You’ll see the USA

It is not only the tourist trip to the USA

• New information from the American university

• New friends• Alumni membership – news in your e-mail

box• Opportunity to host an American teacher• Opportunity to win a small grant• Opportunity to apply to Muskie program• Opportunity to study (on-line courses and

webinars, IREX seminars and reunions)

• Opportunity to look to your life with other eyes

About me… • Hadiach, Poltava region• ESL teacher, teacher of the year

2008• Alumni TEA-2007-2008 –

University of Alabama in Hunsville (fall 2008)

• Head of the district methodological unit and Small Academy of Science

• Coordinator of the Polish-Ukrainian youth exchange program 2006, 2007, 2008

• Trainer of the Internet-centre in the district library – project “Internet for the public libraries”

The beginning….

• 23d of July

• Pre- departure orientation

• My birthday

• My wish “Need to win the teacher”

The continuation ….• Conference in Alabama• Kate English or Jody Smith • Project deadline – 8th of

December• January result• E-mail with Kate • Skype• Wiki-page• Planning workshops• Kate’s visit from 5 to 16th of April

2008

• Mansfield, state Connecticut, USA

• English teacher at Colchester middle school

• Interests:

Holocaust and other genocides

Project methods

Theatre

Kate English

First acquaintance

Trip around city6 students, 2 teachers

Meeting with mayor 5 students, 3 teachers

Seminars and trainings

Teaching reading & writing ,

12 teachers

Project methods, 24 teachers

Holocaust studying, 9 teachers

Meetings with

teachers

• Official meetings are really necessary to show the respect

Meeting with school stuff , 56 teachers

District department of

education

Lessons and activities with kids

Reading 7th form

Wiki-kids 8th form

8 students, 3 teachers

Team-games in village Tsipky

Political round table 10-11th form28 students,

7 teachers4 schools

New method KWA“Know, want

activities”

Observing the lessons

English lesson “London” 7th, 16 students,

4 teachers

NATO presentation, 19 students,

9 teachers

English lesson “Wales” 8th, 16 students,

6 teachers

Law lesson in English,

“Women ” 25 students,

7 teachers

Shows and concerts

My school – Hadiach specialized school #4

Farewell concert,

100 students, 15 teachers

Welcome concert,

150 students, 25 teachers

Shows and concerts

Educational concert in Luten’ka

“Embroidery”, 25 students, 15 teachers

Concert in Tsipky village,

35 students, 17 teachers

Concert at the musical school

Village schools

• Bread &salt• Planting snowball-tree• School museum (hata,

skrynya, clothes varenyky)• Holodomor presentation• Nature • Dinner “national style”

Village Luten’ka8 teachers

Village Tsipky4 teachers

Village Hytsi3 teachers

Other city’s schools

There are 5 schools, the school of culture, agricultural lyceum, school of Arts, Musical school and 6 kindergartens in Hadiach

Boarding school6 teachers

Hadiach Gymnasium 11 teachers

School of culture4 teachers

Kindergarten “Pervotsvit”

250 kids14 teachers

Regional centre Poltava

Opishnya , 12 teachers

Dykan’ka

Poltava

Trip around Hohol’s places • Dibrivka horse farm• Myrhorod• Hoholeve• Velyki Sorochyntsi

Jewish in Hadiach

Informal communication

Ukrainians are open-minded, cheerful and very friendly

Important • Hotel and food• Interpreters • Organizing of the Excursions (kids &

teachers)• ESL teachers from different schools• Support of the educational

department and headmaster• Time and scheduler