Experience

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  General

  • Global

  • Independent International Education Consultant

    • Mar 2011 - Present
    • Global

    Consulting assignments for International Development Partners, working directly with Government Ministries and policy makers, included providing advisory support on national ECD policy and strategic development. Assignments also included supporting international development agencies in ECD capacity building and mentoring of staff.

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  UNICEF

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • East & Southern Africa - Region Education Specialist & ECD/UN Girls Education Initiative Advisor

    • Apr 2004 - Feb 2011

    a) ECD Duties:I supported and played an oversight role in 20 countries:• Co-coordinating technical assistance to support more equitable access to quality ECD, especially for the most vulnerable girls and boys to enhance their readiness for school through:- Finalization of regional parental education manual• Facilitating and participating in meetings and seminars related to advocacy and capacity development in ECD of various levels of ECD professionals including program staff, government officers, academicians and researchers, using the ECD resource pack• Undertaking field visits to monitor initiatives to enhance access, quality and equity in ECD, identifying necessary actions for programme adjustment and providing technical advice with an emphasis on mainstreaming ECD into sectoral programs and plans.• Writing ECD regional programme status reports required by management, donors, budget review, programme analysis, annual reports, etc.• Developed a holistic regional strategy for ECD in collaboration with other sections in the UNICEF regional office (Health, WASH, Child Protection and Communication) is ongoing and the draft is available.b) Girls' education and UN Girls' education initiative (UNGEI) Duties:• Strengthen partnerships with UN agencies and other organizations working in the field of Girls’ Education, in particular UNESCO, WFP and UNCHR and other UNGEI partners.• Member of the UNGEI Global Advisory committee • Supervise CFS/Schools for Africa Programme • Promoting documentation of lessons learned and good practices in the implementation of UNGEI at both country and regional levels.• Conduct gender audits and promote the concept and relevance of gender responsive budgeting in education.• Support the regional Priority including the excluded: Advocacy, technical assistance, capacity building, monitoring and research effort. Strategizing and planning for inclusion of the excluded 11.3m children in the region.

  • Education Program Specialist:

    • Apr 1992 - Mar 2004

    Project coordination and management in gender education projects. Played a key role in shaping UNICEF’s leadership in Girls’ Education, from the first project on Africa Girls’ Education Initiative (AGEI) to the current United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI); supported the role of UNICEF in quality assurance, through the joint program with UNESCO on Monitoring Learning Achievement (MLA) in education.

  • Consultant

    • Jan 1989 - Mar 1992

    Supported Training Section in the preparation of the basic education training package for global UNICEF Education Officers; supported the Chief of Education in the establishment and structuring of the UNICEF Education section within the Programmed Division in NY/HQ in 1990; contributed to the UNICEF staff paper No. 10. 1992 and seed publication 1889- both addressing women, work and the need for child care- a review of UNICEF supported programs in Nepal, Ecuador and Ethiopia.

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  Head Start Program

  • Mt. Vernon, New York

  • Education Coordinator

    • Mar 1988 - Jun 1989
    • Mt. Vernon, New York

    Coodinating education programmes

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  UNICEF Ethiopia

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • National Officer

    • Oct 1985 - Oct 1987
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Child Development Officer

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  Government of Ethiopia Ministry of Education and the National Children's Commission

  • Curriculum Expert and child development Senior Expect respectively

    • May 1972 - Oct 1985

    Developed the ECD curriculum and ECD Teacher Education Program; supported and advocated for the establishment of community based ECD programs and ECD standards. Pioneered the Early Childhood program in the Eastern and Southern Africa regions.