Teacher Training
August 30, 2010
A week of training started today for the teachers and school directors of four of our partner schools. The very reputable teacher training firm, CAFT, is training teachers to use participative methods with the national curriculum. Four of their trainers are pictured below, including Director Linda Gershuny.
The three other schools that we partner with will also receive a full week of training during the month of September and before the school year starts on October 4.
We are grateful to our supporters who make first-rate training like this possible!
Singing is an important part of training in Haiti. Words of songs reinforce concepts being taught. We hope you enjoy this short clip!
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Visioning and Strategizing With Partners
August 7, 2010
This past Wednesday we convened school principals, assistants and teacher representatives from our seven partner schools. These are 4 schools outside of Leogane (earthquake epicenter), one in Cite Soleil, one on Island of La Gonave, and one in mountains south of Port-au-Prince. The visioning, strategizing and prioritizing, not to mention fellowship, energized us all. Among the things we accomplished included a one page document defining our collective vision and goals, including skills and values that we will work to develop and nurture in our students.
We also created the year’s program of training for teachers and administrators, shared successes and challenges, and scheduled another meeting for December to review progress and address challenges. We can’t thank Haiti Partners’ supporters enough for investing in the country’s future–the education of children.
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XO Laptop Exchange in Virgin Islands
June 4, 2010
Last weekend my Haitian co-worker Benaja Antoine and I (John Engle) participated in an XO Laptop conference in the Virgin Islands. Not only were there students and mentors working on learning and teaching XO Laptops but the conference also convened people from around the world, including 3 from Afghanistan, who have been involved in “deployments” of XO Laptops.
Benaja and I are grateful for the opportunity to learn what others are doing. We are also grateful to have spent time with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and Waveplace staff. Waveplace is the organization we teamed up with for the 200 XO Laptop pilot during April and May. We’re optimistic that we’re going to receive XO Laptops for majority of students in some or all of our partner schools in coming months. Here’s a short video:
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XO Laptop Update: Great Stuff!
May 1, 2010
Haiti Partners is grateful to be in partnership with Waveplace and OLPC in this pilot. We are excited about this pilot leading to ALL students in our 7 partner schools having XO laptops!
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MIT STUDENTS AND OLPC VISIT OUR PILOT
Arpil 29, 2010
Students from MIT under leadership of Dale Joachim and Barry Vercoe, who are with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and MIT, visited our XO Laptop pilot yesterday. It was great to have them exchange with our school directors, mentors and students who are involved in the pilot program. Click here for more photos.
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Schools of Students in XO Laptop project
April 9, 2010
I visited yesterday the XO laptop training of the children and mentors in Darbonne, Haiti. I couldn’t have been more impressed! The confidence of the mentors as they worked with the students and the confidence and pride of the students as the made those laptops do what they wanted them to made my heart sing. This truly is an opportunity to leapfrog forward in education for these children. Here are images of the schools where these children went before the earthquake:
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Students Learn XO Laptops
April 7, 2010
An update with 40 students beginning a month long training on XO laptops. Plus, Zyman Foundation is going to fund entire Cabois Learning Center/Shelter! Thank you to the Zyman family! Finally, longtime friend and colleague Kim Montroll working with us to create Intern Program.
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