Alexander Kurz is an associate research professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He is also the director of the Arizona Practitioner-Researcher Partnership (AzPREP) Office and the internship program for Applied Data Analysis & Visualization (ADAV).

Professor Kurz, a native of Germany, received his doctorate in special education from Vanderbilt University in 2011. He has studied in Germany and the United States, earning degrees in special education and philosophy. Prior to entering academia, he worked as a special education teacher, board certified behavior analyst (BCBA), and data scientist for Discovery Education Assessment. His graduate work focused on behavior disorders, applied behavior analysis, educational measurement, and the inclusion of students with disabilities in test-based accountability.

Tanya Pinkerton serves as a project manager for a USAID funded cooperative agreement, the Higher Education Partnership - Morocco (HEP-M) and as a clinical assistant professor in the division of teacher preparation for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Dr. Pinkerton spent ten years teaching preschool and elementary-aged children in a public school setting with a focus on educating students with disabilities in an inclusive school environment. Dr. Pinkerton also worked with children from birth to age three with disabilities, or at risk for developing a disability, with the Arizona Early Intervention Program. Dr. Pinkerton is committed to continued involvement in teacher preparation spaces, especially those that serve future special education teachers. Her interests include early childhood special education and the use of strategies to support inclusive education. 

Wendy Peia Oakes is an associate professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on practices that improve educational access and outcomes for young children with and at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. For example, her research addresses comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention; the implementation of evidence-based academic and behavioral interventions; and professional development for preservice and in-service educators in implementing practices with fidelity.

Professor Oakes serves as an associate editor for Remedial and Special Education and Special Issue Co-Editor for Education and Treatment of Children. She served as the President of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) –Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders and, currently, President-elect for the CEC-Division for Research.

Nicole L. Thompson is a professor and vice dean of the division of teacher preparation in Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on how  best to prepare teachers to educate P-12 students. With a commitment to equitable and inclusive practices, her work creates, pilots, and brings to scale new roles for educators and new organizational structures for schools and systems that can better serve both learners and educators. Thompson works to create a sustainable workforce of educators prepared to work as members of collaborative teams of qualified professionals with distributed expertise who can support deeper and personalized learning for all students. 

Her research interests include teacher preparation, American Indian education and transformation and reform in education. 

Christina Noel is an Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University.  Dr. Noel teaches graduate and undergraduate level courses for teachers studying special education. Her research areas include identifying effective interventions for students who engage in challenging behavior in the school setting and improving communication outcomes for students with complex communication needs. Dr. Noel was a 2019 Longview Fellow and worked with the organization to consider global perspectives to teacher training. Additionally, she has partnered with professors at the University of Limpopo in South Africa to address inclusion in school settings. 

Tom Brady, chair of the department of Teacher Education at the University of Mississippi, was a high school math teacher and coach for about a decade before moving into higher education. He has coordinated teacher preparation programs at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, Delta State University in Mississippi, and now at the University of Mississippi. In addition to coordinator roles, he has been department chair, assistant chair, director, and coordinator of educational innovation and outreach. His primary academic focus is secondary education and educational technology.

Jen Crespo, Language Instructor and Project Manager, began working at UM6P in 2019. Prior to coming to UM6P, she worked in various facets of Higher Education in New York City for 15 years. Her experience in the field consists of a gamut of topics such as: academic advising, training, supervision, program development, teaching, and student support. Before moving to Morocco, Jen realized her passion for teaching and shifted her career. She has participated in two virtual exchange courses while at UM6P. She has a BA in Applied Psychology & Human Relations, a post-bac in Disability Studies, and a MS in Mental Health Counseling. 

Holger Wynhoff, MS

(Germany)

Sidi Mohamed OUBIT has been the Director of Dakhla CRMEF since 2018 . He has been an EFL teachers’ supervisor since 2014. He participated in a number of exchange programs namely the first edition of IELP in 2007. He has organised many editions of DAHKLA TESOL conference as its coordinator. His main interest is educational leadership and action research. He was nominated the Morocco Integrity Icon in 2020. 

Ali HAMDI is a TEFL teacher. He is the vice president of the English language teachers association in Dakhla Oued Eddahb. He is also a teacher trainer and the head of the English department in Dakhla CRMEF. He has got an MA in media and communication and conducted action research studies about English education in Morocco. He was the reporter of many Dakhla TESOL conferences. He is interested in school media and the impact of extracurricular activities on student personality development. 

Khadija Kairit is an EFL teacher- trainer and a syllabus designer. She is currently the department chair at the CRMEF Marrakech-Safi, Morocco and the president of the Association of Moroccan American Exchange for Programs (AMAEP), Marrakech region. She was an EFL Secondary high- school teacher and I have taught ESP to different learners. She holds a Master degree in Mass media, an EFL teaching certificate and a Bachelor degree in English literature. I have got a degree on EFL training from Delaware University with Fullbright Programs.

During my career, I have participated in the elaboration of many training curricula as well as an EFL syllabus for junior high school students.

As a teacher trainer , I’m highly interested in all the issues related to EFL training and teaching. I like iplementing new EFL teaching methods, startegies and skills. How to promote teachers’ professional development , and reflective teaching, together with students’ critical thinking skills and autonomous learning has always guided and informed my training practices.

Hassan Jebbah

(CRMEF Rabat Salé Kénitr)

Dr. Jamal Din Slimani is currently an associate professor, English teacher trainer and department chair at the Regional Center for the Professions of Education and Training in Rabat, Morocco. In 2010, he earned his doctorate in Alternative and Augmentative Communication from Hassan II University in Mohammadia, Morocco. The title of his doctoral thesis was, “Communication of Cerebral Palsy Students with AAC Devices: A Case Study.” In 1997, Mr. Slimani graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a Master Degree in Speech and Human Communication Studies. His thesis was entitled, “Interactions between People with Disabilities and Abled-bodied Persons: A Meta-communicative Analysis.”

Hassan Tahiri

(CRMEF Fès Meknès)

Karima Mechouat

(CRMEF Fès Meknès)

Hicham Tizaoui is a Teacher Trainer at the CRMEF, Oriental. He earned his BA and MA at Mohamed I University, Oujda. Additionally, he earned a certificate of English Language Pedagogy from the ENS Rabat. Prior to joining the CRMEF Oriental, he wasEnglish Language Teacher in High School at the Directories of Nador, Jerada and Oujda. At the same time, he was a part-time professor at Mohamed I University in Business English, ESP, and English Didactics. He has also coordinated with RELO (Regional English Language Office) of the US Embassy and CRMEFO both ELF (English language fellows), and VELF (Virtual English language fellows). He  coordinated a thesis with Dr. Wendy Oakes and Prof. Tanya Pinkerton as a partnership between ASU and CRMEFO. 

Keltouma Guerch had her elementary and secondary education in her home town before moving to Oujda, the capital city of the Oriental Region of the country, to pursue her higher education at Mohamed First University where she got her BA in English Studies in 1985 and a DESA Degree in 2005. In 1988, Keltouma got her professional degree in education from the ENS, Rabat. She worked as an ESL teacher in Zerktouni High School in her home town and then in Omar Ibn Abdelaziz CPGE Center in Oujda. Currently, Keltouma is a teacher education trainer at Oujda CRMEF*. She is also a Fulbright alumna. Keltouma is an active member of the Cultural Studies Team at CERHSO* and Space and Culture Research Group at UMP Oujda. She participated in and organized tens of national and international conferences, workshops, study days, congresses, seminars, and teacher training programmes in Morocco and abroad and co-edited a number of educational magazines. She also published articles and contributed to five book projects in Morocco and abroad. Her major fields of research and interest are: teacher education, comparative education, civic education, professional development, women studies, women’s travel narratives, gendered migration, African studies, sociology of minorities, social and human development, colonial and postcolonial literature, cultural studies, global education, and discourse analysis. She is also a member of a couple of civic society associations.

Rodney Hurt is an instructor in the department of Teacher Education at the University of Mississippi. Rodney served as a Special Education Teacher and School Administrator for over 20 years before moving into the field of higher education. He has worked in the K-12 school setting and has also worked with individuals with disabilities in the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. His primary academic focus in special education where he teaches classes focusing on Special Education Law and classroom management.