CIES

World Vision Delegates Afternoon Sessions on 20 February 2023 at CIES

CIES

Panel

Panel Equity in assessments: How to design appropriate learning assessments to ensure greater inclusion of children with disabilities

Time: 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.  EST                   Location: Declaration Level (1B), Penn Quarter B

Presenting organizations:  Girls’ Education Challenge Fund Manager (funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) and All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD--a partnership of the United States Agency for International Development, World Vision and the Australian Government) 

Presentation by World Vision:

  • Leveraging a Grand Challenge to end bias against learners with disabilities in reading assessments  

  • Lessons learned and recommendations from ACR GCD and GEC’s technical brief on inclusive learning assessments  
     
    Featured program/approach: All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development--a partnership of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Vision and the Australian Government 

World Vision representatives: 

  • Michelle Oetman (Panel Chair), Senior Program Manager, Events and Integration at World Vision US. Michelle has worked on the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge (ACR GCD) for Development fund management team since 2014 and is passionate about innovations that improve reading outcomes for marginalized children in low-resource contexts. Learn more about Michelle. 
  • Michelle Malecki (Shelly Hartman Sunyak) Senior Program Manager-ACR Project at World Vision US. Shelly works collaboratively with innovators to improve literacy for the most marginalized children in the world. Learn more about Shelly. 
inclusion

Roundtable

Roundtable Session: The inclusion of pregnant and parenting girls within education systems – how can we embed learnings within policy and practice?

Time:   2:45 to 4:15 p.m.  EST                   Location: Declaration Level (1B), Cabinet 

Presenting organizations:  Cambridge Education, Girls’ Education Challenge, and World Vision Zimbabwe 

Presentation by World Vision   

  • Pregnant and parenting girls continuing with their education – practical experiences of policy and practise implications from Zimbabwe 
     
    Featured program/approach: IGATE, a Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) project and Girls Education, Mentoring, and Support (GEMS) 

World Vision representatives:  Method Walter Ndlovu, Greenfield Team Leader (Innovations)  at World Vision Zimbabwe 

CIES

Panel

Panel: Fostering equity from the start: Early childhood development parenting interventions in crisis contexts

Time:       2:45 to 4:15 p.m. EST          Location: Constitution Level (3B), Cabin John                                 

Presenting organizations:  Global TIES for Children, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, Unbounded Associates, and World Vision Rwanda, World Vision International 

Presentation by World Vision   

  • Care and comfort for children and caregiver: A parenting program for child under five ECD in refugee setting in Rwanda   
     
    Featured program/approach: Care and Comfort for Children and Caregivers Parenting program and Sesame Workshop 

World Vision representatives: 
 

  • Viktorya Sargsyan - MD, MPH Technical Advisor for Education at World Vision International. Victoria is an expert in early childhood development and health and nutrition with 25+ years of professional experience.  Learn more about Viktorya. 
  • Ana Tenorio  - Global Education Director at World Vision International. Ana has more than 20 years of experience in international education in over 40 countries. Learn more about Ana. 
  • Mediatrice Uwera - Education in Emergency Manager at World Vision Rwanda. Learn about Mediatrice
cies

Panel

Panel: Champions, environments, and incentives: Emerging lessons from research on scaling the impact of education innovations around the world

Time:  4:45 to 6:15 p.m.  EST                        Location: Independence Level (5B), Franklin Square 

Presenting organizations: International Development Research Centre, Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia, UNICEF, Wilfred Laurier University,  World Vision International 

Presentation by World Vision   

  • Adapting to unpredicted complexities - Lessons from Nicaragua 
     
    Featured program/approach: Unlock Literacy and Unlock Literacy Learning Networks Workshop 

World Vision representative: 

  • Liseth Espinoza  - Manager, Child Protection and Education at World Vision Nicaragua