Our mission...

The mission of the Teacher to Teacher Team is to provide access to age-appropriate books for primary school children and to provide assistance to teachers and administrators in methodology and techniques in curriculum.

The Teacher to Teacher Team is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Health Partners.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Teacher to Teacher Tuesday

Today as we registered the arriving teachers, a Head Teacher (Principal) appeared who said he did not know about the workshop for Head Teachers the previous day. He was not informed! I asked Leonard,the Conference Sec. Of UMC Primary Schools,why he wasn't told. Leonard said the gentleman lives in a village where you must stand in one spot to access wifi. Unless the Head Teacher calls Leonard for updates, he would not know what is going on. I allowed him to stay!  Amy

I met first with the group of Class III and IV teachers. Each received a deck of cards,and we discussed ways a teacher could us it to review numbers,practice multiplication and division, and encourage student use of numbers.
With the Class V and VI group, we worked similarly worked with calculators and special math decks of cards.
My session with the Class I and II teachers included using counters to learn numbers, bundling sticks for place value practice, using a 100'schart for patterning, and using modified deck of cards for several types of practice.
All the participants in the three small groups were polite and attentive, despite the heat and infrequent language struggles. A great first day!   Lisa

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the daily entries and am now in the habit of checking daily. We are all keeping track of you all. Please keep posting.

Any chance of including pictures?

Ryan Ranck

Anonymous said...

Sounds like an amazing start so far! You all are truly being the hands and the feet of Jesus! I look forward to reading about your adventures each day!

Lauren Williams

Anonymous said...

Lisa,
So proud of the work you are doing! Loved hearing about what you are teaching. Is there anything we can do to help with the upper elementary school library? Start collecting books? Seek out donations?

Love,
Lynette

Anonymous said...

Lisa,
Thank you for this work which will make a difference in the lives of others for years to come
Dan S.