Article 26 Backpack

Article 26 Backpack

Best Practices in the Evaluation of Displaced Students' Educational Records: Defining the Article 26 Backpack™ Protocols.

This invitation-only working group convened by ̽��¥ will bring together educational institutions, NGOs, government entities and credential evaluation professionals to share current practices to document a set of global best practices for working with the post-secondary educational records of displaced students to inform the practices and protocols of the Article 26 Backpack™.

is a project of a consortium with the ̽��¥, the Issam Fares Institute for International Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Beirut and the leading educational software firm, iQ4.com

Time	Activity

9:00 - 10:00	Project Intro and Goals: Key stakeholders will give an introduction to the Article 26 Backpack (TM) Project

10:00 - 11:30	Panels: Survey of Current Practices Institutional, governemental, and credential evaluation agency colleagues will present thier approaches to the evaluation of educational experiences and documents for displaced populations.

11:30 - 1:30	Commonalities and Divergences - Group Discussions (includes working lunch)

1:30 - 2:30	Synthesis and Report Back Groups will report back on their discussions

2:30 - 4:30	Best and Acceptable Comparable Practices Based on the synthesis, the group will discuss best approaches as related to the development of the Article 26 Backpack (TM) Tiers and Protocols.

4:30 - 5:00	Wrap-up

If you have received an invitation, please confirm your attendance. If you would like to request an invitation, apply here and you will be added to the waitlist.