Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani scholars on UM campus

From January to June of 2006, International Programs at The University of Montana (UM), in collaboration with UM's School of Education, administered a training program for six Azerbaijani scholars. The program brought the participants to spend six months studying how they could work with their Ministry of Education to strengthen the capacity to plan, manage, and monitor education reform in Azerbaijan. Each Fellow worked closely with a faculty member from the School of Education who served as a mentor. The topics of the fellowships included: national education curriculum, national education curriculum learning standards, natural sciences curriculum development, social sciences curriculum development, educational management and strategic planning, and educational policy analysis. In conjunction with their individual mentorship, the fellows participated in seminars, observed graduate courses at UM, worked with local school districts, and attended numerous local and regional professional development workshops and conferences.  In addition to the aforementioned activities, the fellows participated in an intensive English language program studying English through professional content conducted by UM's Special Language Programs.

The training was funded through a grant awarded by the American Councils for International Education which is under contract with the World Bank. Graphics & Design by Carrie Phillips. Layout by Carrie Phillips,