PEL Project & Institute Meetings in Pakistan

1. PEL Project & Institute Meetings in Pakistan November 15-21 2011 Coordinated by Riffat Ayesha – PELI Coordinator Pakistan

2. Work with the grant-funded team from PSU sub-award organization ITA to ensure close coordination between the overall project and in-country activities • Work with ITA finance staff to better align reporting systems and processes. • Create systematic reporting process to ensure timely and accurate exchange of information.  • Plan the American reciprocal program,  scheduled for early March • Meet with alumni advisors and local alumni Meet with stakeholders  - • Explore pertinent environmental and cultural heritage linkages and resources for 2012 institute and its American reciprocal program feasible, • Meet with Embassy staff to discuss FY10 American reciprocal program, FY11 grant, and State Alumni opportunities

3. Transcending Boundaries: strengthening civil society through education- FY 11-12 • Strengthen civil society through shared goals in education • Build vibrant relationships between U.S. and Pakistan citizens • Examine critical issues through dynamic interdisciplinary models • Provide science educators with leadership skills to effect change at the grassroots • Develop best pedagogical practices that are culturally and geographically appropriate • Engage Pakistan’s youth as change agents in their education and community • Create and sustain a robust community of practice that transcends boundaries

4. PELI Coverage 2004-2011 4.0% 9.0% 9.5% 12.0% 4.5% 35.0% 10.5% Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs 15.5%

5. Pakistani Educational Leadership Project & Institute – or the art of the possible • PELI 2004-11 SYMBOLIZES • Diversity of Landscapes - 9 Areas from FATA to Sindh • Diversity of Languages - 12 Languages • Diversity of Educational Experiences and Challenges • Bonding through rich, highly professional and caring shared experiences in USA & Pakistan as the Pakistani Education Leaders

6. PEL Project & Institute launched • Launched in FY 2003. In 2004 Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute (PELI) was the inaugural program superseding the 9/11 Commission Report that included a recommendation to “strengthen long-term U.S. international commitments to the future of Pakistan. • An open competition award in FY2007, an ECA grant supported institute implementation phase in Pakistan was added, creating a more robust & meaningful project.

7. Our Partners in Pakistan • Departments of Education – Public Sector • Universities & Higher Education Institutions – Public and Private Sector • Education Foundations • Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)NGOs • An opportunity to network, scale up and multiply the PELI impact… ..upgrade the diploma to a formal degree and share best practices widely and implement widely

8. Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute (PELI) & Project • The Pakistani Educational Leadership Project is a hybrid- takes place in both US and Pakistan • Professional development in: a) educational leadership for Pakistani educators and b) a cross-cultural and –educational exchange for Pakistan and U.S. citizens. • A Four Weeks Intensive US Phase of Professional development program for secondary level educators housed at Plymouth State University (PSU). • Follow-on professional development and implementation activities in Pakistan demonstrate impact and outcomes of institute training

9. Key players • Sponsors: The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA): grant funded the project • Hosts: Plymouth State University : hosts the externally funded project and project director • Pakistan Service Providers: Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) /Institute for Professional Learning (IPL): sub-award organization • Supported by: The US Embassy in Pakistan : For Visa Process & In-country Alumni and other relevant activities/programs

10. Cross Cutting Areas in PELI • Science, • English, • Mathematics, • Leadership; • Research and Evaluation; • ICTs, • Environment, • Citizenship, • Conflict Resolution and • Communication

11. The 8th Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute (PELI) 2011 Leadership in a Climate of Change • “Leadership in a Climate of Change” Project will support development of leadership skills and enhance literacy, specifically in environmental education skills. It will enable citizens to help build a sustainable future as part of a global learning community in the 21st century.    

12. Team For the PEL Project’s Summer Institute 2011 Project Team: • Project Director: Ms. Blakeman H. Allen • Pakistan coordinator: Ms. Riffat Ayesha • Assistant to the Project: Ms. Sally Kilfoyle • Graduate Assistant: Adam Sheetz Institute Team: • Institute Coordinator: Andrea Ladd • Mary Lyon Residence Director: Julie Crisafi • Mary Lyon Residential Community Advisors: Lisa Dalzell; DeoMwano; Sam Wisel • Educational Leadership: Christie Sweeney, Leo Sandy, Kathleen • Technology: Jo Ann Guilmet, Norm Shippee.  • Master Action Portfolios: Julie Tallman, Kim Sychterz as leads.  • Environmental Education : Mary Ann and Marguerite Crowell

13. Overall Gender Profile for PELI Overall % of Women (2004-11) = 70.5 % Percentage of Women 2011= 75.0% Female-Male ratio (2004-11)= 2.4 : 1 Female-Male Ratio (2011)= 3.0 : 1 PELI 2011 30 females (75%) and 10 males (25%) from Pakistan for the Summer Institute 2011

14. PELI Alumni Coverage Across Pakistan 2004-10

15. Criterion for Selection in PELI An overwhelming 85% - 90% of the candidates are from the public sector institutions each year

16. Supplementary Criteria • Qualified candidates who have not attended trainings outside Pakistan previously. • Equity consideration for candidates in disadvantaged districts/areas. • Positive inter-personal and communication skills. • High possibility to extend learned skills to maximum teachers/educators upon return from USA. • Healthy and not in the family way (due to health complications in travelling). • Agree to sign an institutional commitment form for the institute and the post institute work.

17. Selection of the Candidates • Institutions are formally approached from geographical areas as per Grant Specifications from the Project USA, for nominations of preferred and alternate candidates (post 9/11 visa regime is strict). • Professional/institutional documents are submitted and vetted. • Written Tests and interviews of nominated candidates by a panel from ITA, target institution and PELI Alums. • Shortlisted candidates’ details are sent to the PELI Committee for review. • Successful candidates (both preferred and alternate) are notified for visa processing.

18. Alumni of the Program- Defining Features • The 160 PELI Alums have trained at least over 200,000 teachers/educators since their return – the MULTIPLIER EFFECT OF TEACHERS WITHOUT FRONTIERS. • A majority promoted since returning from the PELI experience. • The alumni are armed with attitudinal changes, research designs and master action plans (MAPs) to implement the knowledge skills and attitudes that they have acquired over the 4 week Summer Institute. • The alums are facilitated by the ITA-PELI secretariat in Pakistan for (a) MAP or research support grant disbursement and (b) follow up through field monitoring, on-line conversations and documentation. • The thematic master action plans of the 2008 -2011 alumni documented available on the websites of ITA/IPL and PELI-PSU.(www.itacec.org, www.ipl.edu.pk and http://plymouth.edu/peli or http://pelinstitute.org).

19. Professional Network of PELI Alums • The alumni from 2004-2010 encouraged to work through virtual and face-to-face alumni networks • ITA has been encouraging PELI alumni to become members of this wider community and to benefit from continuous professional development, professional networking and opportunities for innovation. • The Alums of 2010 have just established a registered PELI Alumni Network in Pakistan housed at the Institute of Professional learning (IPL)/ITA. • The alumni are being tracked rigorously by ITA/IPL and linked to other networks such as the Professional Teachers Association Network (PTAN) in Pakistan. • The PELI Network has just produced its PELI Directory 2004-2010 to be updated each year for outreach to teachers without frontiers ..www.ipl.edu.pk

20. Resources Available for Alumni of U.S. Department of State • All alumni are encouraged to join the Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network, an umbrella organization of over 8,000 U.S. government-funded alumni of exchange and English language programs, which actively promotes and funds alumni-organized community activities. https://alumni.state.gov

21. Celebrating & Valuing Diversity • Each year since 2004 the PEL Project & Institute is best symbolized by local and cross cultural diversity • Pakistani educators selected from all corners of the county through a very transparent process- the best and most deserving • They spend 4 weeks with each other not just reaching out to their counterparts in USA but also to each other within Pakistan – they rarely have an opportunity to meet across provinces – this Program provides them with just that • First Time for Many : Not just the Great Lakes of New Hampshire & Washington but for many it is also Taxila & Islamabad for the first time – an opportunity to celebrate heritage, rich contexts and value of diversity

22. Proposal - I for the Future PELI II To be Simultaneously Held in PAKISTAN in Collaboration with PSU • Multiplying Education Leadership & Environmental Stewardship for Pakistani Educators in USA & Pakistan • Expand the PEL Project & Institute through a two pronged sustainable approach • Summer Institute & Follow On Program in Pakistan for 30-40 participants annually – simultaneously on the same pattern as at PSU and in collaboration with PSU • Summer Institute in USA /at Plymouth State University & Follow On Program in-country in Pakistan • Annual Conference of selected high performers in Pakistan with publishable learning materials for wider usage in Pakistan schools and universities

23. Proposal II : From PELI Diploma to Masters Program- 15 Graduate Credit Hours by PSUs – A Case of Pioneering Professional Up gradation! • Strategic conversations at PSU by 2009 cohort finally led to professional up gradation .. PSU’s College of Graduate Studies (CoGS) supported by its President & Provost have generously decided to award 15 Graduate Credit Hours for the PEL experience in USA & Pakistan . The participants need to enroll in this option upon arrival. • In Pakistan the Institute for Professional Learning (IPL), ITA’s subsidiary & its partner universities will provide facilitation in Pakistan for support to the in-country work. • We, at IPL can offer blended courses for the extra 15 credit hours to take it to a Masters Program, expanding enrolment in higher education for Pakistan ..for our educators especially women in this case

24. An Opportunity to Earn Graduate Credit Hours- details Options the On-Campus work: • EP 5400 – Educational leadership and Planning (3 cr) – This will be the on-campus MAP course, for which Kim would be the instructor of record (i.e., the person who can enter grades). • EP 5430 – Intercultural Human Relations (3 cr) – This will be the work done with Christie, Kathleen, and Leo. Christie would be the instructor of record. • EP 5430 – Environmental Stewardship and Intercultural Collaboration (3 cr) – Faculty will be Mary Ann, Warren and Marguerite; Mary Ann will be the instructor of record. Options MAP – Master Action Plans – Post Summer Institute in Pakistan • EP 5440, The work completed after the return to Pakistan (the full MAP) would be worth 6 credits.  If it is allowed by the way the course was set up and approved, participants would register for 6 credits of EP 5440, • EP 5410 Capstone Experience. If that is not permitted, they would register for 3 credits of EP 5410, Special Topics in Intercultural Education, as well as 3 credits of EP 5440. • George Tuthill would be the instructor of record, and grades would be entered after the final MAPs are received and evaluated by a team of faculty here at PSU.