Teach a man to teach and you feed him for a lifetime. Teach a teacher and indirectly you teach thousands of students. That thought lay behind the first Extraordinary Teaching Journey.
So what happened when senior British teachers find themselves in a resource-challenged Kenyan school?
Add in an opportunity to work with 25 local teachers for a weekend and the result was two days of inspirational workshops focused on their issues and challenges. Supplement it with several days of visiting local schools and deepening their understanding of how much is accomplished with so little, and the mutual professional regard skyrockets.
And so the first Extraordinary Teaching Journey was born in Nakuru, western central Kenya.
Senior teachers Vaughn and Elizabeth had decided to be the guinea pigs for the pilot.
By teaching teachers more modern teaching methods, the hope was to make a real difference to the quality of education received by hundreds of children, in a few days.
“Truly wonderful”, said one local teacher ...
So what happened when senior British teachers find themselves in a resource-challenged Kenyan school?
Add in an opportunity to work with 25 local teachers for a weekend and the result was two days of inspirational workshops focused on their issues and challenges. Supplement it with several days of visiting local schools and deepening their understanding of how much is accomplished with so little, and the mutual professional regard skyrockets.
And so the first Extraordinary Teaching Journey was born in Nakuru, western central Kenya.
Senior teachers Vaughn and Elizabeth had decided to be the guinea pigs for the pilot.
By teaching teachers more modern teaching methods, the hope was to make a real difference to the quality of education received by hundreds of children, in a few days.
“Truly wonderful”, said one local teacher ...
“It was an amazing experience to work with Kenyan teachers” said Vaughn.
“This is going to make a powerful difference to the way teaching is conducted in Kenya and in the UK” said Elizabeth.
The training in Nakuru complete, the teachers had the opportunity to go and visit the Summit Schools in Maragua, where their offer to teach the local teachers was eagerly accepted. Every 40 minutes, Charles, the head of education, would bring another group of teachers in for a session.
The next Extraordinary Teaching Journey runs from Thursday 9th July until Wednesday 13th July, in Nakuru, Kenya. While there, you will visit schools, take classes perhaps, and do workshops with local teachers for certain. You will learn form each other, make a difference, which will transform the difference you can make in your own school.
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