etrc advisory board meeting

ETRC Advisory Board MeetingSeptember 30, 201315:00

Advisory board members present at the meeting•Brent Israelsen, PAO, US Embassy•Valentina Spinu, US Embassy•Olga Temnicova, L.Deleanu lyceum•Irina Pomazanovschi, ETRC co-director•Larisa Guzun, ETRC co-director

Events in Summer 2013“Key to Success” with M.Ambrosi

Summer School 2013

- Attended by 77 English teachers from 15 regions of Moldova, -9 sessions, out of which 3 sessions which were repeated and 4 parallel sessions, that were presented by specialists from different institutions from Moldova and the USA. ( Peace Corps Volunteers, English teachers from ACCELS, ASEM, ISE and different Lyceums, etc.)

Events in Summer 2013“I Spy” symbols of USA independence in Moldova

Events in Summer 2013excursion to Soroca

Daily attendance and requested resources

Atendees/Months

Students

School Teachers

University Lecturers

June/July 45 5 12

September

94 8 21

Materials used/

MonthsBooks Computer

sAudio/Video

June/July 18 43 -

September 57 73 2

Plan for 2013-2014

•Title of the project: „Modern Techniques and Strategies for In-service and Pre-service English Language Teachers”.

•Period of implementation: September 2013 – June 2014

•Place of implementation: English Teaching Resource Center (1 I. Creanga street, Chisinau, Moldova 2069, Room 302)

Our goals: •To provide regular access to the latest books

and printed resources in teaching EFL;•To practice modern trends of teaching EFL in

a series of workshops, seminars and trainings;

•To equip ETRC members with the necessary skills for using internet and modern technology in their teaching;

•To organize meetings with native English speakers in order to synthesize, compare and contrast education related and cultural issues

Seminars during the academic year

Month # of

seminars

September

5

October 6November

5

December 5January 5February 5March 5April 5May 6TOTAL 47

Presenters in September:-Tatiana Casian, e-teacher raduate- Cristina Cernei, TRAIAN lyceum- Liliana Nederita, e-teacher graduate- Daniela Munca-Aftenev, ALC

Events in September 2013

Plans for October 2013

Fall SchoolOctober 31- November 2, 2013

• Presenters:- Jerold Frank, RELO- Bob Earlie, Visiting Scholar, Ireland- Omeed Aminian, English Language Fellow, USA – Balti- Olga Temnicova, “L. Deleanu” lyceum- Dorina Calinovscaia, American Councils- Carolina Andronic, ASEM- Daniela Munca-Aftenev, ASEM/ALC- Ecaterina Albu, Moldova State University- Svetlana Lungu, M. Eminescu lyceum- Ana Lisnic, BA in Phililogy, lecturer at SPU "I.

Creanga" , University, UGRAD alumna

Quality or Quantity?

Conference – April 5th, 2014

•Description +•Online registration +•Fee for publishing materials/ articles in a

separate book?•Conference Issues – place?

www.etrc.md

•META – issues and solutions ( no reply from the University)

•Furniture – Shelves? Desks?