Aggeliki Pappa Founder & Head Director of Studies of 'I Love Dyslexia
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Aggeliki Pappa Founder & Head Director of Studies of ‘i love dyslexia’ (ILD) & President of 3DlexiaCosmos NPO curriculum vitae - SHORT VERSION - “I believe in a holistic education for all, providing students with knowledge and life skills for the 21st century, helping them reach their personal fulfillment and happiness for a better and virtuous world “ Aggeliki Pappa date of birth: 25/07/75 contact details: [email protected] / Aggeliki Pappa / i love dyslexia page www.ilovedyslexia.gr www.3dlexiacosmos.com Education Aug. 2006 – 2010 University of Birmingham, UK MEd in Inclusion and Special Educational Needs Sep. 2009 - Dec. 2009 Harvard University, USA / Graduate School of Education Attended with scholarship - distance mode Certificate on program based on Differentiating Instruction and team teaching in Literacy and Mathematics Sep. 1995 - May 1999 The American College of Greece, Deree College, GR BA in English Language Jun. 1999 Cambridge University, UK Certificate in Translation Sep. 1999 - May 1999 The British Council Translation Certificate from and into Greek Work experience 1/2 Oct. 2009 - Present ‘i love dyslexia’ (Ηalandri, Athens GR) Founder & Head Director of Studies - ‘i love dyslexia’ is the first and only highly specialised educational organization internationally, exclusively for experiential and holistic teaching of EFL to students with dyslexia and other learning differences - How2learn research lab in ILD for ongoing research on EFL and dyslexia 2016 - Present ‘3DlexiaCosmos’ Nonprofit Organisation Founder & President Supporting quality holistic education and equity in education for All for sustainable development in Greece and globally May 2015 – Present Folkuniversitetet (Uppsala - Sweden) Teacher Trainer - Researcher on International Projects funded by EU Dec. 2017 - Present Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov (IEML) (Russia) Teacher Trainer, Educational Consultant & Researcher Sep. 2015 - 2017 ACS Athens - American Community Schools Educational Consultant work experience 2/2 Sep. 2013 - June 2015 Costeas Geitonas World School (Pallini, Athens GR) - SENCO (special education needs coordinator) - Educational Consultant March 2011 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Special Educational Needs Instructor in the Experimental Education Workshop Nov. 2006 Training inclusion practices to public and private English teachers (L.A.E.K. programme, instructor number 26622) - Training English Teachers of both public and private schools to teach EFL to students with dyslexia and other SEN. - Speaker at Regional Training Centers as a research associate of the Greek Ministry of Education and English School Advisors. Sep. 2002 - Jun 2006 Geitonas School (Vari, Athens GR) Primary School English Teacher Teaching English in all 6 grades. Children with special educational needs were included in many of my classes. Writer and director of drama plays with 5th and 6th grades 1995 - 2002 EFL Teacher to various private educational organizations in Athens, Greece Jun. 1995 - Sep. 1995 YMCA (Spokane Valley - WA, USA) Youth Leader – Supervisor Honors, distinctions & nominations 1/3 10/08/2018 Cultural Organization of Marathokampos, Ormos, Samos Island, Greece Honorary Award for Aggeliki Pappa’s contribution to Global Pedagogy. 23/05/2018 Diana Award 'i love dyslexia' students awarded with the Diana Award for initiating the #SOS4LoveProject, inspiring 22000 from all continents to organize actions/solutions supporting Sustainability and Peace. 19/03/2018 Social Impact Award in Europe of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2018 by the British Council Aggeliki Pappa is the Winner of the Social Impact Award in Europe representing Greece and University of Birmingham in the context of the Regional Awards of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2018 organised by the British Council. ‘i love dyslexia’ EFL school, recognized as the 1st globally for English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and SEN, the 1st comprehensive solution for 700 Million people with SEN to succeed in EFL, and the #SOS4LoveProject by 3DlexiaCosmos NPO for connecting 22000 students, 945 schools, 58 countries and all continents, acting on the 17 Goals of Sustainable Development of UN empowering Global Citizenship Education. 07/03/2018 Social Impact Award of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2018 by the British Council and the British Embassy Athens Aggeliki Pappa is the Winner of the Social Impact Award in Greece of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2018 by the British Council 2017-18 & 2018-19 Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert Aggeliki Pappa is included in the global community of the MIE Expert programme Honors, distinctions & nominations 2/3 14/06/2017 British Embassy, Athens Honorary presentation of ‘i love dyslexia’ innovation during the celebration of the birthday of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II at British Embassy in Athens 06/03/2017 Votre Beautè Women of the year 2017 Aggeliki Pappa has been selected in the top three women of the year for Greece for the ‘Scientist’ category 17/02/2017 Hellenic Family and Youth Union Honorary distinction to Aggeliki Pappa for founding the 1st educational organization worldwide specialized in holistic EFL teaching to students with dyslexia and learning differences. 01/03/2017 UK Alumni Awards 2017, British Embassy and the British Council Aggeliki Pappa has been selected in the three top notable UK Alumni in Greece for the Entrepreneurial category of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2017 organised by the British Council and the British Embassy for the creation of the 1st educational organization globally for holistic EFL teaching to students with dyslexia and learning differences. 10/01/2017 Hilton-Athens Money Show Honorary Award for Aggeliki Pappa’s contribution to Global Pedagogy from UNESCO Club of the Department of Piraeus and Islands. 2016 & 2017 Global Teacher Prize, Varkey Foundation Aggeliki Pappa is in the top 50 Educators in the World-Finalist of the Global Teacher Prize (GTP), known as “the Nobel Prize” for teaching, for two consecutive years and the Head of the Varkey Teacher Ambassadors Literacy Group 2016-2018 For the GTP 2016 she has been shortlisted from 8.000 teachers’ applications from 149 countries around the world and for the GTP 2017she has been selected from 20.000 applications from 179 countries. Through this important distinction Aggeliki Pappa is a Varkey Teacher Ambassador for Greece. 2017 Education Business Awards 2017organised by Boussias Communications Aggeliki Pappa has been selected and invited to be a member of the Judging Committee, honoring and recognizing her edu-achievements on a global level and her excellence in pedagogy. The President of the Committee is Ms. Marietta Giannakou, former Minister of Education in Greece. 10/10/2016 Rotary Club of Amaroussion, Athens and Rotary International Aggeliki Pappa’s announcement as a member of the Rotary Club of Amaroussion and Rotary International, recognizing the excellence of her humanitarian and innovative educational action. 07/10/2016 2nd International Conference on Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychology, London-UK Certificate of Recognition to Aggeliki Pappa “for her phenomenal and worthy Keynote presentation on “The solution for millions of people with dyslexia and SEN globally deprived of EFL-FL learning, provided by the “i love dyslexia” innovative school for EFL-FL and dyslexia” 08/2016 Accolade Global Film Competition, USA Award of Merit Special Mention for “i love dyslexia” short film ILD EFL-FL Schοol short film created by Constantinos Mantalias was awarded for the category “Impact: Motivational / Inspirational” Honors, distinctions & nominations 3/3 06/06/2016 Scientific event of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc) in Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry Εvent title: “Greece and its international position in the world” Honorary distinction to Aggeliki Pappa for her contribution to Education in Greece and worldwide and her proclamation as an HAPSc honorary member. 21/04/2016 Education Business Awards 2016 Aggeliki Pappa received Honorary award from Mrs. Marietta Giannakou, former Minister of Education in Greece and President of the jury of Education Business Awards 2016, for her lifelong contribution to the Pedagogy. 28/02/2016 Greek Teachers, Scientific Humanitarian Non-Profit Organization Aggeliki Pappa was awarded in Olympia (Greece) with the Nike of Paionios for her unique contribution to the Pedagogy 07/02/2016 Regional Directorates of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete & English School Advisors, Eleni Poulla & Despoina Aggelidaki Honorary distinction for Aggeliki Pappa’s yearlong non-profit action in training EFL teachers of the public sector in Crete 29/01/2016 ArtVision Organization Honorary distinction for Aggeliki Pappa’s specialized work on EFL-FL, dyslexia and SEN as well as being in the top 50 finalists of the 2016 Global Teacher Prize 2015 ‘i love dyslexia’ Organization: Nomination for the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers by the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO 12/05/2015 3rd Applied Research and Innovation Competition “Greece Innovates” Eurobank & SEV (Hellenic Federation of Enterprises) “i love dyslexia” is shortlisted to the top 10 innovative institutions in Greece 24/04/2012 Greece Ahead 2020 Initiative of the Ministry of Development by A. Diamantopoulou “i love dyslexia” was included in the Greek National Agenda of the Ministry of foreign Affairs, concerning the most