Project Participants

INGA CHIOSA

• English Teacher at  “Spiru Haret” Lyceum from Chisinau;
• Participated in the 2000-2014 ,,Odyssey of the Mind” Project;
• An active 2013-2015 eTwinning teacher; 
• Lyceum website: www.spiruharet.md
• "I’d like to improve classroom teaching, make the learning process an attractive and important part of students’ life and meet their interests through extracurricular activities. Collaborative partnership and international projects will be an exceptional opportunity to facilitate learning in our classrooms. I have become the encourager, advisor, and coach and have learnt much from my students."

IORDACHE XENIA 

• English Teacher at Primary School “Grigore Vieru”
• Member of the “AGIRoMd” Teacher Association 
• A highly resourceful, flexible, innovative, and enthusiastic educator.
• Experienced in coordinating, planning and organizing a wide range of administrative and teaching activities. 
• Well organized and an excellent team player with a proven ability to work proactively in a complex and busy school environment. 

“I believe in teaching content that is meaningful, applicable, and inviting to students. If they do not see the point of the subject matter then they will not be interested in it. I also believe that high energy levels and a positive attitude from the teacher are key elements to a successful learning environment.”

MARIA CUCU

• Theoretical Lyceum “Ion Sirbu”, Mascauti, Criuleni District
  
• Teaches grades 5 to 9
• My teaching philosophy: "Through difficulties to the stars".
• Our school website: Liceul Teoretic "Ion Sirbu" Mascauti

VICTORIA COMERZAN 

• EFL teacher who has spent nine years teaching elementary and middle school students from Theoretical Lyceum"Mihai Eminescu", Floresti. 

•  L-O-V-Es bringing creativity into everything she does. 
•  Studied at the State Pedagogical University "Ion Creanga". 
• Teaching students to love and value reading and writing is her passion. 
•  Uses various forms of technology daily in her classroom and is always looking for ways to make her teaching more effective. 
• Prefers blended learning and visual-based lessons because it helps her keep students engaged and on-task, but also helps them to take responsibility for their learning. 
• Supports her students by organizing individual conferences and small group strategy meetings. 
• Finds it useful to involve students in international programs such as FLEX and eTwinning projects.
• Likes implementing the Write-On-Competition which assists students to improve their writing skills.
• Teaching is her passion!
  

GALINA RUSU

• English language teacher at the Theoretical Lyceum "Nicolae Balcescu" from Ciorescu village.
• My goal in teaching is to keep my students motivated for learning by using different up-to-date methods, techniques & technologies.
• One more way to keep my pupils active is to engage them into projects like eTwinning. 
• Together with my students we have recently launched a business for our school with the help of School Enterprise Challenge project. We hope to be successful. 
• Inspiring and motivated students is crucial! 
  

MUTRUC IRINA

• I have been teaching English and French  at High School “Ion Creanga” from Balti for several years. 
• One of my favourite phrases about teaching is Elbert Hubbard’s statement “The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.” 
• Providing my students with different methods and tools aiming to enrich their knowledge and develop their skills, encouraging them to study by themselves and not to be afraid to make mistakes are some of my main goals in teaching. 
• The more they communicate, the more they learn - there is always something to learn from each other.  
•  This year, with six of my students, divided into two teams we participated at Diamond Challenge Moldova with two business plans and it was a great experience for all of us. We continually collaborate with Peace Corps Volunteers from Balti.  
• A group of our students, being guided by our teachers, maintain the page of our school on Facebook . 
• The fact that our high school is in the campus of Alecu Russo State University from Balti is also a great advantage because our students are eagerly accepted to attend different Debate clubs or meetings organized at the University and they can benefit of all the services offered by the Scientific Library of the University – a very modern and well equipped library with computers and free access to  internet in every reading room and with a large computer lab. 

VIOLETA COZONAC

• English teacher, PITL "Ion Creanga", Cuizauca, Rezina
• Publication: "Theoretical Fundamentation of the Evaluation of the Lexical Units Used in the 11th Form, Textbook "English as a Second Foreign Language", Conferinta Universitara "Educatie prin cercetaree - garant al performantei invatamintului superior", CEP USM, Chisinau 2012

"As an English teacher I believe that communication is the strongest weapon in our lives. Also I try to update all the information and bring it to my students in a very close for them context. More than that I always involve them in different mini-projects to make them active, because to my mind knowledge and action represent power."

NATALIA SCHIN 

• Deputy director, English language teacher, Balatina Theoretical Lyceum, Balatina village, Glodeni district.
• Has been working as an English teacher for 7 years. 
• “A great teacher is a continuous learner, Teaching is a dynamic skill,It needs regular retraining and refreshing.” 
• META (Moldova English Teacher Association) and AGIRoMd Member. 

MARIAN RODICA 

• Teacher of English at “B. Cazacu” high school from Nisporeni.
• Responsible of foreign languages teaching  process  at  the Education Youth and Sport Department of the Local Council from Nisporeni.
• The IInd didactic degree.

"With a focus on language, communication and culture in the national standards for learning foreign languages, I am constantly looking for better ways to access authentic materials and provide experiences that will develop better communication skills at my students."

RENATA BUZULEAC 

• English teacher Balatina Theoretical Lyceum.

"I have been working as an English teacher for 7 years.My teaching philosophy :" The instructional strategies and techniques that are adopted by a teacher speak about the attitude towards himself, his students and their respective roles in the reaching-learning process."

ANGELA GABUREAC 

• MA in Humanities (French Studies specialty);
• Studied beautiful arts: choreography, folkloric dances; 
• Has been teaching English and French since 2009, Theoretical Lyceum Budești;
• Implemented various extracurricular activities, such as the "Vara prieteniei" Summer Camp (Summer of Friendship);
• "English Language Summer School" Coordinator;
• MA thesis theme: "The correlation between verbal and non-verbal language";
• Participated in two didactic trainings organized by CREFECO (Francophone Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe);
• Last summer assisted with the translation to the Korean volunteers who came to Moldova to teach IT courses;
• Took part in the "Young  Entrepreneurs in new Europe" Project in Sweden. 

MARIANA URSU

• Teaches English at the Theoretical Lyceum "Vasile Alecsandri" from Clarasi;
• Has been teaching English for 17 years;
• Also teaches Romanian;
• Recently participated in the “Romanian – our common house” Project (the project included creating drawings, writing magazine articles and organizing extracurricular activities dedicated to Romanian language);
• Was awarded II grade diplomas in all the project sections. 
• Her teaching philosophy: “A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupils with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.”
• School blog: http://ltva.webs.com/
  

MARIA COSTISH

• English language teacher at the Gymnasium from Banesti and the "Lucian Blaga" Theoretical Lyceum from Telenesti;
• Flexible, innovative, enthusiastic;
• Teaches students from the 2nd to the 12th grade.

ANA CHIRONET

•  English teacher at the Temeleuti Gymnasium, Călărași;
• Teaches grades - II to V;
• has been teaching English for 3 years;
• Ana's teaching philosophy:

'' Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.'' (John Dewey)

JECHIU OLESEA

• Has been teaching English for almost 9 years, at theTheoretical Lyceum from Zimbreni village.
• Teaching motto: "Students' success reveals teacher's success. It is all about motivating them."  

- highly motivated and interested in educational innovations;
- engaged in a recent collaboration between our school and a partner school from England;
- involved in renovating and equipping an English classroom, recently;
- trainer in teaching our local staff English, for 2 months;
- second pedagogical degree;  
- beginning on current  year, a META member;
- have taken part in the conference organized by META on April,25 ;
- convinced that the relationship with students is being built not only during classes; 

"Because I haven't implemented any international project yet, but I have always involved my students during the lessons and 
extracurricular activities as well, I believe this is a good opportunity to get started!"

RODICA TINERELU 

• Has been teaching English since 1999 at the Theoretical Lyceum "Constantin Stere", Soroca.
• Teaches grades 2-nd to the 11-th.

"Being a teacher was one of my greatest dreams and my duty, because I come from a “pedagogical” family. I always involve my students in different activities, which require communication, cooperation, love, attention and motivation. I think that the task of a modern teacher is to grow a new generation, sharing love, kindness, information and knowledge."

DUMITRU GRUȘCA

• Has been an English teacher  in the  High School "Alecsandri" since 2001. 
• Has participated in the EFL Blogging School Project.

”I have great love for my profession. I understand and approach the children deferentially and I believe in their abilities. I  am  always available for research, strive to apply modern technologies in teaching. Recently, I  have graduated the EFL Blogging School for Moldavian Teachers.  During the project, I developed abilities of using online tools in the teaching-learning-assessment process, taught my students to use online tools in doing their homework, writing projects and creating their own blogs and shared my project related experience with my colleagues. I have worked with an American mentor for two years. I work  with my colleagues in team to organize various extra didactic activities, such as our local English Club. I am actively involved in activities within and outside the institution. For example I participated in the FELT SUMMER SCHOOL project in 2014 and in 2015 where I developed skills of teaching English at the primary level.”

My motto is : Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

NATALIA RAȚĂ

• English language teacher, “B.P Hasdeu” Lyceum from Drochia.
  

”My goal is to give to my students as many possibilities as possible to develop and grow as personalities. I try to involve them in different projects in order to discover their talents and hidden potential. I was a coach of a group of girls in Technovation Challenge Project in 2015, helping them to create an App for a smart phone. I organized with my students such extracurricular activities like Halloween and English Song, trying to develop their artistic and communication skills. I am the coordinator of an English Room- "American Corner" which was opened last year due to a grand received by our FLEX alumni. We organize book discussions, film viewing sessions, Skype meetings with our FLEX alumni. I participated in a national project EFL Blogging School for Moldovan Teachers in 2014-2015. I am a member of META (Moldovan English Teachers Association) and I participated in the International META Conference in 2015.”

INA LUPAN 

•  Studied at  the State Pedagogical University "Ion Creanga".
• Has been teaching English for 3 years at the "Ion Creanga", High School from Cuizauca,  Rezina. 

”I think that a good communication is vital for successful learning and I  try to inspire students and build a love for learning that can last a lifetime.Teaching is an art, the teacher is an actor.”

DORINA VACARI

• Teaches English and French at Gymnasium nr. 2 from Drochia since 2003, grades from 2 to 9.
• Her teaching philosophy is: "”Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.” 

”My task, as a teacher of the 21st century, is to guide my students through the learning process using modern technologies and online tools. I think that this project will be a good motivation for my pupils and a great experience for me.”

CAROLINA  ANDRONIC 

• Lecturer of English Language (Business English), Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova;
• PhD Candidate;
• Master’s Degree in English Literature, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Moldova State University;
• Membership of Professional Associations:     META (Moldovan English Teachers Association), ETRC (English Teaching Resource Center);
• Also taught English at the European Centre of Foreign Languages and Moldova State University.
• "Excitement is contagious while positivity is transcending!" 

SVETLANA PRODAN

• National College of Trade
  
• I-st- IV-th year students
• ”I have been teaching English for eighteen years. While teaching, I try to motivate students by using modern technologies and different teaching strategies. In order to improve my teaching experience I take part in different local and national conferences e.g. Heat and Light at AESM and Transdisciplinary Competences Chisinau 2014.Last year I organized the conference with the Peace Corps volunteers Mass media as source of globalization. My teaching philosophy is based on the principle of emphaty which really helps me understand my students and motivate them to study English.”
  

EGOR DENISOV

• MA in Humanities (English Studies);
• English language teacher at the High School № 11 in Bendery;
• Also teaches astronomy;
• Teach students from the 2- nd till the 11-th grade;
• Have participated in municipal contests and was awarded 1 place for the teacher portfolio;
• Fond of Falk Dances; 
• Worked on TV as a news anchor.

"My goal in teaching is to keep my students motivated for learning by using different up-to-date methods, techniques & technologies."

ALIONA BARBU

• Teaches English at the Theoretical Lyceum "Nicolae Balcescu" from Ciorescu;
  
• Teaches grades 2 to 9;

"My students are interested in learning English and they will be glad to participate in international collaborative projects. I believe that our goal as teachers is to create a better future and to educate a wise generation that will change the history."

DARIA PROZOROVSCHI

• Teacher of English at Theoretical Lyceum “Mihai Eminescu”, Hincesti;
• Teaches grades 5th to 9th;
  
• Has worked as an Access Teacher (American Councils Moldova Project) since 2014;
• Implemented a few local and national projects with Access Students: “Tulips Bring Joy To Your Community”, “The History Behind My Name”, “I Want To Go To School Too”.
• Her teaching philosophy is: “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” Thomas S. Monson
  

VICTORIA CRACIUN    
    

•  Has been teaching  English at the Gymnasium no.99 from Truseni for more than 10 years;
• Member of Moldovan English Teachers Association and The English Teaching Resource Center.
• Graduated  the EFL Blogging School for Moldavian Teachers Project, developing skills in using Web 2.0 tools in teaching-evaluating process:  her blog : www.pathwaytoenglish.weebly.com;
• Always interested in activities related to cultural exchange;
• "I love the diversity so I never want to miss any activity that offers me a chance to meet with “global citizens” and join them in interesting and significant activities. I am delighted to get involved in collaborative projects for many reasons but one of them is  to increase my pupils self-confidence while speaking English.I don't know exactly what to expect from participating in  iENGAGE, but I am certain that the experience will be engaging, motivating, thoughtprovoking, and valuable. My teaching philosophy:” 
• The principal goal of education is to create individuals who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating  what other generations have done.”  J. Piaget

ANGELA MARIAN

• Teacher of English language (grades 2nd to 9th) and psychology;
• Works in the High School from Trușeni;
• Work experience: psycho correction, prevention, individual and group counseling, remedial activity and psychological development,educational and vocational guidance;
• Works with American volunteers from Peace Corps (as a Resources Teacher with newcomers from Peace Corps).
• Works as chairman of the trade union committee in High School Truşeni
  

TATIANA BIRZOI

• Teaches English at the American Language Center (Elementary to advanced levels);
• Has been teaching English for 7 years;
• My teaching philosophy is : “I strongly believe that dedication and creativity are the key factors to a successful teaching. A real teacher is never bored of inspiring and guiding his students in their educational journey. A real teacher will always foster his students’ creativity through various challenges and instructional tools which will make the students get a great satisfaction from learning. My ideal classroom is filled with laughter, enthusiasm, dynamic interaction and willing to succeed in learning.” Along with the teaching I have been a leisure time animator providing diverse entertaining activities for children and teenagers. I've had the opportunity to write a season publication with illustrations where the students could show their talents and their own creations. I will try to continuously engage my students in the international projects as to make them contribute to the cross-cultural development and help them make a valuable difference in this world."
  

NADEJDA DERIVOLKOVA 

• Deputy director, Theoretical Lyceum "Ivan Vasov" from Taraclia town;

• Teaches English and Romanian languages;
• Has been working as an English teacher for 4  years;
• Teaches students from the 2nd to the 9th grades;
• "Some of the strategies I use to positively impact my students include listening to their ideas and clearing up any confusion they may have. I  believe  in classroom talks and helps guide discussions in a positive manner by giving students confidence to share ideas in the classroom. In my  classroom students respect each other’s thoughts and opinions. I want to be well informed about the various learning strategies. I try to inspire my students to love my subject .The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and  pursuit."

BOLDIȘOR MARIANA

• Graduated State Pedagogical University ”Ion Creanga”;
• Teaches English in the Theoretical Lyceum “Onisifor Ghibu” from Orhei since 2003;
• Facebook group: Liceul Teoretic  ,,Onisifor Ghibu’’ Orhei

Every language is a temple, in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined. (O.W/Holmes)

MARIANA CAZACU

• English language teacher at the Theoretical Lyceum   "A. Russo" from v. Singerei Noi, Singerei, grades 2nd to 12th.
  
• Teaching philosophy: "Teaching is not my job, it's my passion. Getting better at it - that's my job".  Jose Popoff 
• "I am always looking for new things, new technologies, new techniques, to use during my classes in order to become better, and to improve my teaching. In addition to educating students, a good teacher should also be able to learn, inspire and change. Teaching is one of those careers where we learn something new every day. Through teaching I learn a great deal about myself. During my classes I seek to inspire students in all aspects of their lives, and my greatest goal is to be a role model, trying to encourage students to strive for greatness, teaching them through experience and commitment how to realize their full potential to become the best they can be. I strive to inspire an uninterested student to become engrossed in learning. I like to motivate to participate at different activities and in various projects and even bring introverted students out of their shells and get them reading. As I said, one of my simplest goal is to inspire my students to love learning. Speaking about change, I mean that I do not only want to change the attitude of my students toward books, languages and learning, I also strive to change their lives and improve the quality of education."

OXANA BUJOR

• English Teacher at the Theoretical Lyceum "Nicolae Balcescu"from Ciorescu, grades 10th 11th, 12th and 3rd and 6th. 

• Has been teaching for 16 years.
• "A good teacher should always find new directions for the teaching process. For this reason I and my students will be glad to participate in this project."
• "The future depends on what we do in the present." Mahatma Ganhi.

ANGELA MAZNIC 

• Teaches grades 5th to 12th in the Theoretical lyceum "Al.I.Cuza" from Chisinau.

• ”Teaching for 20 years taught me  to be flexible with the changes of the modern world, this always brought results and success. Nowadays the digital era made the children more developed in different domains. Doing lessons with only the help of books is a nonsense. I hope to find here experience exchange in planning and acting computer assisted lesson.”
  

VIORICA ARNAUT

• Teaches English for more than 10 years in District Causeni, village Taraclia, grades 2nd to 11th;
• "I understand that to be a good teacher and to keep my students motivated in studying English I need to engage myself in something new, captivating as is the i-Engage project. We also had the opportunity to work with Peace Corp Volunteers. It was a great chance for my students. The school blog is stefancelmaresisfint.blogspot.com".
• "To be a teacher is not an easy profession. It requires a lot of motivation, self-confidence and dedication. I am proud of my students because they give me inspiration for my work. They help me to develop myself and to open new  doors on the field of education."

ELENA LOZOVANU
·         MA in Germanistics, State University of Moldova;
·         8 years of experience as a State University lecturer, teaching English to the Mathematics and Computer Science Department students;
·         Teaches English at TL “Spiru Haret”, grades 5th to 12th;
"I believe that the student-centred approach is one of the keys to the effective learning process. At my classes, I am both a guide and a friend for my students. We share our viewpoints on various themes, debate and learn from each other. The demand for original teaching strategies and sources is so strong, that the preparation for the classes might take quite a lot of time sometimes. I am looking forward to the participation in the project that will surely contribute to the students’ enthusiasm about the learning process and foster their autonomy."

INA PORUBIN

• Teaches English in Iargara, Leova, grades 2nd to 12th;
• "I love to teach my students English and help them to use their knowledge in their daily life. Our school participated in 12th national and international projects. The last ones were "ACES" and "Y-peer". Students from our school are eager to participate in different projects, to share their experience and of course to study new things. We have facebook pages: AWARE- Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and Y-peer Iargara. There we have pictures with our students." 
  

TATIANA DRĂGAN

• Teaches English to primary, secondary and high school students from Theoretical Lyceum "Mihai Eminescu", Floresti;
  
• Teaching philosophy :"If your actions inspire children to dream more, learn more, do more and dream more, you are indeed worthy of the title “Teacher”,  Robert John Meehan. 
• "I started working at Mihai Eminescu High School since I began my teaching career over 7 years ago. I graduated from  Moldova State University  with a Bachelor of Linguistics degree in Languages . Currently I teach English, and have also taught French. I  hold memberships in several professional organizations, including  Moldovan English Teachers Association and The English Teaching Resource Center. Over the past two years I have assumed the role of coordinator in doing educational projects. I have  experienced to cooperate with Peace Corps and Soros Foundation due to whom we have a multimedia classroom that is a great motivation for my students to improve their knowledge using innovative ICT tools. In addition I coordinate an English Club in our high school. Through my working with the students of all levels, I observed that they need to be interested and motivated in what they learn. That is why I am happy to collaborate with the teachers from European countries and to share my own professional experience with them. Not less important for me is to involve my students to cooperate  in interesting projects in order to enhance their communication and foreign language skills and to improve their intercultural education . So I wish to get a wonderful experience taking part in iEngage project."