Regional Planning Team Meeting in Samarkand, April, 2009
English for teaching: Teaching for English
Regional Planning Team Meeting
12 - 16 April, 2009
Samarkand
In April, 2009 ETTE Regional Planning Team Meeting was held in Uzbekistan. 22 participants from the UK, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Nepal and Pakistan came to Samarkand to refine their plans and ensure that the different strands of the ETTE project combined successfully, that they were clear about what they would achieve and how they would measure it.
There were the following aims of the meeting:
- to review project achievements for 08/09
- to develop an evaluation plan
- to plan for commercial and non-commercial partnerships
- to discuss the role of trainer training, teacher training, mentoring and the development of resource centres in the project and the relationship between them
- to plan the integrated roll-out of the project strands: mentoring, peer support, RCs, training, remote support
- to gain a sense of the cost vis-à-vis impact of the project
- to finalise project plans for 09/10
- to plan the introduction and implementation of the English Global Products in the region
The participants decided to go home with:
- an agreement on the overall evaluation plan, including for the mid-term evaluation in the autumn
- their individual country implementation plans ready for revision in light of feedback
- plans for raising support through commercial and non-commercial partnerships
- a plan for setting up or developing existing resource centres
- a clear understanding of how all the strands of the project (mentoring, Resource Centres, training) will come together locally and a plan for their roll-out
- an agreement on the timeline of the project activities and the action plan for 09/10
- a plan for Global Product introduction and implementation
English for teaching: Teaching for English
Regional Planning Team Meeting
12 - 16 April, 2009
Samarkand
During the meeting the following issues were discussed:
- Project achievements 08/09 and country reports
- Agreement on the regional strategy of the project
- Piloting and delivery of teacher training courses
- Making the project sustainable: developing trainers and mentors, the role of resource centres
- Moodle and other communication in the project
- The role of evaluation in ETTE
- Developing an evaluation plan
- Planning the integrated introduction and implementation of the project strands: mentoring, peer support, RCs, training, remote support
- Plans for building commercial and non-commercial partnerships
- Country implementation plans
- Timeline of project activities and action plan
- The English Global Product in the region
- Linking products to other work in English
- Action plans completed and presented
The week was very busy and, although the articipants managed to talk over a great number of issues, the idea of cooperation
of the British Council with other partners (first of all, with Ministries of Education and professional teachers associations) was of a particular importance. As a result of these discussions, the Samarkand meeting enabled all the participants to return home ready to take
the project through its one of the most exciting stages. In spite of the tightly-filled agenda of the week, the participants had an opportunity to enjoy the spring in the beautiful city of Samarkand and to visit its famous ancient monuments.
English for teaching: Teaching for English
Regional Planning Team Meeting
12 - 16 April, 2009
Samarkand
List of participants
|
Name |
Country |
Position |
1 |
Sue Leather |
Great Britain |
Consultant |
2 |
Simon Smith |
Great Britain |
Consultant |
3 |
Ardak Bekturova |
Kazakhstan |
EL Manager |
4 |
Natalia Penner |
Kazakhstan |
Teacher Trainer |
5 |
Muhammad Shahab |
Afghanistan |
Technical Advisor |
6 |
Hamed Asghari |
Afghanistan |
Programme Officer |
7 |
Tshering Gurung |
Nepal |
Partnership and Project Officer |
8 |
Smreety Dewan |
Nepal |
Programme Manager |
9 |
BK Shrestha |
Nepal |
GAN Country Director |
10 |
Mahashram Sharma |
Nepal |
General Director, Ministry of Education |
11 |
Sumit Baral |
Nepal |
Planning and Evaluation Manager |
12 |
Abdullahel Shaki |
Bangladesh |
Thana Education Officer |
13 |
Mirza Beg |
Bangladesh |
Education Project Manager |
14 |
Bryony Rayhan |
Bangladesh |
Teacher Trainer |
15 |
Nabeel Alvi |
Pakistan |
Head of Programmes |
16 |
Roudaba Shuja |
Pakistan |
Federal Ministry Representative |
17 |
Jeremy Jacobson |
Uzbekistan |
BC Director |
18 |
Oybek Kurbanov |
Uzbekistan |
Teacher Trainer |
19 |
Victoria Demidova |
Uzbekistan |
Teacher Trainer |
20 |
Svelana Khan |
Uzbekistan |
UzTEA Executive Director |
21 |
Natalia Tsarikova |
Uzbekistan |
ETTE Project Manager |
22 |
Aliev |
Uzbekistan |
Ministry of Public Education |
