Blended Career Development for Madrassa Teacher-Training Program Alumni

The summary for the Blended Career Development for Madrassa Teacher-Training Program Alumni grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the US Mission to India, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Blended Career Development for Madrassa Teacher-Training Program Alumni: This project will entail three distinct phases. In the first phase, 30 alumni of past madrassa English teacher training programs will be recruited to participate in the current program. Working in coordination with the RELO, the implementing partner will develop participant selection criteria and schedule candidate interviews. After a final participant list is confirmed with the GOR, for the second phase of the project, the implementing partner will coordinate a one-week face-to-face training-of-trainers (ToT) course for the selected alumni. For the third phase of the project, the implementing partner will procure 240 seats in National Geographic Learning’s ELTeach online course. (ELTeach is a professional development, assessment and certificate course developed jointly by National Geographic Learning and Educational Testing Service, applicable to both pre-service and in-service teachers who work in the public and private sectors. It contains two strands: English-for-Teaching and Professional Knowledge for ELT. Participants in the current project will complete both strands.) Each alumnus/alumna will be allocated four seats in each strand – one for him/herself and three for fellow teachers. During this phase of the project, alumni will be responsible for facilitating their fellow teachers’ online learning experiences and performance. The implementing partner will provide support for these facilitated sessions and track participant performance in each strand. For the fourth and final phase of the project, the implementing partner will organize a two-day culminating workshop for the 30 original alumni and their 90 peer English teachers. During this workshop, participants will share feedback on their experiences in the online course and develop individual professional development plans.The implementing partner will be responsible for coordinating all phases of the project, including (a) participant recruitment, selection, travel, and lodging; (b) rental of training venue; (c) correspondence with project participants, their madrassa directors, local educational authorities, and other concerned parties; (d) procurement of ELTeach seats/licenses from National Geographic Learning; (e) procurement of other necessary training materials, stationery, etc.; and (f) other project logistics, as required. (Please refer to the full announcement for details.)