About the Director

Director Janet K. Orr is highly experienced at providing  basic education program services both in the United States and in developing countries of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In the US, she served English Language Learners (ELLs) both Colorado and Virginia in the classroom, through curriculum development, and as administrator of ESL services in Fairfax County Public Schools, VA.

A major area of expertise in both US and overseas contexts is the assessment of education impact and program evaluation. This includes both formative and summative evaluations with data collected and analyzed for both its qualitative and quantitative value, examples include: Evaluation of the Immigrant Education Portfolio of Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Jobs for the 21^st Century: A Sri Lankan Assessment (2005), Mini-Assessment of Education in Tanzania (2003), case studies for the Descriptive Study of Services to LEP Students (2002), and the Preliminary Formative Evaluation of District of Columbia Public Schools Education Services for LEP/ELLs (1999-2000).

Janet's English as a foreign language methodology books, Growing Up with English and Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Primary Schools embody her interests in primary school curriculum,, instructional methodology and teacher training. Janet has served as an education expert  in Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, China, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uruguay and Zambia.

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