d._STEM_Teacher_Ed_and_School_Strengthening_Pre_Proposal_Conf_May_2017.pdf

STEM Teacher Education and School Strengthening Pre Proposal Conference

May 21, 2017

Welcome Remarks: Mr. Robert Claussen Contracting Officer, USAID/Egypt

Agenda

1. Introduction and opening remarks from the Contracting Officer

2. Presentation on Current Egypt STEM support activity and how it relates to the STESSA activity

3. Address common themes raised by the written questions

4. Opportunity to ask questions to USAID

5. Break for networking - approximately 30 minutes

6. Responding to the questions

7. Next steps and Closing

Current ESSP activity vs the new STESSA activity:

• ESSP:

– One major component

– Main GOE counterpart: Ministry of Education

– Main purpose: Support the establishment of STEM schools

• STESSA:

– Two major components:

– Main GOE counterparts: Ministries of Education and Higher

Education

– Main purposes:

• Teacher education at graduate and undergraduate levels

• Enabling MOE to strengthen, sustain and expand STEM school model

Intervention Level

Activity ESSP (Current) STESSA (New)

University level

- Faculties of Education

STEM Teacher Education

Not addressed More than 50% of Program Activities (Component One)

School level Support the establishment of STEM high schools

About 90%:

Curriculum, assessment, training, equipment

Limited

English Language

Designed and trained STEM school teachers

Train supervisors at district level as trainers & mentors

Interventi on Level

Activity ESSP (Current) STESSA (New)

MOE level Policies and systems

To support school admission and regulations, assessment system, and STEM school support and oversight

Develop MOE skills, policies and systems to fully institutionalize and scale STEM education l Teachers In service training, manuals, teacher selection.

Drafted teacher standards

Graduate and undergraduate programs.

Teacher certification.

Enable MOE/PAT to train teachers support

Curricula Developed STEM curriculum standards

Enable/train MOE/CCIMD to refine and upgrade curricula

Interventi on Level

Activity ESSP (Current) STESSA (New)

MOE level Assessment Designed STEM high school exit exams and item bank

Enable/train MOE/ NCEEE to develop test specification and item writing

STEM

School standards

Not addressed Develop STEM school minimum operational standards, and tools to assess and ensure evenness of resources and support to all schools

Non-Technical Questions

• Salaries and the Local Compensation Plan

• Past performance matrix and information

• Fee calculation and the weighted guidelines

• Statement of Qualifications versus CVs

Technical Questions

• Key Personnel Requirements

• Provision of essential equipment:

– $1 M. in total

– Can be provided to STEM schools based on the developed operational standards

– And/or targeted universities to support the implementation of designed courses

Next steps….

Opportunity to Ask Questions:

Please write questions down on note cards provided and pass them to Hala, Sarah, Nevine or myself.

NOTE: Please do not re-ask questions you previously submitted.

Respond to questions:

We will reconvene and read the questions received.

If we have answers available, we will respond. If not, they will be answered in the

RFP amendment.

Short coffee break:

We will review questions while you engage in networking and get some coffee.

• This presentation including our remarks, and the attendance list will be posted on FBO.gov as an amendment to the RFP, SOL-263-17-000003.

• Also, your questions and our responses will be posted in the same amendment.

• Our goal is to have the amendment posted by May 25, 2017.

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Closing

Thank you!