- We listen to and support families, teachers, school directors, communities, and local organizations that are seeking to improve the lives of their children through education.
- We develop programs that make learning possible for all children no matter how remote the location or how poor the community.
- We build our programs on the lessons of previous experience, and we maintain a learning network among our programs worldwide.
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The AED Global Education Center strengthens the capacities of all education stakeholders in four key areas:
- Strengthening capacities of the whole school team: director, teachers, students, and parents along with local administrators
- Promoting teacher development – integrating pre-service and in-service elements and focusing on site-based programs of teacher professionalization
- Emphasizing student-centered learning and assessment
- Involving communities in schools
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- Developing instructional materials
- Introducing education technology and distance learning
- Undertaking monitoring and evaluation
- Providing accurate and timely information for decision
and policy-making
- Supporting decentralized management
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- Promoting and safeguarding educational opportunities for girls and women
- Introducing critical topics to the curriculum: HIV/AIDS, democratization, and environmental awareness
- Developing alternative education programs for out-of-school youth, including youth gangs
- Supporting secondary school expansion and school-to-work programs
- Providing education in crisis and emergency situations
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- National and local level policy makers in education, finance, and planning
- Professional educators, school directors, teachers
- Local organizations, community members, parents and students
- Private sector businesses and foundations
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