The C5 + O.N.E.(Opening Networks through English)  Educator (C5 + O.N.E Ed)) program aims to create a cohort of highly qualified English language teachers who can teach English in the C5 + O.N.E., English Access Scholarship Program and other English learning programs initiated by the U.S. Embassy in 5 Central Asian countries

KazTEA, in partnership with the British Council, launched a program targeted at

Mr. John Kotnarowski has spent the last 15 years teaching English to speakers of other languages. He has taught at universities in Ecuador, China and the U.S. and was an English Language Fellow in Moscow, Russia during the 2014-15 academic year. He is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Undergraduate Academic Writing Course Specialist for the English as a Second Language Writing Program within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His teaching interests include all levels of academic writing, materials design and development, writing assessment, and supporting new writing teachers. Outside of teaching, he loves reading, fishing, and spending time outside with his wife and young daughter.

Peter A.Stepichev: PhD in Education, NATE Russia executive director, MELTA vice-president, teacher trainer and author, IVLP alumnus. His patented device “Grammar Blocks” and a series of educational games won the recognition in 2012 Moscow Teacher of the Year contest, resulting in getting a scholarship to study at Norwich (England) and Germany. He's currently working on surprise pedagogy concept, developing tools for EL teachers and learners and lecturing throughout Russia, Kazakstan and China. 

Darya is an ELT Coordinator for Central Asia at ETS EMEA. She has vast experience in the sphere of education and management, including her roles as the Head of International Development, a language instructor and lecturer. Darya holds an Associate degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Parkland College, U.S., Bachelor of Science in International Business from NEOMA Business School, France, and Master of Economical Science from AlmaU, Kazakhstan. She is an alumni of U.S. Department of State’s FLEX program and European Union’s Erasmus + program scholar.

Dmitry L. Siegfried is a graduate of the Alma-Ata Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (1989). Having graduated APIFL Dmitry worked as an English FL teacher in Almaty. After moving to Moscow, he worked at the Russian International Academy of Tourism as an EFL teacher and head of the multimedia laboratory of the Department of Foreign Languages. Dmitry has experience as a teacher at the Center for Innovative Communicative Linguistics of Dmitry Petrov, as the head of the methodological association of foreign language teachers at the Presidential Educational Center "Sirius" in Sochi, as the head of the department at the MGOK Educational Complex, Moscow, head of the department of foreign languages at Moscow University MITU -MASI. Currently, D.L. Siegfried is a senior methodologist and head of the Lyceum at the Orion Educational Center, Sochi. Dmitry is a father of three adult children.

KazTEA expresses its gratitude to the U.S. Department of State and Public Affair Section for sponsoring the Media Literacy training for 40 EFL & STEAM teachers. The training is targeted at enhancing teaching social media competences within blended EFL & STEM teaching

Objectives:

1. Raise 40 EFL & STEM teachers’ awareness about Media Literacy aspects
2. Identify types and format of instructions to embed ML instructions into General Englishand STEM subject classes
3. Adapt or write ML instructions within English and STEM subject curriculum to increase students’ resilience to mis-and disinformation

Venue: IT-lyceum Bilim-Innovation, Schuchinsk, Akmola Region

Date: June 5, 2024

Apply by April 5 here

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