TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants Award Recipients Announced

IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2011 TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. IREX, in conjunction with an independent selection committee and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, selected 16 alumni of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) and 15 alumni of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) to receive funding to support their original small grant project ideas.

All alumni of the TEA and ILEP programs are eligible to apply for up to $5,000 for projects that benefit secondary education in their home countries. Projects are awarded twice a year.

Projects awarded this cycle include a service learning project to develop an organic farm at a school in India, a workshop on inquiry-based teaching and astronomy for first-year science teachers in the Philippines, and training for English teachers at girls’ vocational and technical schools in Senegal. See below for a complete list of Small Grant awardees and their projects.

Congratulations and good luck to all the grant winners as they begin implementing their projects. The next deadline for TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant applications is July 1, 2011.

TEA and ILEP are programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX.

TEA ILEP Alumni Small Grant Recipients (Spring 2011)

Ibrahim Ahmed (ILEP 2007, Egypt): How to make a good teacher

Rita Banerjee (TEA 2009 Spring, India): Leadership Training in Community Service

Yelena Bozhko (TEA 2009 Fall, Kazakhstan): Zarechny Summer Conference on English Language Instruction Methods

Joseph Gutierrez (ILEP 2009, Philippines): Division Seminar-Workshop on Inquiry-Based Activities on Astronomy for First-Year High School Teachers

Rowena Hibanada (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Teacher Training on Service Learning as an Instructional Strategy in Social Studies (ILEP Professional Development Module)

Abdelkrim Hilali (ILEP 2008, Morocco): English Language Resource Center for Teachers and Students

Md. Enamul Hoque(ILEP 2007, Bangladesh): Teaching Listening Comprehension: Guidelines for the EFL Teachers

Md. Anwar Hossain (TEA 2007 Fall, Bangladesh): Classroom Teaching: From a Traditional Method to a Communicative Approach

Md. Hemayet Hossain (TEA 2009, Bangladesh): Workshop for Teachers on Effectively Using the “English for Today” Textbook in EFL Classrooms

Abu Irfan (TEA 2010 Fall, India): Development of English in Secondary schools

Fanfan Joseph (TEA 2009, Haiti): Teacher Training Workshops on Teaching Reading and Pronunciation for EFL Teachers

Rakia Kamchibekova (TEA 2010 Fall, Kyrgyzstan): Using Textbooks to Enhance Learning – Teacher Training

Hulkar Kayumova (TEA 2010 Fall, Uzbekistan): Ferghana Valley TEA Alumni Conference

Irina Labukova (TEA 2007 Fall, Kazakhstan): Regional EFL Teachers Competition Best Lesson Plan

Shaji Mani (ILEP 2008, India): English Resource Center

Dominique Maquiran (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Equity in Diversity as the Big Picture: The Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy

Sri Maryati (ILEP 2009, Indonesia): Applying Power Teaching to Increase Secondary Students' Comprehension of the Lesson in Sekayu, South

Tom K. Mathew (ILEP 2008, India): School Organic Farm

Modou Mbaye (TEA 2010 Fall, Senegal): Materials Development for a Communicative Class

Abel Mercier (TEA 2009, Haiti): Teachers Workshops about Assessment, Achievement and Test Profiles

Gulbakhor Nazarova (TEA 2005, Uzbekistan): Student-led Tutoring Program

Rochelle Papasin (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Enacting Inquiry in the Science Classroom

Mercedes Perleche (ILEP 2009, Venezuela): Training EFL Teachers in Using English as a Tool to Connect Schools to the Multicultural World

Sandra Nelly Sanchez (TEA 2009, Colombia): Improving Communicative Abilities through Learning Techniques and Resources

Saliou Sarr (TEA 2010 Spring, Senegal): Developing Writing Skills

Kazi Siddiqa (ILEP 2010, Bangladesh): Increasing Interest for Science Subjects among Students Through Teachers Training

Maria Sunas (ILEP 2010, Philippines): Summer Training/Workshop for High School Science Teachers

Mohamadou Sylla (ILEP 2010, Senegal): Empowering Teachers to Promote English in Girls' Technical and Vocational Schools

Ainura Turdalieva (TEA 2007 Fall, Kyrgyzstan): Supplying Students with Up-to-Date Books

Mohammad Nasir Uddin (ILEP 2010, Bangladesh): Workshop on Integrating ICT in the Classroom

Natalya Yusupova (TEA 2009, Uzbekistan): Chirchik Resourсe Center for EFL Teachers Trainings