Eligibility criteria for becoming a regional peer mentor (RPM)
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Competition for becoming a Regional Peer Mentor-Teacher (RPM) is merit-based and open to anyone who:
- Is a citizen of Uzbekistan and is currently living in Uzbekistan;
- Is currently a full-time teacher in a public school or faculty member working in a higher education institution;
- Has at least a bachelor's degree;
- Has a minimum of three years of teaching experience;
- Is able to fully commit to all the program's major activities listed below;
- Has submitted a complete application package.
During the three program phases, major activities for Regional Peer Mentor-Teachers include:
- Participation in the two-week Training of Trainers Institute conducted by the Core Teacher Trainers (CTs) though TESOL/GMU support;
- Identifying ten secondary school English teachers at a minimum four different secondary schools in each academic year of the program and establishing a rigorous training and mentorship program for them in order to: Provide a weeklong training to the minutes based on the Training of Trainers Institute course materials and action plans that the RPMs would develop together with the CTs that they are paired up with;
- Work with the mentees to develop at a minimum of four lesson plans to pilot-test together;
- Host the mentees in the RPMs’ school twice where the mentees will first observe and then co-teach with their RPMs;
- Conduct at a minimum of two site visits to the mentees’ schools where the RPM will observe the mentees teaching and will also co-teach with the mentees;
- Upon invitation, participation in the TESOL 140-hour Core Certificate Training Program, including 20 hours of mandatory practicum;
- Cooperation with the Core Teacher Trainers in pilot-testing of created training materials with the intention of developing an in-service training course for MoPE;
- Cooperation with TESOL/GMU and peers, if selected, to present at the TESOL regional conference to be held in Uzbekistan in 2022.
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