An IREX Collaborative Small Grant 2010 TEA Fellows’ Reflections Regarding the Impact of TEA Program

Sunday, December 12, 2010

A detailed timeline that confirms all project activities will be completed by April 1st, 2011.

Dear Collaborates,

There is some information about the deadlines we are expected to meet while working on our project. Thank you for your understanding and help in meeting the deadlines and organising our project properly.

Greetings from snowy Poland,

Anna

September 2010 Online contacts with all TEA fellows involved or those who wish to be involved into the project - sharing duties, making the project expectations` clear, giving deadlines, creating our blog. Setting deadlines – especially with Dr JoeMcNulty a project professional support, partners: Waldemar Sedkowski and Guillermo Lopez Ossa.
Talking with co-authors about the articles and deadlines available to meet by them.
Setting up `books` blog` by Guillermo Lopez Ossa and Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska.
To be in a contact with all authors and collaborate our work (Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska)

October 2010 PLEASE SEND ME CONFIRMATION VIA EMAIL YOU FOR 100% WRITE AN ARTICLE TO OUR BOOK! Sending to the editor (Anna Krzeminska-Kaczynska) first drafts; then the articles also go to native speakers (correction) and Guillermo from Colombia (computer formula) and Waldemar Sedkowski - to discuss/edit.

To update our blog (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska/Guillermo Lopez Ossa).

Contact with a publishing company in Poland (1st meeting).

November 2010 Sending to the editor articles from TEA fellows; then the articles also go to native speakers (correction) and Waldemar Sedkowski - to discuss/edit.
To update our blog (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska/Guillermo Lopez Ossa, Waldemar Sedkowski)
To be in a contact with all authors and collaborate our work (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska ).

December 2010
a) Sending to the editor final versions of the articles;
b) meeting: Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska and Waldemar Sedkowski (POLAND) will meet together to organize future actions of publishing in Poland (Krakow). Edit the final version of the book.
c) To update our blog (Guillermo Lopez Ossa, Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska)
d) To send all articles to Dr Joe McNulty to read them
To be in a contact with all authors and colla

borate our final work (Anna Krzemińska-Kaczynńska).
If there are any changes they should be corrected by the end of December.
To send all articles to Dr Joe McNulty to read them and if needed do some corrections.

Contact with a publishing company in Poland (2nd meeting)
December 2010/January 2011 Contact with a publishing company in Poland (3rd meeting)
After the reading by a native speaker of English, Guillermo LopezOssa will prepare the final version with final corrections and pictures included in the texts. With Waldemar Sedkowski and native speaker Hugh Bilton we will organize the details and final version of our book – ready to be printed out.
Contact with a publishing company in Poland (4th meeting)

January/February 2011 Publishing the Book in Poland and sending to participants and country representatives` embassies (organizing parcels etc by Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska, Waldemar Sedkowski – Poland). That`s why there are two visits of Waldemar in Krakow. The first is needed to organize the whole process of writing, being in touch with TEA fellows, discussing books` details and the second is due to print and organize publishing and sending parcels.

We do believe that no later than in February the book will be ready.
To load links of our blog and put some final information about the book on University of Nabraska website ( Dr Joe McNulty).
March 2011 Evaluation - online questionnaire after reading our book. To load results on our `book-blog`.

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About the Editors

Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska

European College in Krakow
Krakow, Poland.
TEA 2010 U.S. Host University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Graduate of the University of Gdansk, holds a Diploma in teaching English; completed post-graduate studies in Geography at Faculty of Oceanography and Geography in Gdańsk. Works in summertime as youth counselor on cruise ships in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Sea. Publishes her actions and activities associated with Bilingual Geography teaching and learning in teacher`s magazines: Języki Obce w Szkole and Bilingual Geography. Travel Zealot:) Anna teaches English and Geography at the college.

Dr Joe McNulty

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska
During the past 25 years Dr. McNulty has broad range of executive, Business, teaching, management and consulting experiences in the United States and abroad. Consulting activities have primarily focused on higher education in Australia, Slovakia, Russia, Jordan, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Unites States. He is also an international programs coordinator in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. McNulty is University of Nebraska great leader and host university representative.

Waldemar Sędkowski, Poland.

Krotoszyn.

U.S. Host University: California State University, Chico.

TEA U.S. Host University: California State University, Chico, California

Holds M.A. in English Studies, and graduated from University of A. Mickiewicz in Poznań, Poland. He likes watching his students making some effort and becoming successful English learners. His hobbies are backpacking, travelling, cultures and sports.

Australia

Hugh Bilton
Native speaker of English and English teacher at European College, Poland.
25 years business experiences – Business English
International Tourism Consultant

Guillermo Alonso Lopez Ossa, Colombia.

Aquiino Bedoyo School, Pereira.

U.S. Host University: University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Guillermo Alonso Lopez Ossa has been working as a specialist in teaching English as Foreign language (EFL) for 19 years. His students ages range between 10 and 19 years old. He greatly enjoys using technology as a pedagogical resource for the EFL teaching-learning process. In addition to participation in academic and spiritual activities, Guillermo`s hobby is basketball.

An outline of the book

A general outline of the book

CONTENT

ABOUT THE EDITORS …….....…………………... 1

ABOUT TEA PROGRAM Dr Joe McNulty ………... 2
Collaborative comments …………..…… 3
CHAPTER I
SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION and SCHOOL REALITY IN CHOSEN COUNTRIES …......…. 4
CHAPTER II
SPEAK UP ON TEA PROGRAM EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER III
TEACHER-PRODUCED MATERIALS AFTER TEA PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

Articles are expected to be written in a following formula:
Title - Abstract - Key words – Introduction – Development - Conclusion.

Between the text there will be some corresponding pictures (taken by the authors - make sure they are of good quality).
Target audience: It`s designed for current and future TEA, Fellows, US Partner Teachers and their students. In the book, the authors will describe their views on education and new international experiences to challenge and provide thinking on educational issues that we –both teachers and students-face every day. In addition, we wish our book would be a help for our embassies on TEA program.

Frequenty Asked Questions on our project

FREQUENTY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Who is who in the project:

Awardee, coordinator of the Project, editor: Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska (Poland)

Dr Joe McNulty, editor and support of the project, UNL, USA.

Katarina E. Czarniak, Program Associate, Education Programs Division, IREX, Washington DC. USA.

Project collaborates: Hugh Bilton (correction, editor), Waldemar Sędkowski (Poland) – organizing publishing

Guillermo LopezOssa (Colombia) – IT Coordination

Authors of the articles: TEA FELLOWS Fall 2010 who agreed to cooperate and write the articles.

2. What is the aim of the collaborate project?

To publish the book describing:

 Each countries` system of education

 Memories and evaluation from TEA program

 How we used gained knowledge once we got home

 What do international teachers/students mean to each country representative?

 To present representatives` students works.

3. How will be money spent?

We were given $2515 from IREX - within Small Grant Competition. Money goes for publishing the book, communications, postage, and transportation of Waldemar Sedkowski within Poland to meet with the editor and organize the book and work out logistics.

4. How would this book inform current and future TEA international teachers?

• Through the website of University of Nebraska, where except for information about the book we will add the link to our `book blog` to give people a chance to get acquainted with us- the authors, teachers, TEA fellows, friends who decided to work together on the book.

IREX WEBSITES AS WELL

• Thanks to University of Lincoln most of the authors of the book have their own page on the Internet – so We will include links of our blog to the sites and keep people informed

• Some books will be sent to IREX, to our countries` embassies, hosted universities and they will be places in our school and local libraries. Thus, it will be a great source of information on TEA program for those who apply for the program or go for their scholarships.

• In the future, we are planning to run the project together somewhere in Europe (maybe in Poland) to gather all or most authors together and organize an international conference for teachers on TEA program, education and methods of teaching and cultural diversity.

5. Please clarify how the book will be published (hard copy, PDF, etc) and how many copies you will publish.

Our book will be a hard copy. On the Internet we will include information on our book with some sample articles. We will publish 400 HARD Copies. Pdf version will be available too.