Professional Development Without Borders

Sharon Peterswearejustlearning.pbwiki.c

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Personal Learning Environments/Network

sWho is responsible for your learning?

Diagram: Dr. Alec Couros

• At 59 million, teachers are the largest professionally-trained group in the world

100 million children do not go to school, 66% - girls

850 million illiterate adults

HIV-AIDS infections, domestic violence, the sex trade, military gangs are dominated by the undereducated

…and the key to social and economic development

TWB-Canada is a non-profit NGO devoted to closing the education

divide through teacher professional development and community

education.

Cape Town

Naivasha, Laikipia Districts

TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08

School2School Toolbox

Please help me by suggesting resources and tools that would help you support a global

classroom to classroom exchange!

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teacherswithoutborders.org

International site

TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08

South Africa - 3 weeks

✴Team of 5 Canadian teachersTeam of 5 Canadian teachers

✴Needs assessment with Needs assessment with Khanya and and EdunovEdunova✴Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two townships

✴Follow-up visits Follow-up visits

TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09South Africa - 4 weeks

✴Team of 6-8 multinational teachers + SA Team of 6-8 multinational teachers + SA teachersteachers

✴Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and Partnering with Edunova, Khanya and othersothers

✴Two sets of workshops for developing ICT Two sets of workshops for developing ICT skills in teachers in two townshipsskills in teachers in two townships✴1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin 1 week of bootcamp workshops for admin leadersleaders

✴Follow-up visits Follow-up visits

Kenya: 4 weeks

✴Needs assessment with District Educator Officers (2 districts), Kenya Institute of Education and Canada High Commission (CIDA), partnering NGOs

✴Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science

✴Follow-up visits to schools in the area

✴Visits to school facilities with special needs

✴Report of recommendations made to KIE

✴Identification of Kenyan teachers to lead workshops next year

TWB Canada July-Aug ‘08

Kenya: 4 weeks

✴Two sets of workshops (Secondary, Elem) for teachers of English, math, and science in two districts with Kenyan teachers

✴1-2 weeks of ICT training in West Kenya

✴Follow-up visits to schools in the area

✴Visits to school facilities with special needs

✴Report of recommendations made to KIE

TWB Canada July-Aug ‘09

Profiles Fezeka High School

Thananga Ng’angaTeacher at Miti Mingi High School

John MichuriPrincipal of Tigithi Sec.

Paul Mwaniki, CTC

Partnering NGOs

www.edunova.org

www.olpejetaconservancy.org

www.educationwithoutborders.ca

Ways to Participate

•Join Teachers Without Borders Canada

•Facilitate a class-to-class project

•Sponsor a teacher to go abroad

•Participate in an online mentoring relationship

•Spread the word!

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Montréal,Canada

Loise Girls School: where the XOs will be sent

Nanyuki, Kenya

Online Spaces to find us

www.youtube.com/TWBCanada

twbcanada.ning.com/

www.teacherswithoutborders.org

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TWB Canada’s Youtube channel

Sharon Peters, TWB Quebec Provincial Contact: speters@twbcanada.org