Deep breath—Inhale…1…2…3…and exhale… I have just finished my first ever Teacher Training for our Primary School Teachers who are facilitating the life skills education at Usa River Academy. This was a big challenge for me to complete because, while I can train kids with my eyes closed, training teachers is a whole different animal to
I’m back with another update from Tanzania, and this one I write with a huge smile on my face! After 3 years of organizing and conducting Teacher Training for TFFT, I was recently rewarded unexpectedly! The participants from the Early Grades Literacy training surprised me in a great way with what they have accomplished since the
Hello from Tanzania! As a follow up to the monitoring and evaluation training that we facilitated for our partner schools in December of 2012, TFFT hosted a capacity-building training for school leadership (heads of school and school managers). This training focused on teacher supervision, which is an enduring challenge of the Teacher Training Program. Being
Hello again! Today I am back with the fun stuff. While yesterday's post discussed many of the issues surrounding illiteracy and the lack of resources. Today I bring to you an idea that I hope will excite you and motivate you to get involved! Our support for teachers doesn’t end with the training—we need to
I was, and still am, proud to have come from a town—tiny it may be—in rural Philippines with a public library. Looking back, I would say that being introduced to it at third grade by the daughter of my kindergarten teacher was the greatest blessing of my childhood life. I always wonder: Had I not
Today we get to hear form our wonderful Learning and Evaluations Director, Melissa! With the inception of the strategic plan and transitioning to a new leadership on the ground, the past months had been very busy for all of us at The Foundation for Tomorrow. As Learning and Evaluations Director, my work includes making sure
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, or so the adage says. Teachers from TFFT’s partner schools proved this for themselves when they took the Literacy Through Photography introductory workshop last July 21. TFFT was lucky to have met Katie Hyde, main facilitator of the LTP Program in Tanzania. In a lunch meeting arranged
By Melissa Queyquep TFFT’s Teacher Training Program has been really busy this past month. We finished two training events in 2 partner schools, SEGA and Usa River Academy, training a total of 32 teachers. The training at Usa River Academy marks the revival of our training relationship with the school as we had
By Melissa Queyquep, TFFT's Teacher Training Program Director This year’s first teacher training was held recently at Star High School. The theme for the training was “Managing Classrooms Effectively to Maximize Student Learning,” and we covered Classroom Management, Assessment, and Grading. Held at Star High School last January 4th to 6th, fourteen teachers attended the
It all started in the kitchen of Gina Kirkpatrick, a Science and Maths teacher at the International School of Moshi (ISM-Arusha campus). Over beef burgers and beers, John Lane, a fellow teacher, talked about The Foundation for Tomorrow and what it does. John Lane was a volunteer teacher at Matonyok Parents’ Trust, one of TFFT’s