Join EDC at CIES 2019

March 26, 2019

Join EDC at CIES 2019

EDC staff will join other partners in education at the 2019 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference to discuss this year’s theme of “Education for Sustainability.” The meeting will be held in San Francisco, April 14–18.

Visit the EDC table (#4) in the exhibit hall, or join us for one of the many sessions presented by EDC staff, who will present original research findings on a variety of topics. For example:

Trauma-informed approaches to building resilience for youth
Preparing youth for the digital economy
Achieving scale and sustainability
Teacher coaching and mentoring
Reading education, policy, and reform

In addition, join us on Tuesday, April 16, 8:30–10:30 p.m., for the USAID Education in Conflict and Crisis (ECCN) reception with co-sponsors INEE, JEiE, Basic Education Coalition (BEC), the Education Conflict and Emergencies SIG, and the Education Equity Research Initiative.

EDC Sessions – Dates and Time

As room locations may change, please visit the URL for the most up-to-date location.

Date and Time	Session Name	EDC Presenters
Monday April 15
1:30–3 p.m.	Getting There: Achieving Scale and Sustainability through Long-Term Investment and a Commitment to Iterative, Incremental Growth	Dr. Rachel Christina (chair), Jennifer Kennedy, Melanie Sany, Ces Ochoa, Susan Ross
Tuesday, April 16
10–11:30 a.m.	Educational Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward Access, Innovation, and Equality of Learning Opportunities	Mary Burns
8–9:30 a.m.	Pathways to Self-Reliance and Sustainability: Reflections from USAID Program Implementation	Rachel Christina
1:30–3 p.m.	Education and Industry Linkages and Partnerships for Youth Success	Sabeen Faizullah, Tania Tzelnic Dunlap, Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle
1:30–3 p.m.	Technology education, learning, and sustainable development: exploring the links	Mary Burns
5–6:30 p.m.	Improving Learning and Working Impacts through Evidence-Based Psychological Resilience-Building: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Go Beyond Social-Emotional Learning	Dr. Heidi Kar, Dr. Maria Theresa Mokamad, Jacqueline Yurag
5–6:30 p.m.	The Human-Machine Interface: (Wait—Which Human? And Which Machine?) Exploring the Dynamics of Technology-Driven Instruction in Developing World Settings	Dr. Kit Yasin
8:30–10:30 p.m.	Reception and Networking Event	Hosted by USAID ECCN, INEE, JEiE, BEC, the Education Conflict and Emergencies SIG, and the Education Equity Research Initiative
Wednesday, April 17
8–9:30 a.m.	Developing Effective and Appropriate Decodable and Leveled Books	Dr. Nancy Clark-Chiarelli
1:30–3 p.m.	Demystifying and Reconstructing Data for Instructional, Design and Policy Purposes	Bridget Lombardo
3:15–4:45 p.m.	Using Data to Understand and Design for the Two-Way Relationship between Conflict or Crisis and Education: Two Tools from USAID and Partners	Jordan Detwiler-Michelson
3:15–4:45 p.m.	Scale and Sustainability of ICT-Supported Teacher Coaching and Mentoring: Addressing Costs and Complexity	Rachel Christina (chair), Jen Kennedy
5–6:30 p.m.	Approaches to Strengthening Local Workforce Development Organizations for Youth: Lessons Learned	Dr. Maria Theresa Mokamad, Dr. Jeanne Moulton
5–6:30 p.m.	Cultivating Dynamic Educators: Case Studies in Teacher Behavior Change in Africa and Asia	Nancy Clark-Chiarelli
5–6:30 p.m.	Measuring Soft Skills: Concepts, Methods, and Results	Ann Hershkowitz
Thursday, April 18
8–9:30 a.m.	Implementing Partners Continuing to Learn Together to Improve Learning Outcomes and Reduce School-Based Violence	Vilma Valerio, Sergio Ramirez
8–9:30 a.m.	Supporting Language Learners in the Classroom	Susan Ross
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.	The Role of EGRA in Reading Education, Policy, and Reform	Isaac Adeshina Msukwa, Moussa Ounteni
1:30–3 p.m.	Tech Tools for Tough Terrain: Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and New Tools for Education in Crisis and Conﬂict	Amy Deal
3:15–4:45 p.m.	Transforming Gender and Social Norms through Youth Programming	Amy Deal, Steve Kamanzi, Zahra Youssouf Kayad, Kevin Corbin
3:15–4:45 p.m.	Transitioning from Mother Tongue to Multiple Languages	Rachel Christina (chair), Nancy Clark-Chiarelli, Ces Ochoa