English Work Program
Program description:
Khmer Association for Development (KAD) has received the funds from the U.S.
Embassy to Cambodia to implement the English Work Program in the purpose of preparing a short-term English instruction classroom in which all teachers are provided with a great opportunity to strengthen the most necessary English skill and proficiency in technical English vocabularies, phrases, sentences, conversations debates and skits in the area of education.
The main responsibilities and tasks to be performed by KAD:
The Provider will take the main responsibilities and perform the tasks as follows:
- To set out the most needed documents used for the future program activities and the administrative work management component.
- To arrange clear weekly activity schedules or action plans, to purchase instructional materials and equipment and to equip English training classroom with enough English instruction equipment.
- To announce the recruitment of both English teachers and students through Facebook page and to make a verbal advertisement.
- To celebrate the program opening ceremony.
- To give the students initial English test to measure the level of their English understanding.
- To establish English instruction curriculum, to teach English to students, to make weekly lesson plans, to give monthly Englis test.
- To give students the final exit test with certificates awarded to them and to set up the closing ceremony.
- To prepare final reports (narrative and financial) to be submitted to U.S. Embassy.
The total number of participants for this program:
- 25 students will be recruited to participate in the program.
Collaboration with the U.S. Embassy and/or the Applicant Organization on this program:
- Khmer Association for Development (KAD) will play a role as both the Partner Organization and the Applicant Organization that will work in close collaboration with the U.S. Embassy.
The program staff who take responsibility for this program are as follows:
- English instructors graduated from the university in the major of English language or similar but they used to pass through pedagogical training on English instruction and have been experienced in teaching English to the community youth for at least 3 years, and they must have four good skills of English language including reading, writing, listening and speaking. They have strong commitment and high capability to implement the English Work Program successfully and can dedicate enough time and effort to working in the English Work Program. English instructors will be responsible for giving initial English test to students, selecting the work – tailored English textbooks or documents, lining up curriculum, performing daily instruction, preparing weekly lesson plans, making monthly and final reports to be submitted to the activity leader for his perusal and approval and organizing a closing ceremony of the English Work Program.
- Activity leader has been experienced in making the action plans and implementing the project in the organization for years. In this English Work Program, he will be responsible for making action schedules, monitoring daily activities, supplying the teachers with instructional materials, decorating the classroom and compiling the final reports (narrative and financial supports) to be submitted to U.S. Embassy.
- Accountant graduated in the major of Accounting from the Kampong Speu university and has been experienced in accounting skill for KAD for years. In the program, she will help make the procurement, do the book-keeping and prepare expense documents in the purpose of financial reports.
The total number of program staff (facilitators, instructors, trainers, activity leaders) who will contribute to this program. Do not include staff who will provide administrative support only:
- 3 program staff in total including three English instructors will contribute to this program.
Will all of the program staff listed above have their labor costs budgeted in the Program Costs section of this proposal? If not, explain which program staff will not have their labor costs included in the Program Costs section:
Yes, sure. All the program staff listed above will have their labor cost budgeted in the Program Costs section of this proposal.
Program Information:
Program Purpose:
- To prepare a short-term English instruction classroom in which all teachers of Khmer Association for Development (KAD) are provided with a great opportunity to strengthen the most necessary English skill and proficiency in technical English vocabularies, phrases, sentences, conversations debates and skits in the area of education.
Program Objective:
- To improve the level of English Knowledge and to boost English fluency of English instructors so that they would be more capable of good English instruction for professional education.
Expected Impact of Program:
- All program participants will become useful human resources that will be utilized to assist in community development.
- Khmer Association for Development (KAD) will become the most popular place in which community people have the most confidence in advancing the educational services.
- All participants who graduate from KAD school will share their English knowledge with other community youth and children through opening the English schools teaching them an English language.
What topics, content and activities will be the focus of this program.
The topics, content and activities, which will be the focus of this program, will be as follows:
- Vocabularies, phrases, sentences, conversations, debates, skits and events that are usually used in instruction activities and routine work with regard to school curricular and especially in the field of education as a whole.
- All teachers will make weekly lesson plans in line with the defined topics and contents as mentioned above.
- English documents can derive from book stores, both private and state-run libraries, and researches in the websites or YouTube.
- Teachers will compile English documents for daily instructions of their own.
- Educational experts will be invited to give the participants good advice in terms of the defined topics.
- Monthly English tests will be given to participants.