DATE OF BIRTH:

14. June 1954

NATIONALITY:

Norwegian

EDUCATION:

Institution:

University of Bergen, Norway

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]:

1975

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Main subjects:

Social Science

Institution:

Oslo Teacher Training College, Norway

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]:

1975-78

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

3 years

Main subjects:

Institution:

University of Oslo, Norway

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]:

1979

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

GG105

Main subjects:

Nature, Geography

Institution:

Sagene Teacher Training College, Norway

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

1984

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Main subjects:

Special needs education

Institution:

University of Oslo

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

1990-1991

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Main subjects:

Educational Leadership International, 2 years full time study

Institution:

University of Oslo

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

1992

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Cand.Polit.

Main subjects:

Social Pedagogy, 2 year thesis, “hovedfag” (M.Phil.)

Institution:

University of Stockholm, Sweden

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

1996

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Master's Degree

Main subjects:

Educational Management and Administration

Institution:

University of Stockholm, Sweden

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

1997-dd.

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Ph.D.-student, compulsory courses completed

Main subjects:

Educational planning and implementation strategies in developing countries, key words: HIV/AIDS education, participatory educational planning, implementation, decentralization, school-based management, culture and local autonomy,

Institution:

Oslo UnivCollege/Stockholm Univ

Date from [month/year] – to [month/year]

2006-2008(except for 4 months employment:Aug-Dec07)

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Doctoral fellow

Main subjects:

Studie in International and ComparativeEducation 

OTHER TRAINING:

1.      Various courses, social advisory issues,  ICT, and school management, Oslo Municipality, Norway, Oslo University College, Oslo University, Stockholm University.

2.      Courses at Norwegian Foreign Affairs in Aid and development, Project development, Evaluation. Micro planning

3.      Several national and international work-shops and conferences, under the administration if NGOs, NORAD, Norwegian Foreign affairs, UNESCO, IIEP, ILI, ADEA, CIES, NASADEC, COL, among others

LANGUAGE AND DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Norwegian

Mother language

Exc.

Exc.

Exc.

English

Very good

Very Good

Very Good

German

Fair

Fair

Working knowledge

EMPLOYMENT RECORD: 

 
Duration (from – to):        2003-dd

Employer:                         Norwegian Police University College

Position held and              Randomly teaching and marking exams.

description of duties:        Randomly teaching and marking exams.  .

Duration (from – to):        1999-dd

Employer:                         Oslo University

Position held and              Randomly called upon for Supervision and marking  M.phil students

description of duties.        Course: International comparative education

Duration (from – to):

1996-dd

Employer:

Oslo  University College, faculty of education,

Position held and description of duties:

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Since 1997 employed at Centre for International Education, LINS

Duration (from – to):

1995 -1996

Employer:

Norwegian Military Academy, Oslo, Norway.

Position held and description of duties:

-Assistant Professor, teaching Organisational Theory and Leadership at Norwegian Military Academy

-later years been external marker of assignments given in leadership and management.

Duration (from – to):

1994 - 1995

Employer:

Hedmark Teacher Training  College, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Assistant Professor, pedagogy, Hedmark Teacher Training  College, Norway, at Faculty of Education, department for teacher training and pre-school teacher training

Duration (from – to):

1993 - 1994

Employer:

Heltberg Upper Secondary School, Oslo

Position held and description of duties:

Teaching Mathematics, MA 01, at Heltberg Upper Secondary School, Oslo, Norway, part time

Duration (from – to):

1992 - 1994

Employer:

Tokerud Lower Secondary School, Oslo, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Vice principal (92-93),

Head-teacher (93-94)

Duration (from – to):

1991 - 1992

Employer:

Rosenholm Primary School, Oslo, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Vice principal

Duration (from – to):

1985 – 1991

Employer:

Holmlia Lover Secondary School, Oslo, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Social advisor and teacher

Duration (from – to):

1978 – 1985

Employer:

Romsås School, Oslo, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Teaching at 7^th -9^th level, Romsås School, a Lower Secondary School in Oslo, Norway, basing its pedagogy on inclusive education  and project approaches ,

social advisor (1981-85),

Duration (from – to):        August, 2006           

Employer:                         HIO, fac of ed.

Position held and              Team-member, organising and attending a work-shop initiated

description of duties:        for the planning of a Master programme, within NOMA, SIU/NORAD

Duration (from – to):

September, 2006, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education in the schools in Southern province, 11 districts, following up on OVC and IGA strategies, Conducting  province based Monitoring workshops  on HIV/AIDS education and impact of the programme. further application to the last 3 districts.

Duration (from – to):

April  2006, ADEA WGTP Steering committee meeting, Nairobi, Kenya.

Employer:

ADEA/NORAD

Position held and description of duties:

Steering Committee meeting member  in Working Group for Teacher Profession

Duration (from – to):

September  2005, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into the primary schools in  Southern province. Monitoring 8 districts, following up on OVC strategies at selected schools,

Duration (from – to):

April 27-30, 2005, ADEA WGTP Steering committee meeting, London

Employer:

ADEA/NORAD

Position held and description of duties:

Steering Committee meeting member  in Working Group for Teacher Profession, London

Duration (from – to):

February /March 2005, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province, as well as merging HIV/AIDS into basic education. Monitoring 8 districts, following up on OVC strategies at selected schools, developing province and district monitoring schemes on HIV/AIDS, as well as manuals for further application to the last 3 districts.

Duration (from – to):

September, 2004, 3weeks

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province, 8  districs and 2 colleges, continue. Running 2 days work-shops in school-based management, targeting OVCs, and a 2days work-shop applying HIV/AIDS strategies to 3 new districts.

Duration (from – to):

Dakar, Senegal, July, 2004, 1 week

Employer:

Norwegian Foreign Affairs

Position held and description of duties:

Observing the joint UNICEF/WB African work-shop on OVCs , identifying needs, and developing national strategies to support these vulnerable groups of children in the context of  the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Duration (from – to):

March, 2004, I week, World Bank meeting

Employer:

Norwegian Foreign Affairs

Position held and description of duties:

Reference group meeting with Norwegian Funds in Trust being briefed by task force members in WB, working in Africa using NFT for different activities.

Duration (from – to):

February /March 2004, (16/2-8/4)

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province, extending the programme to 5 districs and 2 colleges. Running work-shops for the application to three  new districts, and also 2 days work-shop on educational evaluation on impact of the HIV/AIDS strategies at school, college and district level in Livingstone and Kasungula

Duration (from – to):

Attended ADEA biannual meeting, December 2003, 1-5^th.

Employer:

NORAD

Position held and description of duties:

Educational advisor on Quality of education, specifically focusing teacher training

Duration (from – to):

September/October 2003

Employer:

Carl-Bro-Consultant/NORAD

Position held and description of duties:

External expert on school-based management and participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation targeting 4 boarding schools, and about 40 satellite schools in Lai Chau, Vietnam

Duration (from – to):

September, 2003, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province. Work-shops on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education in Basic education through school-based interventions in Kasungula and Livingstone.

Duration (from – to):

August 2003.

Employer:

Namibian Association, Norway

Position held and description of duties:

Team leader in the evaluation of the Student exchange program, comprising of 4 main university colleges in Norway, and a number of institutions and stakeholders in Namibia.

Duration (from – to):

May 2003 June 2003

Employer:

UNESCO

Position held and description of duties:

Deputy team leader on an evaluation of Mobile Teams of Experts, an evaluation of a decentralised EFA support in the  EFA planning process based upon specific country needs

Duration (from – to):

March 2003, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province. Work shops conducted at DALICE, developing strategies for HIV/AIDS merged into pre-and in-service activities, based upon lessons learned from Monze. Involving DEBS Kasungula and Livingstone and integrating them fully into the strategy.

Duration (from – to):

January-February 2003, Sudan

Employer:

Norwegian Church Aid, Norwegian Peoples Aid, SF

Position held and description of duties:

International expert on evaluation of ed. Project, in assessing 3 NGOs`s activities in South Sudan, desk and field work.

Duration (from – to):

September/October, 2002, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province. Work shops conducted at Monze district, 3 days, participatory stakeholder involvement identifying issues, needs and strategies to combat HIV/AIDS in Southern Province

Duration (from – to):

August/September 2002

Employer:

CarlBro consultant

Position held and description of duties:

External expert on school management in a Quality improving support program targeting minorities in Lai Chau Province, Vietnam, desk and field work

Duration (from – to):

February /March 2002, 3 weeks.

Employer:

MOEZ, Zambia.

Position held and description of duties:

FTA on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS education into pre- and in-service teacher training, Southern province. Work shops conducted at DALICE, developing strategies for baseline surveys, and activity-plans for HIV/AIDS  pre-and in-service activities for 2002

Duration (from – to):

December 2001-(dd,)

Employer:

MOE Zambia,

Position held and description of duties:

1:Teamleader for HIV/AIDS pilot project, joint collaboration between Oslo University College and David Livingstone teacher Training College, in Livingstone and Kasungula in maximising the utilisation of the educational structure, schools and institutions in the fight against HIV/AIDS

2: BESSIP impact research project, steering committee member in Quality research project, managed by INSOR, University of Zambia.

Duration (from – to):

October-November 2001.

Employer:

NORAD, Folk technical College, Nigeria

Position held and description of duties:

Team-leader: evaluation of the Norwegian-Funded, Folk Technical College, technical and vocational training, Nigeria

Duration (from – to):

March-April 2001, Laos

Employer:

Non Formal Distance Basic Education, 504/LAO/12 (UNESCO)

Position held and description of duties:

Team leader: Evaluation of Non Formal Distance Basic Education, 504/LAO/12, a UNESCO  project implemented in 3 provinces, 3 weeks of field visits during March 2001, report handed to UNESCO

Duration (from – to):

October-November 1999

Employer:

Children at Risk in East Africa -project, Stromme Foundation

Position held and description of duties:

Educational specialist in the evaluation of the Stromme Foundation program, non-formal educational support to Children at Risk in East Africa, field studies to Uganda and Rwanda, responsible for writing up the report

Duration (from – to):

April 1999, April 2000

Employer:

Keeping Kids in School , MOE, Malawi (NORAD)

Position held and description of duties:

April 1999: Appraisal of Norwegian funded UNICEF project, a)Keeping Kids in School, quality improvement in primary education, and support to MOE, Malawi in order to b) develop a holistic approach to a Certificate pre-service Teacher Training Program, including strategies for in-service training of a backlog of 20000 untrained teachers

April 2000: Assessing the UNICEF`s Project proposal, Phase II, Keeping Kids in School, report MWI-0001 submitted to NORAD

Duration (from – to):

June-July 1998

Employer:

UD/NORAD

Position held and description of duties:

Team member in the evaluation of the Non-formal literacy program,  UNESCO`s APPEAL program, focusing The Norwegian Funds in Trust, in China, Vietnam and Nepal. . The report “Tripartite Evaluation 1998,  Report on APPEAL, UNESCO publication, 1998

Duration (from – to):

 April 1998, May 1999, November 2000

Employer:

NORAD/Norwegian Embassy on; BPEP2, Basic Primary Education Program 2, Kathmandu, Nepal

Position held and description of duties:

1998: Team member, BPEP2, Basic Primary Education Program, a multi donor appraisal, arr. World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal, report NORAD

1999: Annual Meeting Nepal, BPEPII, appraising the PIP, program Implementing Program in relation to budgets and implementation schedules

2000: Annual Review of the impact of Basic Primary Project, phase 2, regarding Quality of education

Duration (from – to):

January-February 1998

Employer:

BESIP(Basic Education Sector Improvement Program), Zambia (NORAD)

Position held and description of duties:

Deputy team leader, NORAD, Pre-appraisal on BESSIP(Basic Education Sector Improvement Program), Zambia, 31/1-23/2 1998. Report to NORAD.

Duration (from – to):

May-June 1997

Employer:

BPEP(Basic Primary Education Project), Kathmandu, Nepal (NORAD)

Position held and description of duties:

Team member, NORAD, ”Programme and Supervision Mission, BPEP(Basic Primary Education Project), Kathmandu, Nepal. Report on Project Supervison and Development Mission..

Duration (from – to):

September 1997

Employer:

Social Action Programme Project, 2, Pakistan (NORAD)

Position held and description of duties:

Team-member, pre-appraisal of  SAPP2, 7/9-28/9 1997, (Social Action Programme Project, 2) Mission,  Education Component, Pakistan

Carm, Ellen

The Japanese Education, culture and Socialisation: Efficiency in the modernising process, in A. Tjeldvoll (ed) Globalisation and education. UiO-Report no.10, 1997

Carm, Ellen (red)

Articles on Education and development,

HIO Report, no1, 1999.

Carm, Ellen

Samarbeid mellom skole og hjem, (No), (School and home collaboration) i Stålsett , Unn (red) Ledelse av skoleutvikling Høyskoleforlaget, Oslo, 2000

Carm, Ellen

Den flerkulturelle skolen og tilpasset opplæring, (No).(The multicultural school and differentiated education) i Stålsett , Unn (red) Ledelse av skoleutvikling Høyskoleforlaget, Oslo, 2000

Carm, Ellen et. al

The impacts of HIV/AIDS on education.HIO Report, nr 2, 2002)