May 12-13, 2015, the U. S. Embassy completed its country-wide Intelligence Tour with a two-day training for 20 English teachers, advisors, and inspectors of the Central Region in Ouagadougou. In support of its goals for economic growth and development through education, the U. S. Embassy Ouagadougou carried 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 have been training teachers to better align learning objectives, lesson activities, and assessments to promote improved English proficiency outcomes for secondary school students. Starting in December 2014 and ending in May 2015, the Intelligence Tour has visited all the regional capitals of Burkina Faso. This workshop in the nation’s capital marks the final leg of the Tour. The participants of this two-day workshop teach 3,322 students in Ouagadougou. This workshop provided valuable in-service training for these English teaching professionals who are being inspired to change their teaching practice as shown by the comments of one teacher who said, “I plan to use a variety of activities and make students more active in class during the lesson.”
