January 29-30, 2015, the U. S. Embassy trained 48 English teachers, advisors, and inspectors of the Central North and Sahel Regions in Kaya. In support of its goals for economic growth and development through education, the U. S. Embassy Ouagadougou is carrying out a country-wide tour providing training to English teaching professionals in all 13 regions of Burkina Faso during the 2014/2015 academic year. English Program Specialist Lynn Hanson Ouédraogo and English Language Fellows from the USA are training teachers to better align learning objectives, lesson activities, and assessments to promote improved English proficiency outcomes for secondary school students. The Intelligence Tour started in December 2014 in Gaoua, Banfora, and Bobo-Dioulasso and continued in January in Ouahigouya and Kaya. The participants of this two-day workshop in Ouahigouya teach 13,912 students in 16 communities in the Central North and Sahel Regions, and this workshop provided valuable in-service training for them to improve their teaching practice.
