Ingrid Bowman was selected as English Language Specialist for 2025 Mentor Training, English Language Programs. U.S. Embassy (RELO) Egypt.
Offering this in-country, 30-day teacher training project in Egypt was truly a career highlight and included three main parts: a) creating extensive training materials in collaboration with another EL Specialist, the American University Cairo, and a U.S. Embassy (RELO) team; b) training over 100 mentor teacher-leaders to become change agents for a one-year project in K-12 public schools and Ministry of Education positions; and c) observing classes with teenagers and conducting instructor training for English Access Scholarship programs in Cairo, Luxor and remote schools. As a Specialist, it was not only an honor to mentor numerous Egyptian teachers, but will also inform Ingrid’s ongoing development of UC mentorship programs and a Mentorship 101 seminar she teaches for UCSB transfer students.
English Access Scholarship class in Cairo, August 2025
Mentorship training group, Luxor region, August 2025