World Vision Delegates Afternoon Sessions on 20 February 2023 at CIES

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. 

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