Nancy Del Col Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Functional technical lead and acting people manager for Education Technical team at WVC. Manage and plan team workload using Agile methodology. Plan, monitor and report on team priorities in alignment with Consolidated Technical Voice strategy for 2024-2025 and P&P PI planning cycles.• Cross-sectoral collaboration with Technical Leads for Health, Gender, Fragile and Livelihoods/Climate Change • Collaborate on business development strategies with Business Segment Leads for private partnerships, foundations, commercial contracts, Canadian donors, and multi and bi-lateral donors• Coordinate and collaborate with Advocacy and Government Engagement team on strategic advocacy initiatives for education• Development of partnerships with academic and research institutions and NGO partners (e.g. Concordia University, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conflict and Resilience Research Institute Canada, VSO, Aga Khan Academies, Make Music Matter)• Development of funding proposals for private and government donors (e.g. Global Affairs Canada, International Development Research Centre, LEGO Foundation)• Represent WVC on the WVI Global Technical Reference Group for Education

Mississauga, Ontario

• Provide technical support and review WVI Education Technical Programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic global priorities and minimum standards for early childhood education, early literacy and basic education, life skills, gender equality and inclusion sensitive (GEI) programming and community engagement. • Actively pursue thought-leadership opportunities aligning with WVC’s Consolidated Technical Voice and Public Sector Revenue Strategy through innovative partnerships and alliances for enhanced field programming, resource development. innovation and impact.• Provide end to end technical support on gender-transformative, conflict-sensitive and research-focused grant-funded education projects.• Support WVI global engagement with Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and Global Partnership for Education (GPE) advocacy initiatives.• Provide technical support to the Unlock Literacy model revision (Teacher Training Module) in 2021-22.• Manage and monitor quality and impact of education projects.• Identify opportunities for research and manage relationships with academic partners to provide evidence-based data on WV’s education projects. • Conduct capacity-building training for national, regional and global technical staff on components of education models, monitoring tools and field projects.• Promote knowledge sharing of WV’s education programming through participation in and presentations to academic and NGO audiences at knowledge sharing events such as external working and interest groups, panels, webinars and conferences.• Network with external partners such as peer NGOs, Ministries of Education, governments, foundations, major donors and academic research institutions and identify opportunities, products and project collaborations to improve and scale evidence driven field programming.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Developed Global Education curriculum resources for Canadian elementary and secondary schools on development issues, social justice and global citizenship skills. Examples include GEAR, a multi-grade social studies curriculum for primary grades, and World Class, an interactive website for Canadian teachers and students.• Conducted professional development training workshops and virtual webinars for educators and students across Canada.• Supervised Global Education Officer, Global Classroom Educators and curriculum writers.• Developed marketing and web materials for promotion of the Global Education programme.• Networked with provincial Ministries of Education, school boards, academic institutions, peer NGOs and professional education organizations.• Chaired the partnershipTechnical Working Group for Education.• Member of Education and Life Skills working groups: Basic Education Improvement Plan, Early Childhood Development and Positive Adolescent Development. • Team leader for WVC Youth Ambassadors/ East African Youth Forum (Rwanda, Aug 2012).• Provided technical support on education focused government grant proposals• Mentored and supervised teacher candidates and interns in practicum placements.

Canada

Focus of work is on quality education programming for the primary and secondary school years, improved quality of teaching and learning, and reaching the most vulnerable girls, boys, adolescents and youth, especially those in fragile contexts. Developing tools and approaches for the effective planning, implementation and evaluation of project models, supporting the pilot phases of these project models, and reviewing and adapting project model documents as learning develops. The emphasis in project model development is on targeting most vulnerable populations, particularly girls, and utilizing evidence based frameworks to further build out programming models, as well as developing new partnerships and establishing WV as a credible voice in the global education sector.

Teacher Mentors Abroad works with teacher leaders in the Dominican Republic to build professional skills in classroom management and student engagement strategies. • Led team of Canadian educators in presenting teacher training workshops on literacy, numeracy, Tribes Communities and Multiple Intelligences. Provided logistical support for professional development conferences conducted by 40 lead Dominican teachers in Santo Domingo.

Toronto, Ontario

• Provided program support for OHAfrica’s HIV and AIDS frontline care clinic in Lesotho. • Wrote and edited press releases, concept papers, website copy.• Conducted stakeholder interviews and environmental scan for strategic planning process. • Logistical planning for media and public relations events.• Developed funding campaign and partnership proposals.

Bayview Secondary School And Markville Secondary School

• Classroom instruction and curriculum development for Grades 9 to 12 English, Dramatic Arts, Writer’s Craft and Geography. • Assistant Department Head for Dramatic Arts.• Staff Facilitator for Helping Hands, a social justice student group supporting Hope for Rwanda’s Children Fund, Stephen Lewis Foundation and local community charities.

Mully Children’S Family, Kenya

Led team of eleven Canadian educators in development and implementation of a two-week training session on special education strategies for Kenyan teachers at Mully Children’s Family schools in Ndalani and Yatta, Kenya.

Master’S Degree, Adult Education And Community Development (Comparative, International And Development Education)

Activities and Societies: Adult Education and Community Development (AECP), CIDE Students

Ipmp Post-Graduate Certificate, International Project Management

Honours Ba, English, Geography

Bachelor Of Education, Intermediate/Senior English And Geography

Bachelor Of Arts, English And Geography