The Teacher's Tool Box

Teachers from the Rev. Kareri Primary School of the Eastleigh Community Centre participating in a professional development seminar with the Iftin leaders.

As a follow up to the professional development training provided by Don & Joy Hepburn last November, we prepared a seminar in cooperative learning methodologies for our colleagues Zahra, Nelius, and the faculty of the primary school. It was a great time to get to know our the other teachers within the community centre and to encourage each other.

The "inside and outside circles" activity

We were able to use some wonderful material compiled by Carla Nelson for the Pattern's of Promise Conference, that we attended earlier this year. Together with the teachers, we looked at our "teacher's tool box" and considered how we as teachers could improve our effectiveness as educators in Eastleigh. Beyond several simple tools that we introduced today, the teachers identified key areas of interest for future training: counselling, classroom management, and new teaching methodologies topped their list.