STEM Teacher Education and School Strengthening Activity (STESSA)
April 2018
STEM Teacher Education and School Strengthening Activity (STESSA) is a five year (2018-2023) $24 million contract funded by USAID and is an extension of our work with the Egypt STEM Schools. STESSA is two interrelated projects in one. One project is to guide and support the expansion of the the original STEM school model to 27 STEM schools, one in every governorate in Egypt. The parallel project is to support the development of integrated STEM teacher and leadership programs at five public universities, including a four-year undergraduate degree in STEM teaching and post-bacheloreate diplomas in STEM leadership and teaching.
Home Office
Project Director: Mr. F. Joseph Merlino
Assistant Project Director: Dr. John Baker
Higher Education Lead: Dr. Rich DiDio
School Strengthening Advisor: Dr. Deborah Pomeroy
Pedagogy and Leadership Expert: Dr. Michele Oswald
Senior Programmer: Mr. Dave Taylor
Junior Programmer: Ms. Emily Oppenheim
Assessment/Curriculum Specialist: Dr. Steve Kramer
Assessment/Curriculum Specialist: Ms. Vivian Loewenstern
Assessment/Curriculum Specialist: Mr. Bates Mandel
Assessment Specialist: Dr. John Weathers
Administrative Assistant: Ms. Kylie Doyle
Field Office
Chief of Party: Dr. Reda Abou Serie
Deputy Chief of Party: Ms. Amany Mostafa
Higher Education Technical Expert: Dr. Zeinab El Naggar
School Strengthening Technical Expert: Dr. Amal El Shahat
Higher Education Program Associate: Dr. Amany Abd El Aziz
Higher Education Program Assistant: Mr. Mostafa Mohamed
English Language Officer: Ms. Mai Kamal
Finance and Procurement Manager: Ms. Hanaa El Bashari
Senior Finance Officer: Mr. Mohamed Amer
Procurement Assistant: Ms. Nesreen Hussein
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer: Mr. Nabih Shehata
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer: Ms. Eriny Yacoub
IT Specialist: Mr. Ahmed Salem
Training and Logistics Specialist: Ms. Jackline Shoukry
Partners
Ain Shams Univresity
Assiut University
Arcadia University
California State University, Fresno
California Polytechnic State University
Center of Science and Industry (CoSI)
Drexel University
Mansoura University
Minya University
Temple University
The Fab Foundation
Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES)
Virginia Tech
World Education
Zagazig University
Funding Source: USAID
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Start Date: April 2018
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Duration: 5 Years
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Total Award: $24.2 Million
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Fiscal Agent: 21PSTEM