The European Union has funded three, one-week workshops for the INSET Department within the Ministry of Education. As I am the consultant working directly with the INSET Department, I am responsible for planning these events, developing the content for the workshops, and facilitating. Last week was the first of my three workshops (the other two will be in June and August, respectively). The workshop was 'residential' and took place at Esibayeni Lodge in Matsapha. The content focused on adult learning theory, interactive learning strategies, how to write/plan a workshop, and how to develop activities for teachers to complete independently at the regional Teacher Resource Centers. The participants were the 14 Directors of the regional Teacher Resource Centers who are responsible for training all of the teachers, Head Teachers, and Deputy Head Teachers in the Kingdom. They have a BIG job! I thoroughly enjoyed stepping out of my 'consultant' shoes and into my 'teaching' shoes for the week and was very proud of the learning that took place. The Directors were eager and motivated and during the course of the week developed their own content and plans for teacher training in their respective regions.
Just a few pictures to help you visualize the week! The workshop room.
Apart from sponsoring the week, the EU also provides a healthy budget for 'stationery' or materials. In a resource deprived setting, things like paper, glue, scissors, teaching resources, markers, etc. are truly hard to come by. So, it was awesome to be able to purchase loads of supplies for the Directors to use in creating their own supplemental materials, etc.
Resources I scavenged the week before on visits to the regional Teacher Resource Centers.
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