Five days observing real international classrooms in Benalmádena, Spain — small group of six, structured debriefs, fresh perspective for home.
Why this course? The fastest way to refresh your teaching is to spend a week watching a different school work — different country, different culture, different pedagogy. Particularly useful for internationalization leads scoping curriculum changes, mid-career teachers feeling the rut, or anyone who wants ideas they couldn’t have invented sitting at their own desk.
What it covers. A full week inside a working international school — observing classes across subjects and year groups, with daily mentor debriefs that walk you through the why behind what you saw. Group size is six, on purpose: enough variety in the room, small enough that the host school’s actual timetable accommodates real observation rather than a guided tour.
How it works. Each day: 4-5 classroom observations (about an hour each) interspersed with structured reflection sessions and mentor debriefs. You’re not lesson-planning yourself — you’re observing, taking notes, and synthesising. You leave with a thematic journal (management, differentiation, tech, communication) and a comparative framework you can use to brief colleagues at home.
Course completion certificate accepted as continuing professional development by school authorities across the EU.
Every session ends with a worksheet, plan, or activity teachers can use the week they return — not a binder of theory.
Structured observation in real international-school classes — across subjects, year groups, and teaching styles, not just one room repeated.
Structured discussion with host teachers between observation blocks — context for what you saw, the why behind the choices, and how to translate them home.
Take home a structured journal grouped by theme (management, differentiation, tech, communication) — ready to brief colleagues or scope curriculum changes.
See how an English-medium international school operates day-to-day — curriculum design, assessment patterns, parent communication — beyond classroom-only observation.
Morning: school orientation tour — facilities, school culture, the English-medium learning approach. Afternoon: first observation blocks focused on broad classroom dynamics and settling into the role of observer.
Morning: focused observation on lesson delivery — pacing, transitions, how teachers handle student questions. Afternoon: cross-class comparison of delivery techniques, then a debrief with mentor teachers.
Morning: structured observation focused on classroom management — behaviour strategies, routines, language of instruction. Afternoon: differentiation for mixed-ability groups and technology integration patterns.
Morning: observation focused on teacher-student communication, inclusive practices, and group-based learning. Afternoon: structured peer reflection session and a closing observation with direct mentor feedback.
Morning: final consolidation observations across the week — comparing approaches and themes. Afternoon: structured Q&A with mentor teachers and host staff, then EUTA certification.
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Erasmus+ Staff Mobility provides grants for teachers and school staff to attend professional development courses abroad. The grant contributes to course fees, travel, accommodation, and daily subsistence — exact amounts are set by your country’s National Agency.
We provide all the documentation your school needs for the grant application: course descriptions, Learning Agreements, daily programmes, and invitation letters.
EUTA’s training rooms sit inside Benalmádena International College — a gated international-school campus in Nueva Torrequebrada with security, controlled access, and EUTA staff on-site. Where you sleep depends on who you are.
Teachers stay at Flatotel International, a comfortable hotel walking distance from the EUTA campus and the Mediterranean. Daily breakfast included; private room option available; full board can be added.
Teachers and school staff who want to see how an international school runs day-to-day — especially internationalization leads, curriculum designers, or anyone refreshing their practice after a few years. Subject area doesn’t matter; observation skills do.
Each day is structured around 4-5 classroom observations (about an hour each) interspersed with reflection sessions and mentor debriefs. You’re not lesson-planning yourself — you’re observing, taking notes, and synthesising what you see across the week.
Primary and secondary classes across English-medium subjects — language arts, sciences, humanities, and electives. Group sizes are capped at 6 participants so we can match observation slots to the host school’s actual timetable rather than rotating crowds through one classroom.
A structured reflection journal grouped by theme (management, differentiation, tech integration, communication), a comparative-analysis framework, and observation notes ready to share with colleagues or use to scope curriculum changes at your school.
Yes. The programme is recognised under Erasmus+ KA-122 as a job shadowing mobility — one of the supported formats inside the staff mobility track. We provide the documentation your school needs for the grant application — course description, Learning Agreement, daily programme, and invitation letter. Read the full Erasmus+ for teachers walkthrough →
Teachers stay at Flatotel International, a comfortable hotel walking distance from the EUTA campus and the Mediterranean — daily breakfast included, with private or shared room options and full board available as an add-on. Observations take place inside Benalmádena International College, a gated international-school site with controlled access and on-site staff.
Job shadowing is a short stay at a host school where you observe how colleagues teach, plan and run their classrooms, then bring what works back to your own. Erasmus+ treats it as a staff mobility, so your school can apply for funding to cover it. At EUTA you shadow experienced teachers in real Andalusian classrooms in and around Benalmádena.
Most job shadowing stays last between two and ten working days. Our programme in Benalmádena runs five days, which fits comfortably inside a typical Erasmus+ mobility and still leaves time to explore the Costa del Sol.
Voices from teachers who’ve spent their Erasmus+ week with us in Benalmádena.
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