Does CEEF offer an exchange for school principals / administrators?
School principals and vice-principals can sometimes be matched in a year long exchange which operates in a similar fashion to the teacher exchanges.
In addition, CEEF is pleased to offer a special short term, job shadow program for school administrators in co-operation with education authorities in Switzerland and The United Kingdom.* Exchanges are available for both elementary and secondary school principals and vice-principals. In continental Europe, secondary schools are those with students between 11 - 20 years old. Exchanges to other countries, including Australia, can be explored upon request.
*Most Australian states are welcoming the short term job shadow. However, it has yet to be successful there.
The Program
For the job shadow exchange program, the incoming principal spends two weeks living and working with the Canadian principal, and the Canadian principal in turn spends two weeks living and working with the other principal in his/her country. Longer or shorter periods may be negotiated between the exchangees once the initial connection between them has been made. Similarly, the dates and timing of the exchange visits are to be negotiated between the two administrators and their home school boards or other authorities.
Language
Participating countries where English is not the first language have indicated that appropriate provision will be made to accommodate the language capabilities of Canadian principals. English and French are widely spoken throughout continental Europe, and some schools are bilingual.
Costs
• $39.55 CDN (includes GST) non-refundable application fee
• $113.00 CDN (includes GST) fee payable upon confirmation of a mutually acceptable match. This fee is refundable should any unforeseen
serious circumstance arise which prevents the exchange, or should the other administrator withdraw for a legitimate reason.
• All other costs (including travel and insurance) are the responsibility of the individual exchange participants or their home school boards.
More information about CEEF and our programs can be obtained from your school board's Human Resources department.
Applying to the program
To apply to the CEEF School Principal / Administrator short term shadow exchange program you will need to fill out a different application from that for Teacher exchanges. The Principal / Administrator Application Kit is now available for download in Adobe PDF format. This type of file can be read and printed by both Windows and Macintosh computer systems. However, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free from Adobe’s web site - click here) in order to use this file.
[120 Kb] Principal / Administrator Application Kit - P/A-Kit.pdf
School principals and vice-principals can sometimes be matched in a year long exchange which operates in a similar fashion to the teacher exchanges.
In addition, CEEF is pleased to offer a special short term, job shadow program for school administrators in co-operation with education authorities in Switzerland and The United Kingdom.* Exchanges are available for both elementary and secondary school principals and vice-principals. In continental Europe, secondary schools are those with students between 11 - 20 years old. Exchanges to other countries, including Australia, can be explored upon request.
*Most Australian states are welcoming the short term job shadow. However, it has yet to be successful there.
The Program
For the job shadow exchange program, the incoming principal spends two weeks living and working with the Canadian principal, and the Canadian principal in turn spends two weeks living and working with the other principal in his/her country. Longer or shorter periods may be negotiated between the exchangees once the initial connection between them has been made. Similarly, the dates and timing of the exchange visits are to be negotiated between the two administrators and their home school boards or other authorities.
Language
Participating countries where English is not the first language have indicated that appropriate provision will be made to accommodate the language capabilities of Canadian principals. English and French are widely spoken throughout continental Europe, and some schools are bilingual.
Costs
• $39.55 CDN (includes GST) non-refundable application fee• $113.00 CDN (includes GST) fee payable upon confirmation of a mutually acceptable match. This fee is refundable should any unforeseenserious circumstance arise which prevents the exchange, or should the other administrator withdraw for a legitimate reason.• All other costs (including travel and insurance) are the responsibility of the individual exchange participants or their home school boards.More information about CEEF and our programs can be obtained from your school board's Human Resources department.
Applying to the program
To apply to the CEEF School Principal / Administrator short term shadow exchange program you will need to fill out a different application from that for Teacher exchanges. The Principal / Administrator Application Kit is now available for download in Adobe PDF format. This type of file can be read and printed by both Windows and Macintosh computer systems. However, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free from Adobe’s web site - click here) in order to use this file.
[120 Kb] Principal / Administrator Application Kit - P/A-Kit.pdf