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On the first day of Trainer Workshops with the teachers from Ngarenanyuki and Leguruki  we asked the teachers to work in four groups to discuss the big question of "What has been happening in your school or ward during the April-June 2016 term?"

There were four categories that the trainers were asked to discuss and answer. There was lots of talking and sharing…

Yesterday we spent the morning visiting two schools in Leguruki Ward in Tanzania. We met with Mr. Tito, principal, of Nkoasenga Primary School and spoke to him about his school. Nkoasenga Primary has ten teachers and 630 students which made for busy…

Makungu's Lesson Outline  for Form Four Civic's lesson at Nkoasenga Secondary School.

    Students working together to review.

 Busy discussing their questions…

 We finished day three of our teacher trainer workshops last weekend. That was the day that the teachers used the skills that they have acquired and developed over several years of Education Beyond Borders (EBB) workshops. The fourteen teachers have attended teacher training methodology workshops in collaborative teaching, differentiated instruction and inquiry…

The morning was bright and sunny as we started our first walk through King'ori village to the CKC Centre. Many locals watched our group of four mazungu women as we walked through their village. We received many greetings of jambo, habari and mambo. Absalon and Jesse (two local teachers) were already at the CKC waiting for us to arrive. They both helped us set up for their…

Saturday, July 16th

Karibuni Tanzania!

Karibuni is a word that we hear from the moment that we land in the Kilimanjaro Airport to daily walking the streets of Arusha. Everywhere we go…

Wednesday, July 25^th, 2012

Nkoasenga Secondary School is led by the vibrant Fides Shirima. Shirima was the only school head who attended the principal’s meeting plus all three days of workshops. Shirima’s laugh is infectious but it’s her dedication to her students and school that’s truly admirable. Mkoasenga has German donors who support the…

Tuesday, July 24^th

Our school visits began at Leguruki Secondary School. Leguruki is a private school with 120 students, 50 of whom are boarders. The school has a generator to provide some power. The generator was provided through a project with Arusha Technical College. We were warmly welcomed by Mr. Emmanuel Loi and Mr. Urio. We visited the…

July 19^th, 2012

Children smiling, women in colourful kangas and an assortment of good for sale were the sights that greeted us as we arrived at Leguruki on market day. The market was alive with vendors selling, women buying and children watching the wazungus (the foreign visitors) walk through the market. My eyes were immediately…

July 18^th, 2012

 Workshops

 Teachers were divided into two groups for the four workshop days: science/math and English/humanities. Science/math were in workshops on Tuesday and Thursday while English/humanities attending on Wednesday and Friday. This allowed us to deliver the same workshops two days in a row and make improvements from feedback for the second session.

Our first set of workshops focused on collaborative learning techniques. Through…

Monday, July 16^th

Our first day of workshops at Shiston Secondary School in Leguruki Ward in Tanzania passed in a flurry of smiling faces, discussion and plans for the week. My star moments were when I was able to reconnect with teachers that I had met last year. Teachers were from the five secondary schools in the ward: Shiston, Leguruki, Maruvango, Mirini and Nkoasenga. The morning started with questions that would guide the discussions for our week. Groups were…

July 13, 2012

I’ve already been in Tanzania for six days which is so hard to believe. I already feel so far away from my usual western world. When I arrived last Sunday evening the Kilimanjaro airport was crowded with people arriving to climb the mountain or others ready to go out on safari. I felt like an anomaly in the crowd, more visitor than tourist. Abu picked me up and we headed down the highway for the forty five minute drive to Arusha. With the window rolled down I…

Aarthi Naidu and I traveled together from London, England to join our team in Arusha. We were greeted at the Kilimanjaro Airport by our team leader Shannon Howlett and her family. The trip to Arusha was a forty minute drive through a scenic landscape of rolling hills and corn crops. Unfortunately the corn crops have mostly failed this year and the World Food Bank will be working in the area to help feed people. We were joined later in the day by our other team members Katharine Kan and Clare…

When we woke up Monday morning it was still dark out side and we began the task of packing the van and traveling to Shiston Secondary School. We were prepared for forty eight teachers from the five ward secondary schools but were worried that no one would show up. We had no idea what to expect or whether the teachers even wanted to be part of the workshop. We arrived at the school by 8:15am and began to set up the classroom, registration table and supplies. The first few teachers were from…

Karibu

Today is the beginning of my 2011 journey back to Kenya. I am sitting in the Toronto airport waiting for my flight to London, England. It's the start of two days of traveling and thinking about my family at home but also my friends in Kenya.

This year I am also fortunate to be working with EBB in Tanzania. A small group of EBB volunteers will be visiting Aursha, Tanzania to introduce teachers to EBB and our workshops. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet new teachers…

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Today our facilitator workshops focused on collaborative learning and teaching. There was lots of laughter as we shared ideas throughout the day. We facilitated an introduction to collaborative learning using a

reading circle approach that had the Kenyan teachers reading their…

Monday, August 9, 2010

This is the first day of facilitator workshops with the Kenyan teachers at Utimishi Academy. Many of the facilitators arrived last night so we had a chance to get to know

each other over supper. Today there was an amazing amount of great discussion

about Professional Learning Communities (PLC), the graffiti activity questions

prompted…