Overview

In addition to year-round online course offerings, the E-Teacher Scholarship Program 2009-12 offered a face-to-face training event each year--the E-Teacher Professional Development Program ("Summer Institute" or "Professional Workshop")--on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) campus in Baltimore, Maryland.

Summer 2010

Information is archived and available online for the Summer 2010 Institute.

Summer 2011

Information is archived and available online for the Summer 2011 Institute.

Summer 2012

April 2012, the E-Teacher Advisory Board identified 26 participants to attend the Summer 2012 Institute, drawing from the pool of participants who had successfully completed online courses Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011 and Winter 2012. Candidates for the summer workshop were again selected on the basis of:

Outstanding performance in online coursework.
Availability to attend the Summer Institute.
Capacity to implement long-term projects related to online and Summer training in local communities.
Equitable representation from regions worldwide (Africa, East Asia Pacific, Europe, Near Eastern Affairs, South Central Asia, and Western Hemisphere Affairs).

The dates for the 3-week institute were: July 21 - August 11, 2012. The list of participants follows.

First Name	Last Name	Country	Summer 2012 Project Plans [PDF file uploads in process]
Ahmed Abdulhameed Abdulaziz	Hosam	Yemen	Instruuctional Strategies for Teaching Reading: A Training Program for In-service English Language Teachers in Taiz City, Yemen
Andi Muhammad	Yauri	Indonesia	Incorporating Web 2.0 Tools in Learning English, A Workshop for EFL High School Teachers in Watampone
Aruna	Gobin Beedassy	Mauritius	Incorporating Critical Thinking Skills and Strategies to Increase Learner Interaction in a Mauritian State Secondary School
Asima	Ali	Pakistan	Teaching High School Graduates English for the Study of Physical Sciences: A Model for Teachers in Pakistan
Chaouki	M'kaddem	Tunisia	Workshops on Effective Lesson Planning for Tunisian Primary and Middle School Teachers
Fabricio Enrique	Rivas Marmanillo	Peru	Teacher Training in English for Specific Purposes at ICPNA Cusco
Firmin Kouakou	N'dri	Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Workshop for Scaffolding Ivorian Teachers into Chartering and Implementing Best Assessment Practices for Effective Language Learning Enhancement
Freddy Javier	Ruiz Cauro	Venezuela	Teaching Reading and Writing: Developing EFL Adult Learners’ Metacognitive Strategies
Ganga Laxmi	Bhandari	Nepal	Developing Critical Thinking Skills among School Teachers of English in Nepal
Hicham	Mahda	Morocco	Workshop on Effective Classroom Management for Moroccan High-school EFL Teachers
Hiroko	Sakaguchi	Japan	Workshops on Project-Based Learning for EFL Teachers in Japan
Jose Antonio	da Silva	Brazil	Creating and Sharing Resources for the Kindle E-Reader: Online Training for English Access Microscholarship Program Teachers
Katherin del Carmen	Rodriquez Montero	Panama	Workshop on Innovative Teaching Strategies and Techniques for Elementary and High School English Teachers in the Panamanian Educational System
Marina Nicanor	Ambrosi	Moldova	Socratic Questioning in the EFL curriculum for Young Learners and Very Young Learners: Training and Online Community Building for In-service Teachers in Moldova
Richard	Niyibigira	Rwanda	Technology-Based Language Teaching in Higher Education: An Innovative Approach for English Language Teaching in Rwanda
Shanti	Subramaniam	Malaysia	Towards School-based Assessment: Assist Teachers in Assessment (ATIA) for Secondary School Teachers in the District of Klang, Selangor, Malaysia Shanti Subramaniam, Malaysia
Tatiana	Shilenkova	Russia	Incorporating Technology into EFL Teaching: Promoting English Outside of the Classroom, A Workshop for Teachers of Colleges of St. Petersburg
Ulkar	Ibrahimova	Azerbaijan	To Fail or Not to Fail the Students? The Importance of EFL Assessment in Higher Education in Azerbaijan
Umit	Cebeci	Turkey	Training EFL Teachers in Effective Assessment of Young Learners
Valiantsina	Holubeva	Belarus	Creating An Internet Database For Teaching Cross-Cultural Communication: Online Training In Webskills For EFL Teachers
Vandana	Lunyal	India	Sharing Best Practices in ESP: A Blended Training Program for Functional English College Lecturers of Chandigarh, India
Vera	Savic	Serbia	Primary School Teacher Training in Theme-Based Instruction
Viktoriya	Demidova	Uzbekistan	Course on Teaching English to Young Learners for Pre-Service and In-Service ESL Teachers in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Xiaoqing	Yang	China	An IELTS Course Development Project for EFL Teachers in China
Zun Phyu Chit	Saw	Burma (Myanmar)	Professional Development Workshop on innovative Technology Tools to Enhance Language Practices for Primary School English Teachers in Myanmar