Deadline: 02-Aug-21
The U.S. Embassy Bamako announces an open competition for qualified organizations and individuals to submit applications to carry out a program to train high school and university English club leaders in pedagogy, leadership, techniques to enhance speaking ability, and membership development, retention, and engagement.
Goals
The program goals are to:
- Promote the use and spread of the English language through English clubs.
- Strengthen student-centered learning, critical thinking, and communicative methodologies in target English Club activities.
- Foster the development of English language learning and teaching at target Malian institutions by providing technical and pedagogical support for English Clubs.
- Help English club leaders serve as role models and mentors to other English teachers and students, providing a multiplier effect that strengthens the teaching of English at the leaders’ educational institutions.
- Increase English club leaders’ potential to participate successfully in Mali’s socioeconomic development and increase their chances of competing for and participating in future U.S. exchange and study programs. Expose participants to U.S. exchange and study opportunities and prepare them to share the information with their peers.
- Expose participants to U.S. culture and democratic values through the English language.
Proposals must include the following elements:
- detailed overview of the program’s curriculum, including a proposed schedule and syllabus outlining the topics to be covered;
- course monitoring and evaluation plan;
- overview of strategy to recruit and select English club leaders to participate;
- mechanism for providing post-course feedback on the leaders’ performance; and
- detailed information about the project members and instructor(s), including CV, resume and other relevant professional experience.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 1 award
- Award amounts: $15,000
- Total available funding: $15,000
Participants and Target Audience
Leaders of high school and university English clubs in Bamako that have been operational for at least three years. Leaders can be students or teachers at the educational institution at which the English club is based who are regularly and actively involved in the facilitation of the English club. Selected participants must intend to serve at least two more years in their institution’s English club.
Eligibility Criteria
For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply for this award. All other interested individuals and organizations can apply for the award, including:
- Professional or civil society associations and organizations working in English instruction, curriculum development, and leadership.
- Malian non-profit/nongovernmental organizations or U.S. or foreign nonprofit/nongovernmental organizations with significant experience in Mali.
- Accredited public and private non-profit educational institutions.
- Individuals.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334428