Open AccessProject J-Hawk: Leadership in English Language Teacher Education
Author(s) -
Margaret Coffey
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
issues in language instruction at the applied english center
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-8387
DOI - 10.17161/ili.v5i0.7011
Subject(s) - vietnamese , officer , state (computer science) , cohort , ethnic group , center (category theory) , english language , library science , political science , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , medical education , mathematics education , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , algorithm , computer science , law , crystallography
The University of Kansas (KU) Applied English Center (AEC) has twice been awarded a U.S. Department of State grant to host a program for Vietnamese high school teachers in 2014-15 (Cohort 1) and 2015-16 (Cohort 2). Each cohort had 13 teachers from gifted high schools, many in underserved provinces that have substantial ethnic minority populations. Officially titled the English Language and Teacher Education Program for Vietnamese Teachers of Gifted Students (VNTP), the program is commonly referred to as Project JHawk. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the U.S. Department of State – Hanoi Bureau. The idea for the program grew out of a connection made by former KU AEC Language Specialist Kellie Smith Herrod with U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Michael Turner while Smith Herrod was in Vietnam as a Fulbright Scholar (2013-2014). Thanks to Turner’s vision and heroic efforts, this unique program was created.