The Basic Education Coalition CIES Presentation Program (Virtual) February 2023
Please enjoy this non-exhaustive compilation of BEC members' virtual presentations at CIES 2023, organized by our working group technical areas. Note that the program is subject to change—refer to the CIES website for the most up-to-date information. If you have any questions about CIES logistics, please email them at cies2023@cies.us. If any presentation link below does not direct you to the appropriate page, please log in to All Academic and use key words from the presentation title to search the conference program. To attend a virtual session, log in at cies.lasaweb.org/cies2023 a few minutes before the session and click the zoom link provided. With any other questions, contact pmorencynotario@basiced.org .
BASIC EDUCATION COALITION
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ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Presentation Title
Presenter Names
Day/Date
Time (EST)
Climate awareness and action for all ages and stages: findings and recommendations from studies at the intersection of climate change and children and youth
"Hetal Thukral (USAID), Rebecca Pagel (USAID), Evelyn Santiago (ARNEC), Katherine Centore (Chemonics International), Anna Pettee (Unbounded Associates)
Wed, Feb 15
7:45 - 9:15am
Pathways to Scale for Playful Parenting
Carina Omoeva (FHI 360); Theresa S. Betancourt (Boston College); Sara Dang Dang (Save the Children)
9:30 - 11:00am
Zoom Room
106
101
Hetal Thukral (USAID), Rebecca Povec Pagel (USAID), Katherine Centore (Chemonics International), Evelyn Santiago (ARNEC), Anna Pettee (Unbounded Associates)
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Strengthening quality and support for early childhood development services
Katherine Thomas (Cambridge Education), Ilse Flink (Three Stones International);, Michael Tusiime (University of Rwanda), Isabella di Paulo (Right to Play International)
11:15 - 12:45pm
119
GENDER & SOCIAL INCLUSION
Screening children for disabilities: a review of tools, evidence, and implementation practices
Valerie Karr (IDP), Anne Laesecke (School-to-School International), Julia de Kadt (Sightsavers), Leah Maxson (USAID)
105
Early Childhood Education
Putting the MLE back into Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE)
Corrie Blankenbeckler (Creative Associates- Chair), Lydia Onuoha (Creative), Pooja Nakamura (AIR), Catherine Young (SIL LEAD)
Mon, April 26
8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT)
Home and community-based learning: what works to build early grade literacy and numeracy skills. Evidence from a 12 country meta-analysis
Lisa Easterbrooks (Food for the Hungry), Subodh Kumar (Food for the Hungry)
Tue, April 27
1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
A deeper understanding of the rate and nature of participation in radio lessons in Rwanda broadcast in response to COVID-19."
Christine Beggs, Room to Read (USAID/Soma Umenye project research)
Tuesday, April 27th
11:45 AM
Unmute and Camera on: Book Development during a Global Pandemic
Christabel Pinto (Room to Read)
8:00 to 9:30am PDT
Zoom Licences, Zoom Room 136
Social Responsibility in School Feeding Programs: Improving Learning Outcomes for Marginalized Students during Crises
Lotte Renault, Care; Alisa Phillips, World Vision
Meta-Levels of Adaptation: Pre-Service Teacher Education in Changing Contexts
Jennifer Swift-Morgan (Chemonics); Jake Thomsen (Chemonics); Souad Kassim (FHI 360); Julia Miller (FHI 360); Ana Helga Marty (FSU); Rebecca Ward (IREX)
April 28
6:15-7:45PDT
Zoom room 138
Promoting education for all in Lao PDR: Increasing access through school meals and inclusion (Formal Panel Session)
Elnaz Safarha and Uttara Balakrishnan (American Institutes for Research / IMPAQ)
Wed, April 28
7:15 to 8:45pm PDT (10:15 to 11:45pm EDT)
Zoom Room, 120
Zoom Info
Zoom Licences, Zoom Room 132
Zoom Licences, Zoom Room 105
124
MONITORING, EVALUATION, RESEARCH, & LEARNING
Adapting an Improvement Science (IS) approach in Kenya post Covid-19. The role of networked communities to strengthen school leadership
Freda Wolfenden & Paul Walley (The Open University), Wanjiku Gathoni & Wendy Smith (Worldreader), Clarisse Gomez (FIT-ED), Dante Castillo-Canales & Alejandra A Canales-Tapia (SUMMA)
4:15 - 5:45pm
107
OTHER/CROSS-CUTTING
Evidence based teacher training model for catalyzing inclusion and stabilizing communities post-conflict
Lindsey Powers (IREX), Stanley Currier (IREX), Marrisa Wong, Mohammad Jassim (ALGHAD)
11:15am - 12:45pm
Psychosocial support groups formed by staff and teachers within schools in DRC
Mathilde Nicolai (Cambridge Education)
Highlighted Session: Tackling learning loss: Cross country learnings on Catch-up Clubs
Tim Murray (Save the Children)
103
Online Roundtable Session 3: Scaling up access to Supplementary reading materials (SRMs) – a case from Morocco’s National program for Reading (NPR)
Linda Wafi (Creative Associates International)
9:30 am - 11:00am
116
BEC 2023 MEMBERS
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