Fourteen Teachers Win Grants for Innovative Education Programs in Six Countries

Around the globe, Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) and International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) alumni strive for more than excellence in the classroom: they carry the expertise and skill they gain through the programs back to their home countries to create lasting change in their school communities. IREX congratulates the 2012 TEA-ILEP winners of the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) for the incredible work they will do to promote peace, gender equality, social inclusion, and leadership development around the world through their respective AEIF grant awards. This year, 14 TEA-ILEP alumni will collaborate on 4 grant projects across 6 countries to bring innovative solutions to challenges in their school communities.

AEIF TEA-ILEP Alumni Grant Recipients and Project Titles

Women in Business and Management: Leadership and Mentoring Community

Noha Ikram Abaas (ILEP 2012, Egypt)

EcoHab Lab: Entrepreneurship and Training for Social Inclusion

Eduardo Vasconcellos (ILEP 2011, Brazil)

Project CAPEZ: Developing a Culture of Peace in the Classroom

Guillermo Alonso López Ossa (TEA 2010, Colombia)

Biviana Correa (TEA 2010, Colombia)

Sandra Liceth Moreno Medina (TEA 2010, Colombia)

Diana Rúa (TEA 2010, Colombia)

Yanilis Romero (TEA 2009, Colombia)

Mayerlin Molina Moreno (TEA 2010, Nicaragua)

Juan Carlos Ortiz Altamirano (TEA 2010, Nicaragua)

Karla Zaldana de Cruz (TEA 2010, El Salvador)

Oscar Fuentes Prudencio (TEA 2010, El Salvador)

Carlos Martinez (TEA 2010, El Salvador)

Using Social Media to Increase Public and Political Activity in Azerbaijani Youth

Raifa Valiyeva (TEA 2004, Azerbaijan)

Halima Fatullayeva (TEA 2009, Azerbaijan)

The International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) and the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) are funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and implemented by IREX.