FY 2019 English Access and Advance
Solicitation Title: FY 2019 English Access and Advance
Event Type: Limited Submission
Funding Amount: $475,000
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2019
Solicitation Link: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=312954
Overview
<p>The U.S. Embassy in Moscow invites proposal submissions for a cooperative agreement to provide technical and logistical support for English Language Programming from the English Language Office (ELO) in Russia. Award recipients will consult closely with the English Language Officer in PAS Moscow throughout the development, implementation, and evaluation of each English Language Program. Each English Language Program professionally develops teachers, increases the English language skills of students, or assists an expert to professionally develop other teachers of English in Russia. These include, but are not limited to: Administering English Access Microscholarship Programs and Advance through Vocational English Programs in Russia; as well as providing and supporting professional development opportunities for Access and Advance teachers and staff. The Grantee will be required to provide the Embassy with program account records on a regular basis.</p> <p>Advance Program administering includes development of the program model for Russia and program proposal, preparation process, site selection process, individual contracts and payments; initiating additional enhancement activities like field trips, trainings and conferences; logistical and financial arrangements for all additional activities; compiling lists of alumni; financial and program report reconciliation; printing graduation certificates; program process monitoring and reporting to the Embassy; site visits and other forms of monitoring the progress and performance of each site.</p> <p>Access Program implementation includes development of the program model for Russia and program proposal, preparation process, site selection process, individual contracts and payments to more than 100 program staff (coordinators, teachers, counselors and teaching assistants), service and supplies providers; compiling lists of alumni; printing graduation certificates; financial and program report reconciliation; program process monitoring and reporting to the Embassy; site visits and other forms of monitoring the progress and performance of each site.</p> <p>Logistical support for Access/Advance professional development (conferences, trainings, Access and Advance Days, etc.). These include but are not limited to individual travel arrangements for each participant, hotel booking, material and supply purchases, meals and coffee breaks, publications, etc.</p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p>Eligible applicants may not submit more than one proposal in this competition. If more than one proposal is received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared technically ineligible and will receive no further consideration in the review process.</p> Other Information:<p>Program Objectives:</p> <ol> <li>Provide professional development opportunities that change the face of how English is taught and learned in Russia through support of Teacher Association activities in Russia and promoting research and best practices to improve the use of English.</li> <li>Strengthen people to people ties between the United States and Russia through activities, information sharing, and experiences between American experts and target audiences that increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Russia.</li> <li>Strengthen local partners by building long-term, self-sustaining relationships and institutional linkages between American and Russian individuals and organizations, including, as needed, capacity building for Russian educational institutions.</li> <li>Showcase American values by presenting the full range of American professionalism, innovation and civic values through the sharing of expert knowledge representing the diversity of the United States. </li> </ol> <p>The objective of this program is to provide space for dialogue between the peoples of both countries and foster American engagement with young Russian audiences through English language teaching and learning.</p>Last Updated:
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