Collaborating with us:
1. Allyson Daly, USA
Dear Anna,Mamta and Juliette,

I am so excited by your message!  I see many of my favorite authors on this email list, and I would be very happy to participate in having my school participate and helping you pull this together. I can't wait to see what these young people write. This is a great idea! my hat is off to you, Mamta, and Julia. Hugs,  Allyson

2. Denise Ghiloni, USA
Hello Anna, Mamta and Juliette,
I was very excited to hear about your book proposal. I have a group of students at my school who love to write, and I am going to present them the information next week at their writing club. I feel like they will definitely want to submit a story. Count us in for consideration!
I will be in touch with the stories.
Love, Denise
3. Piret Bossack, Estonia
Hi Anna, Juliette and Mamta,

I am glad to hear that this year it looks like the project will work. I would like to participate and I already have some stories. Please keep me up to date with the deadlines.

Best, Piret

4. Rita Banerjee, India
Dear Anna,Mamta and Juliette,

First of all, congratulations! I would like to extend my congratulations to you, Mamta and Julia for the small Grant to publish a book. I find your idea extremely interesting and would like for my school students to be able to participate. Please keep me updated on the latest developments on it.

Love and the very best wishes, Rita

5. Guillermo LopezOssa, Columbia

Dear Friends, I will participate with small groups . I will help them. More work for a poor teacher from Colombia. (just kidding) love for you and thanks for inspiring us to keep working together . You lead us. Guillermo

6. Oksana Petrova, Russia

Dear Anna, Mamta and Julia,
Thank you for the invitation to participate! I'm happy and ready to contribute the book of international stories and looking forward to getting wonderful stories from the students in my region. We started a competition for the best stories and I invited teachers of the region to participate. I hope it'll be a great project and our tea community will grow thanks to IREX Small Grant)

Oksana
 

7. Sandra  Moreno, Columbia

 

8. Nana Tatiashvili,
9. Erick Fuentes, El Salvador
10. Mamta Kumar, Indie
11. Md. Hussain, Bangladesh
12. Julia Perlowski, USA
13. Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska, Poland

 

Story Writing Competition at Navrachana School, Sama

The Power of Culture - TEA International Story Writing Competition

 

We are forwarding the story map as it follows:

Name ___________ Class _______________ Date _____________

1. Main Characters   - Setting - Problem of the story - A Story Event - How the problem is solved - the Ending

2. This space is for your illustration. You can draw a significant scene/event/character from your story, colour it vividly and submit it with the story on the day of the competition. You can also use a separate/larger drawing sheet for your story map or illustration, if required.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Friends,

This letter is an invitation to contribute stories for the publishing of a book of international stories. The project is funded by TEA-ILEP Alumni Small Grants Competition USA.

We the alumni of TEA 2010 explored this idea of story writing because we feel that creative writing plays an important role in a child's development. Most children have an inherent need to express themselves in words. Intellectually stimulating creative writing program help the students develop this art.

The reasons for creative writing are many

· to foster artistic express

· to explore the functions and values of writing

· to stimulate imagination

· to clarify thinking

· to search for identity

• to entertain

With these compelling reasons in mind we thought that a platform in the form of a book of International short stories could be published. This would provide an opportunity to the children across the globe to explore other cultures and develop sensitivity to cultures across the world.

We request the collaborators to work under the following guidelines mentioned below:

• Age group 12 to 17 years
• We are looking at 8-10 stories in the countries` cultural setting for each country leader.
• 1500 words to 2000 words.
• If possible an illustration or a picture with reference to the setting of the story. Photograph of the story writer and the illustrator.
• Country leader’s write up on the learning through this collaboration with photograph of the teacher leader.

·       The Principals write up about the school and importance of such platforms

The collaborators must let us know if they are participating ASAP.

Final draft of the story should be submitted by mid June 2013.

Book Title will be an online competition held in the month of July. All collaborators can organize the competition of the book title in their schools. The reward will be to use the title for the book.

Looking forward to a positive response.

 

Best wishes and regards,

Anna Krzemińska- POLAND , Julia Perlowski- USA, Mamta Kanti Kumar -INDIA

last book publishing blog: http://teabookproject.blogspot.com/

 

 My thoughts on The Power of Culture Project by Mamta Kumar

 In the age of sms and email writing of stories is slowly dying out. Story is a means of expression and an art of sharing because it is written it can be read by any one across the globe. When different nationalities read the stories they  imbibe  amd understand the culture of other countries. The readers learn to be sensitive and empathetic to the cultural diversities across the globe. The citizens of the global village learn to appreciate the writings of others and glean the message in the stories and also learn to take pride in their own country and culture.

  The publication of stories provides a platform for the young writes, their teacher leaders and the school to join in internationalism which  celebrates cultural diversity and promotes international co-operation & internationally-minded outlook must for the students and the teaching fraternity

POLAND                   INDIA                          USA

 

Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska              Mamta Kumar                    Juliette Perlowski

VIII PALO School                                                 Navrachana School Vadodara               Pompano Beach High School

Geography Teacher,                                            Geography Teacher                                Director of Theatre Programs

Educational Projects Coordinator                     Educational Projects Coordinator          Reading & English nstructor

 

http://www.viiipalo.krakow.pl/  

 

                              http://www.navrachana.org/navrachana/index.html 

 

                                                                               http://www.pompanobeachhigh.com/indexMain.php

 

 

Mamta Kumar

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY - NAVRACHANA SCHOOL (1998 – present)

• Currently Teaching Geography to Classes X, XI and XII.
• Designed Geography question papers for the Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.) in 2011.
• Examined Std. X Geography papers in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
• Earlier taught Geography from Classes VII to X.

ACTIVITY IN-CHARGE- NAVRACHANA SCHOOL (2006 – present)

• Organizing Inter-house events which nurture a variety of skills and abilities in the students.
• Organizing and structuring of Annual events viz. Concert, Sports Day, Funfair and Annual Prize Distribution.
• Organized and successfully managed the All India Youth festival Nav-Fest-2011.
• Organized and successfully managed Children  festival of theatre and dance Razzmatazz-2010
• Operating arrangements, conceptualization and organization for Inter-School participation at international, national, city and school level. These activities are successfully carried out by identifying team of teachers and students, motivating them and looking into the smooth running of the activity right from start to finish.
• Introducing a comprehensive method of selecting the council members.
• Giving inputs for the reporting Section for the Annual magazine and the News letter.
• Coordinator for the British Council Project in the year 2005-06, 2008-09. Worked on ten projects across the cross section of the school. All the projects had an international flavor. The School Team was awarded The International School Award -ISA on submission of the project to a panel of judges for both the terms.

*****

 

Julia Perlowski is a drama, English and reading instructor at Pompano Beach High School in South Florida.  She directs two shows a year, one of which is a work by Shakespeare.  She is an ambassador for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. since 2006 when she received a National Endowment of Humanities grant to train with instructors and scholars from all over the world.  Julia continued her Shakespeare studies at the GLOBE in London (2009).  Julia currently presents literacy workshops at the National Council Teachers of English, the American Alliance for Theatre Educators and Educational Theatre annual conferences as well as various teacher orientations nation-wide.  In 2011, Julia conducted Shakespeare workshops for secondary school teachers in Gujarat, India through a Teaching Excellence and Achievement Award from the US State Department.  Julia is currently the master teacher for three Folger mini-Institutes in Florida.  In 2011 she was named Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year and Regional Reading Teacher of the Year.  She is happy to collaborate with her international colleagues.

 

*****

 

Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska

Graduate of the University of Gdansk, holds Diploma in teaching English; studies in Geography at Faculty of Oceanography and Geography  in Gdańsk. Works in summertime as youth counsellor on cruise ships at Caribbean and Mediterranean Sea. Publishes her actions and activities associated with Bilingual Geography and International Baccalaureate teaching and learning in teacher`s magazines: Języki Obce w Szkole and Bilingual Geography. Anna coordinates educational projects. She has been rewarded the European Language Label for running English and Geography projects. The awardee of TEA Scholarship Program 2010; Polish-American Youth Leadership Program 2011; Small Grant 2010 by IREX. Travel zealot:)

 

 

Congratulation to all Small Grant Recipients of the Spring 2013! Good luck!

 

Retrived from:
http://www.irex.org/news/spring-2013-teailep-alumni-small-grant-recipients-announced

"IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2013 TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. IREX, in conjunction with an independent selection committee and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, selected 8 alumni of the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA) and 4 alumni of the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) to receive funding to support their original small grant project ideas.

All alumni of the TEA and ILEP programs are eligible to apply for small grants, which support projects benefitting secondary education in their home countries. Projects are awarded twice a year. Projects awarded this cycle include a multi-country cultural appreciation project with students in Poland, India, and the U.S., an environmental project in Haiti, and a literacy program in the Philippines. See below for a complete list of Small Grant recipients and their projects.

Congratulations and good luck to all the grant winners as they begin implementing their projects. The next deadline for TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant applications is July 1, 2013.

TEA and ILEP Alumni Small Grant Recipients, Spring 2013

Christine Guinacaran (Philippines, ILEP 2010): Reading Buddies Club

Rowena Hibanada (Philippines, ILEP 2010): Enhancing Social Studies Teaching and Learning through ICT

M. Enamul Hoque (Bangladesh. ILEP 2007): Teaching Vocabulary Communicatively in EFL Classes: Guidance for Teachers

Mercelita Labial (Philippines, ILEP 2009): School-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training:

Ulkar Aliyeva (Azerbaijan, TEA 2012): Sheki Day Camp for Disadvantaged Youth

Christian Dedjoe-Djokotoe (Ghana TEA 2010): Cooperative Learning Strategies in the Classroom

Ghayoor Ghazali (Pakistan, TEA 2011): Effective Lesson Planning for Elementary English Teachers

Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska (Poland, TEA 2010): Cultural Appreciation and Awareness: Student Case Studies in Poland, USA, and India

Abel Mercier (Haiti, TEA 2009): Promoting a Green Haiti through Reforestation

Mohsin Moosa (Pakistan, TEA 2012): Access to Basic Education for Women

Yanilis Romero (Colombia, TEA 2009): Community Service to Promote English Language Teaching and Civic Engagement

Ainura Turdalieva (Kyrgyzstan, TEA 2007): Teaching Like a Master: Improving Teaching Methods in Rural Area of Kazakhstan

TEA and ILEP are programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IREX."

                                                                               March 12, 2013






Anna Krzemińska-Kaczyńska
Poland

Mamta Kumar
India

Juliette Perlowski
USA

Congratulations! You have submitted a very strong application for the TEA-ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition. The independent selection committee has chosen your project to move forward to the next stage of competition [...].

Sincerely,
Jessica Anduiza
Program Officer IREX