Dear All,
Some of you may find the message below from IRA useful.
Best wishes,
Vivian
Need Funding?
Government grants and other organizational grants provide funding for
professional development. Check out what is available to you.
Title I - Schools making use of school improvement grants have
access to professional development funds so that their teachers have
access to the latest and best evidence based instruction to help
improve their students ability to read. The National Association of
State Title I Directors, a participant at IRA's convention, has
determined that convention sessions meet the definitions in Section
2133, Local Uses of Funds of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Title II, Part A can support teacher professional development across
all core academic subjects. Many school districts are using federal
funds to support their professional development activities in
cooperation with schools and colleges of education. The IRA
Convention is one of the best sources of information on how to improve
instruction for the high need students in your schools.
Grant-making organizations fund professional development activities
for teachers. Sample of organizations that have traditionally
provided funding includes:
Government agencies: US Department of Education, state education
departments, etc.
Foundations: Fund for Teachers, Braitmayer Foundation, etc.
Corporations: AOL, Verizon, etc.
Associations: National Education Association, The American Federation
of Teachers, etc.
For more funding opportunities explore these websites:
www.fundforteachers.org
www.grantalerts.com
Many of you may remember Selam Negussie who attended the Pan African
in
was unable to come to
try to come to
project in
find links to here.
Selam writes:
Hello to all,
I hope this finds you well. A big Thank You to everyone who has
supported African Children's book Project over the last year! A new
video is added to the website. Please take a look by using this link:
http://www.
Also please send the link to anyone you know and have a look around
the site.
Besides my book project I am currently working for The Fregenet
foundation www.fregenetfoundation.org it is a non- profit org.
dedicated to creating educational opportunities for impoverished
children. Its main office is found in
local office.
All the best
Selam
http://www.
If you are planning to attend the convention, please plan to attend
the session of the Literacy Issues in Developing Countries Special
Interest Group entitled:
‘Assessing our roles in literacy work in developing countries:
opportunities, challenges and ... Focus on Africa.’
This session will be a moderated panel/audience/member discussion on
how members in the "Global North" can work for and with our colleagues
in the "Global South" in ways that take their needs and potential
seriously.
The presenters will be Beatrice Quarshie Smith; Judith Baker; Scott
Walter; Samuel Andema; Sakil Malik and they will lead a discussion of
how the IRA can work effectively in
in this vital discussion.
The meeting will take place on April 27 from 9 to 11:45AM in the
Topics for discussion include:
- Is it possible to advocate for developing regions from within IRA?
How does the SIG facilitate a higher visibility for these regions?
- What are the best ways in which the SIG can facilitate work in
developing countries beyond the often problematic voyeur “show and
tell” that has become a staple at its presentations?
- How does one reassert the political significance of the
“International” in IRA as a site for critique to open spaces for
critical engagement with other regions. For an exemplar, this year's
panel focuses on
If you cannot attend but have ideas then please email them to Beatrice
Smith at bbsmith@mtu.edu
If you are coming to the Convention, you will find all the information
you need to register, arrange accommodations and plan your program at
reading.org by clicking on the ‘Meetings and Events’ button on the
left, and then press ‘Annual Convention.’
Please pass along this information to all your colleagues who are
interested in African education and help us publicize the meetings by
posting this on your professional networks.
Hope to see you in
Samuel Andema, Chair, International Development Committee for Africa
[IDC/A], IRA [
Beatrice Quarshie Smith, Chair, LIDC Special Interest Group, IRA
[
Click here to get the Winter 2009 edition of CODE's biannual newsletter, Ngoma.
As you'll see, the opening article "
EVALUATION OF LITERACY POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN SOUTHWEST,
The paper was presented at the 6th Pan African Reading for all Conference in
News from Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation (EBCEF)
Click here to visit the Ethiopia Reads website.
Delegate News:
Masresha Kibret (Delegate, 6th Pan African Reading For All Conference, August 2009) is starting his new year with a new position - the Chief Operating Manager at Ethiopian Books for Children and Educational Foundation (EBCEF). Ato Masresha, who has already been a Rural Libraries and Literacy Development Project Manger at Awassa, has a familiarity and acquaintances into EBCEF’s project. In his role as a Chief Operating Manager, Ato Masresha will be responsible for the overall execution of EBCEF’s project activities.
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