The document summarizes the activities of the Access Microscholarship Program from April to September 2013. It describes that the program operated in 10 sites across Moldova with 200 students, 10 local teachers, and 10 teacher assistants. Key activities included a visit from US officials, dissemination of the program, collaboration with other US-funded exchange alumni, community service projects implemented by students, trainings for teachers, and an Access Summer Camp in June-August 2013. The program helped develop students' independence, as noted in feedback from a parent of students with special needs.

1. Access Microscholarship Program,
second edition:
New experiences and new achievements
(April –September, 2013)

2. Balti
Ungheni
Orhei
Straseni
Straseni
Chisin Varnita/
au Bender
Bender
Ialoveni
Comrat
Cahul
 10 Sites
 200
Students
 10 local
EFL
Teachers
 10 local
Teacher
Assistants
(FLEX)
 1 Skype
Teacher

3. Varnita/
Bender
Balti
Ungheni
Cahul

4. Comra
t
Chisin
au
Orhei
Bender
Strase
ni

5. Program Enhancement Activity
US Officials Visits
 May, 2013- best Access students, teachers and assistants
were invited at “Tea at the US Ambassadors’ ” event
 July, 2013- Brent Israelsen, Assistant Public Affairs
Officer, US Embassy Moldova visited Access Summer
Camp

6. US Officials Visits
 July, 2013- Senator Mike Brubaker and Mrs. Cindy Brubaker
visited Access students from Balti and Varnita/ Bender at
the summer camp

7. Access Project Dissemination
 May, 2013- an article about Access program , Moldova was
published in American Councils for International E
ducation May Newsletter ;
 May, 2013– Access team was invited at Radio Moldova
 August, 2013- Access students with Special Education Needs
shared their Summer Camp experience at Radio Moldova

8. Collaboration with
Participants/Alumni of other USG programs
 April, 2013- Skype Conference between the Access group from Ungheni
and a group of students from Belleville West High School, Belleville,
USA.
 April- August, 2013- US Fulbright students had a series of classes and
extracurricular activities with Access students from Chisinau (disabled
kids), Ungheni, Cahul , and during Summer camp (team-building
activities)

9. Community Service Projects
and Activities
 June-August, 2013 The Access groups from Ungheni and Varnita /Bender
were involved in the Youth Civic Engagement Training sponsored by Outreach
Fund. Afterwards, the students had the opportunity to implement their own
community projects entitled “Buy, Use, Recycle It!” and “4H (Happy Human in
a Happy Home)”, respectively.

10. “YOU DO CHANGE
THE WORLD!”
Blog

11. COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
& ACTIVITIES
 April, 2013- Ungheni Access group organized the “Horse Alert” Flash-mob
- an appeal for the entire community to help the horses from the
Ungheni sanctuary, where these animals are under the risk of dying of
starvation.
 May, 2013- Easter celebrated by Access group from Cahul

12. Trainings
 April, 2013- 10 Access teachers and
10 Access teacher- assistants
participated in “Shaping the Way
We Teach English: Best Access
Practices” Teacher Training for
Access Program
 April, 2013- Access teachers
participated at the Webinar on
“Incorporating Grammar,
Writing and Assessment into
Your Classes” , led by Susan
Ianuzzi, EFL specialist

13. Trainings
 August-September, 2013- Team building trainings were held with
new Access groups (Orhei, Straseni) and Comrat to develop the
team spirit and increase the group cohesion.

14. Workshops and
Conferences
 May, 2013- 6 Access groups attended
the “Grant Writing Basics: Creating a
fundable proposal” workshop
 June, 2013- 20 Access teachers and teacherassistants participated at “Teaching Children with
Special Education Needs: methodology and
Practice” Workshop
 April, 2013- 4
Access teachers
participated at
APLE International
Conference

15.  January-May, 2013- Access students
collaborated with iEARN within two Learning
Circles: Global Issues: The Environment; and
My Hero: High School, developing and
implementing 5 online projects; namely
“Ungheni City Quest”; ‘ The Problem of
Garbage in Balti: Save Your Planet!”, “Green
Month”; “Beauty Everywhere”, and others.
All projects were published on iEARN web site
.

16.  April-August, 2013- online assignments during Skype
classes on health hazards, cultural aspects of
dances, and verbal and non-verbal communication.

17. Professional Development of Access
Teachers
 April-August, 2013- 2 Access teachers graduated 2 E-Teacher
Scholarship Program courses at University of Oregon, USA
( 2 courses: Evaluation Course, and Introduction to Pedagogy
and Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL Methods))
CORINA CEBAN,
Access Teacher, Balti
DIANA RETCU,
Access Teacher, Ungheni

18. Access Summer Camp
2013
June- August, 2013- Access students from 6 regions (Ungheni,
Varnita/Bender, Cahul, Comrat, Balti, Chisinau) participated at
Access summer camp

19. The Independence Day Picnic
 July, 2013- The Access Varnita/Bender
students participated at The Independence
Day Picnic

20. Access - a Path to Success
 September, 2013- Access Program and Flex Program
Alumnus is coming back to become Access teacherassistant
Vlad Ciuperca,
Access teacherassistant,
Ungheni

21. Parents’ Feedback
August, 2013- Lucia Gavrilita, the mother of
two children with Special Education Needs,
Calin and Lenuta Gavrilita from AccessChisinau group, described her experienced
feelings of freedom when she noticed a big
change in the behavior of her children who
became more independent only in a few days
of participation at Access Summer Camp.
“HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE INDEPENDENT,
EVEN AFTER 22 YEARS OF WAITING!!!”