Womack-Wynne picked for Specialist Program

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Dr. Carly Womack-Wynne, interim associate dean for accreditation and assessment and department head of Middle Grades, Secondary and Science Education in the University of North Georgia's (UNG) College of Education, for an English Language Specialist project.

Womack-Wynne will spend three weeks in Serbia at the University of Kragujevac at Jagodina during the spring semester. She is part of a select group, as her project is one of approximately 240 that the English Language Specialist Program supports each year.  

"I'm excited to return to Serbia and specifically to the University of Kragujevac at Jagodina to work with my colleagues in their Faculty of Education, as well as their public-school teachers and teacher candidates," Womack-Wynne said. "It is intensely rewarding to work with teachers and faculty in other parts of the world.  When you engage with other cultures, you have the opportunity to learn so much about yourself and about the way they approach teacher education."

The English Language Specialist Program is the premier opportunity for leaders in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages to enact meaningful and sustainable changes in the way that English is taught abroad. Through projects developed by U.S. embassies in more than 80 countries, English Language Specialists work directly with local teacher trainers, educational leaders, and ministry of education officials to exchange knowledge, build capacity, and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions and communities in the United States and overseas.

English Language Specialists are counted among the more than 50,000 individuals participating in U.S. Department of State exchange programs each year. The Specialist Program is administered by the Center for Intercultural Education and Development at Georgetown University.

This is Womack-Wynne's second English Language Specialist selection, and she has also served twice as a Fulbright Specialist within the past five years.