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START Links Armenia Benin Caribbean Eritrea Ethiopia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mali Mongolia Pakistan Russia South Africa Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan West Bank/Gaza Zambia USAID/Washington E-Learning How to Become a Training Provider Proposal Development	Pakistan Teacher Education and Professional Development Program (PTEPD) Pakistan In July 2003, the Academy for Educational Development (AED) was awarded a three-year contract by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Strategic Technical Assistance for Results through Training (START) Program to implement programs aimed at providing Pakistani educators with the knowledge, training, and infrastructure necessary to develop high quality education programs for girls and boys throughout Pakistan. The quality of learning and competency level of both students and teachers in Pakistan is among the poorest in the region. One of the reasons is the low level of educational qualifications required to become a primary school teacher. Another is the quality of teacher certification programs, which suffers from the lack of adequately trained trainers, little emphasis on teaching practice and non-existence of proper support/monitoring system for teachers. The overall objective of PTEPDP is to increase the base of skilled, high performing Pakistani school administrators and teachers in the teaching of mathematics, science and English as a second language, and to promote cultural understanding between the US and Pakistan. These professional development programs will be customized to reflect needs identified as critical to Pakistani educators. As of December 2004, 109 Pakistani teacher educators have completed their certificate programs of study in the US. All of the participants were provided an opportunity to join US professional membership organizations, including the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), the National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA), and the National Council of Teachers’ of Mathematics (NCTM), among others. Each participant also received a laptop computer to take back to their home institutions. In April and May 2005, an additional 63 Pakistani teacher educators traveled to the US to begin their training in three US universities: George Mason University is hosting a group of 21 math educators; Oregon State University - a group of 20 Pakistani ESL teacher trainers; and the University of Montana - 22 science teacher trainers. These partner institutions have assembled an excellent multicultural faculty to teach and coordinate activities for the group. In addition to exposing the participants to updated teacher training methodologies and the latest techniques and concepts in subject instruction and curriculum development, the program provides the participants with opportunities to take part in field visits to US schools, academic exchanges, and significant cross-cultural activities. The visits to US schools have been a favorite activity of the Pakistani teacher trainers, as the visits provide the opportunity for the delegation to learn more about the US school system and meet with key school administrators, teachers, and students. USAID and AED anticipate that between 225 and 250 Pakistani educators will travel to the United States to attend and complete certificate programs over the life of the contract. The project also includes plans for in-country workshops and seminars, as well as university linkages and partnership activities such as faculty exchanges and joint curriculum development projects. For the latest news on PTEPDP, please click here. For the Photo Gallery, please click here. PTEPDP Academic Partners: University of Montana, Office of International Programs http://www.umt.edu/oip/ George Mason University, Graduate School of Education http://gse.gmu.edu/ Oregon State University, the New School of Education http://oregonstate.edu/education/	Current RFPs Project Stories Publications & Reports Contact Us Site Map
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