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International Educational Development professional with 10+ years teaching, curriculum development and teacher education experience. |
 Contact Amy Descovich
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Area of Expertise: |
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
President, Garnet Valley Elementary School, HSA
• Recruited, grew and managed 100+ volunteers.
• Provided administrative, financial, and programmatic support through all phases of fundraising, educational and community building projects.
• Created and managed $150K budget including tracking intakes of fundraising projects.
• Presented to district-level Education Committee on continuous improvement process.
• Led meetings with teachers, parents, volunteers and district officials.
• Created needs analysis; engineered changes and set priorities based upon results.
• Served on district-wide Technology Strategic Planning Committee.
• Served as liaison between the home and school.
Professional Development Consultant/Designer
• Redesigned 4-day professional development workshop created for Bosnian teachers based on backward design curriculum development process.
• Wrote, edited and formatted Facilitator Guide, Resource Guide and accompanying Power Point presentation. Created consistency among all components.
• Worked with team and consulted with client to identify needs and develop training objectives based on USAID-funded project.
Research Assistant with International Rescue Committee
Conducting preliminary data analysis on joint project between the IRC and University of Nairobi.
Providing feedback to researchers and project director on the use of data collection tools.
Transcribing interviews and other data.
Teaching Assistant - Curriculum and Pedagogy in International Contexts with University of Pennsylvania
• Assisted Dr. Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher with planning, teaching, providing feedback to students and other related tasks for master’s level course.
• Served as a consultant/liaison for curriculum development and teacher education project for USAID project in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Intern with COI-Step by Step
• Designed and led “Critical and Creative Thinking as a Vehicle for Change” workshop at annual regional conference in Neum, Bosnia.
• Wrote various sections of successful USAID concept paper and grant application.
• Conducted organizational assessment, wrote capacity development report and needs analysis.
• Compiled research on Professional Learning Communities.
• Attended UNICEF mid-term stakeholder analysis meeting.
• Conducted qualitative research on the role of the international community in the Bosnian education system.
Curriculum Development Team Member with Pre-STEP/USAID
• Designed professional development workshops for university faculty from across Pakistan on critical thinking.
• Designed workshop to facilitate course design for the new B.Ed program's third year Contemporary Issues in Education course.
4th and 6th grade Teacher with Brandywine School District
• Taught in variety of settings including self-contained regular education classes, inclusion classes, ability-grouped classes and departmentalized classes to students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
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Education: |
M.S.Ed. in International Educational Development from University of Pennsylvania (2010 - 2012)
B.S. Ed. in Elementary Education and Teaching from University of Delaware (1990 - 1993)
Liberal Arts curriculum at Furman University (1989 - 1990)
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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