Consultancy

Teaching and Learning Materials

I directed the Africa Education Initiative (AEI) funded USAID Textbooks and Learning Materials Program (TLMP) in Ghana which as a sub-component of AEI, specifically focused on challenges relating to lack of textbooks and other learning materials. Its objective was to develop and produce textbooks and educational materials for grades KG-3 in mathematics, science, language arts, and reading for selected sub-Saharan African countries. This cooperative agreement was a Presidential Initiative funded by USAID for six years for 18.5 million dollars. Achievements included:

• Worked directly with former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, and the USAID Ghana Mission to promote the AEI in the 170 districts and 10 regions in Ghana.
• Provided technical expertise to the team on program strategy, design, and impact analysis. 
• Served as Budget Officer and Secondary Fiscal Officer for the 18.5 million USAID-TLMP/Ghana cooperative agreement.
• Exceeded their required deliverables of 600,000 units by 400%. 
• Produced and distributed over 2.5 million units of learning materials, 290,000 resource materials which served about 1.6 million pupils and 22,000 teachers annually.
• Served as the primary point of contact between CSU and other partnering institutions and supervised the conduction of teacher training workshops for over 200 teachers in Ghana.
• Served as Assistant Editor for the twelve books developed, printed, and distributed under the TLMP.
• Drafted Memorandum of Understandings with Universities in Ghana and the Government of Ghana for the development of TLMs, teacher training, and assessment.
• Oversaw conduction of all educational assessments as they relate to Teaching and Learning Materials Programs in Ghana.
• Oversaw the program pilot that was initiated in 14 deprived districts in Ghana.
• Oversaw curriculum and material development that resulted in the adoption of the program by the Ministry of Education and subsequent the scaling of the program for national coverage of all 172 districts in Ghana. 

Training and Capacity Building

I directed the Education for Democracy and Development Initiative (EDDI) and Africa Education Initiative (AEI) funded by a cooperative agreement with USAID to develop educational curriculum with three South African Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) [The University of Zululand; Mangosuthu Technikon and Kwa-Zulu Natal Coastal Further Education and Training College] in the areas of business, nursing, agri-business, and education. Based on the crucial need to improve services in nursing, business, and education to complete the transformation of South Africa from an apartheid nation to a free-market society. This was a Presidential Initiative implemented by Chicago State University and funded by USAID for 2.5 million dollars. Among my achievements:

• Created infrastructure for offering international learning and research experiences to students matriculating at CSU and three selected South African Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs).
• Implemented collaborative linkages between CSU and the selected South African HDIs to mutually strengthen the academic disciplines, administrative structures, and community development activities of participating institutions.
• Conducted collaborative conferences and workshops (focusing on education, HIV and AIDS, and small business models in South Africa and Chicago).
• Oversaw curriculum development within the integration of HIV/AIDS into all program components.
• Instituted student and faculty orientation and cultural development program.
• Oversaw educational assessment of elementary education in Kwazulu-Natal South Africa.
• Arranged bi-annual visits for over 40 people between South Africa and the United States.
• Restructured and expanded capacity building at the University of Zululand and Kwa Zulu Natal Coastal Training College, focusing on Outcome Base Education Curriculum and instructional materials assessment design.
• Oversaw the academic program of four cohorts South African in a student exchange program.