The ETRC Advisory Board meeting covered events from the summer of 2013 and plans for the upcoming year. In the summer, ETRC held a successful summer school with 77 English teachers attending sessions led by specialists from Moldova and the US. They also held professional development events on symbols of US independence and an excursion to Soroca. For the 2013-2014 year, ETRC outlined a project to provide resources and training to in-service and pre-service English teachers through regular seminars, workshops and access to materials. Upcoming events included a fall school in October with presenters from Moldova, Ireland and the US. Issues discussed were the ETRC website, hosting a conference in April 2014, and

1. ETRC Advisory Board Meeting
September 30, 2013
15:00

2. Advisory board members present at
the meeting
• Brent Israelsen, PAO, US Embassy
• Valentina Spinu, US Embassy
• Olga Temnicova, L.Deleanu lyceum
• Irina Pomazanovschi, ETRC co-director
• Larisa Guzun, ETRC co-director

3. Events in Summer 2013
“Key to Success” with M.Ambrosi

4. Summer School 2013
- Attended by 77 English teachers from 15 regions of Moldova,
-9 sessions, out of which 3 sessions which were repeated and 4
parallel sessions, that were presented by specialists from
different institutions from Moldova and the USA. ( Peace
Corps Volunteers, English teachers from ACCELS, ASEM, ISE
and different Lyceums, etc.)

5. Events in Summer 2013
“I Spy” symbols of USA independence
in Moldova

6. Events in Summer 2013
excursion to Soroca

7. Daily attendance and requested
resources
Atendees
/Months
Students School
Teachers
University
Lecturers
June/July 45 5 12
September 94 8 21
Materials used/
Months
Books Computers Audio/Video
June/July 18 43 -
September 57 73 2

8. Plan for 2013-2014
• Title of the project: „Modern Techniques and
Strategies for In-service and Pre-service English
Language Teachers”.
• Period of implementation: September 2013
– June 2014
• Place of implementation: English Teaching
Resource Center (1 I. Creanga street, Chisinau,
Moldova 2069, Room 302)

9. Our goals:
• To provide regular access to the latest books and
printed resources in teaching EFL;
• To practice modern trends of teaching EFL in a
series of workshops, seminars and trainings;
• To equip ETRC members with the necessary
skills for using internet and modern technology
in their teaching;
• To organize meetings with native English
speakers in order to synthesize, compare and
contrast education related and cultural issues

10. Seminars during the academic year
Month
# of
seminars
September 5
October 6
November 5
December 5
January 5
February 5
March 5
April 5
May 6
TOTAL 47
Presenters in September:
-Tatiana Casian, e-teacher raduate
- Cristina Cernei, TRAIAN lyceum
- Liliana Nederita, e-teacher graduate
- Daniela Munca-Aftenev, ALC

11. Events in September 2013

12. Plans for October 2013

13. Fall School
October 31- November 2, 2013
• Presenters:
- Jerold Frank, RELO
- Bob Earlie, Visiting Scholar, Ireland
- Omeed Aminian, English Language Fellow, USA – Balti
- Olga Temnicova, “L. Deleanu” lyceum
- Dorina Calinovscaia, American Councils
- Carolina Andronic, ASEM
- Daniela Munca-Aftenev, ASEM/ALC
- Ecaterina Albu, Moldova State University
- Svetlana Lungu, M. Eminescu lyceum
- Ana Lisnic, BA in Phililogy, lecturer at SPU "I. Creanga" ,
University, UGRAD alumna

14. Quality or Quantity?

15. Conference – April 5th, 2014
• Description +
• Online registration +
• Fee for publishing materials/ articles in a
separate book?
• Conference Issues – place?

16. www.etrc.md
• META – issues and solutions ( no reply from the
University)
• Furniture – Shelves? Desks?