The Pakistani educators are pictured outside Pawley Hall, home to Oakland University's School of Education and Human Services.
May 26, 2022
Oakland University is hosting a group of secondary school teachers from Pakistan for a program that will empower them to better serve students with learning disabilities and promote inclusiveness in the classroom.
The program, called Exchange for Pakistani Secondary Educators/Administrators (EPSEA), Equity, Access and Learning Disability in Secondary Schools in Pakistan, is made possible through a two-year, $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State.
“We are immensely grateful for this grant and for the opportunity to promote equity and inclusion around the globe.” said Rosemary Max, OU’s executive director of global engagement and principal investigator of the grant. “This collaboration will provide Pakistani teachers with tools and strategies to serve their students’ diverse needs and share what they are learning here with fellow teachers, students and families in Pakistan.”
For five weeks, Pakistani educators will be on Oakland’s campus for a series of seminars taught by faculty members from OU’s School of Education and Human Services and School of Health Sciences. They will also meet with OU leaders from a variety of departments to learn about the breadth of services and supports offered at a U.S. university.
In addition, the program includes classroom observation at Eton Academy, a Metro Detroit school that specializes in teaching students who learn differently, as well as visits to Detroit area cultural centers and events hosted by Global Ties Detroit.
The teachers will also travel to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. for a week to learn about U.S. history and government. OU faculty will keep in touch with them over the next academic year and the group will return to campus in summer 2023.
To learn more about global engagement at Oakland University, visit oakland.edu/global.