waiting list. If so, you may still receive an offer later through second-round selection if another participant declines their place.
   
• If your application is successful, you will receive additional information and be required to arrange your travel and submit proof of your booking (train or flight), in order to secure your place.

• There are no course fees for participation.

• To support travel and accommodation, participants can choose one of the following funding options:

1. Erasmus+ SciLMi Teacher Academy funding
   Travel expenses will be reimbursed up to a distance-based amount, reflecting expected travel costs. Reimbursement is subject to successful completion of the entire training, including the virtual sessions. Accommodation will be provided free of charge to participants.
2. Erasmus+ KA-1 funding arranged by the participant’s school
   A limited number of places are reserved specifically for participants with KA-1 funding.
   Participants are required to stay at the seminar hotel. The costs are expected to be fully covered by their school's Erasmus+ KA1-funding.
   Support is provided to help them identify cost-efficient travel options.
   As part of a formal selection process, applications are scored according to several criteria. Applicants who use their own Erasmus+ KA1 funding receive additional points in the scoring, which increases their chances of being offered a place. 
   Hosting organisation: University of Innsbruck (Austria); certificate of attendance will be provided
3. Private funding
   Participants are required to stay at the seminar hotel.
   Support is provided to help them identify cost-efficient travel options.  
   As part of a formal selection process, applications are scored according to several criteria. Applicants who use their own funding receive additional points in the scoring, which increases their chances of being offered a place.

If you have any questions, please email us at bit-in@scilmi.eu.

We look forward to your application and hope to see you at the training.

The SciLMi Team