U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDED TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS CONCLUDE AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF ACTIVITIES
Panorama.am
12:44 25/09/06
Ministry of Education and Science, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, and
IREX Armenia bid farewell to the 91 teacher trainers involved in the
US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
(ECA) sponsored teacher training programs during a reception and
certificate distribution ceremony.
According to press service of US Embassy of Armenia, keynote speeches
were delivered by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Bagrat
Yesayan, Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia Thomas
Mittnacht, and Director/Education Programs Manager of IREX Armenia
Arina Zohrabian.
Since 1998 the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has funded four programs including the
Elementary Level Teacher Training Program, the Middle Level Teacher
Training Program, Curriculum Development for Pre-Service Education,
and Curriculum Development for School Administration Leadership. These
programs strengthened the capacity of Armenia’s schools and teachers
by developing new teacher training methodologies.
The 91 teacher trainers present at the farewell reception worked
actively throughout all regions of Armenia training more than 7000
teachers in new teaching methodologies such as cooperative learning,
integrated curriculum, lesson plan development, assessment, portfolios,
and interactive teaching utilizing the eighteen books published under
the ECA funded programs. In 2006 alone, IREX distributed more than
2500 certificates of completion and participation to trained teachers
throughout Armenia co-signed by the Public Affairs Section of the
U.S. Embassy, the National Institute of Education, and IREX Armenia.