Funding at last
on Kate in Guyana (Guyana), 06/May/2010 17:55, 34 days ago
We finally have funding to run our workshops next week, also for our three days in June. This is great news, as it has all been such a last minute job, you never know if it will run or not. It has been a bit stressful. Now I have been booking up who will come on which day, and getting all the paperwork sorted out. It feels much better when I can actually get on with it.All the teachers from special schools (90) are coming, and bringing their first assignment from the course. The assignment includes that they need to try out a new activity with their class, and evaluate it. I have used the Reflect Plan Do Review method that we did last year at work. I was astonished that some of the teachers did not seem able to understand what I meant by an activity. They think that teaching is about writing on the blackboard. We have a long road to travel!The main thing that I want to do on the course is to get them to share good practice. Teachers here are always criticised and blamed, so I want to try to get them to talk in pairs and small groups about activities they have tried, then they can take them back to their own school, and hopefully spread some new ideas around. In the process I hope they will learn to work together and support each other. Then in the future who knows what will develop. Ninety teachers all pulling in the same direction should be able to get some things changed for the better for kids with special needs?