Teacher Exchange: Ready for takeoff
Six teachers from Invisible Children’s Schools for Schools program are preparing for the trip of a lifetime. This December and January, in addition to braving weather unlike any in Uganda, they will be visiting classrooms in the U.S. and Canada, learning new teaching methods and sharing about Ugandan education and culture.
Last week they underwent training to prepare for what to expect during the time abroad, from culture shock to weather shock. Teachers who were part of last year’s exchange came to talk about their experiences and offer advice for the current batch of teachers – like being prepared for boneless meat and where to buy winter gloves on sale.
The Teacher Exchange Program was launched in 2007 to facilitate mutual learning for teachers and cultural exposure for students. Twenty to thirty secondary school teachers from around the world come to teach and interact with Ugandan teachers for six weeks each summer, and a group of Ugandan teachers do the same in the U.S. or Canada each winter as part of the Reciprocal Teacher Exchange Program.
Applications for participating in the Teacher Exchange Summer of 2012 are now available for international teachers interested in spending a summer teaching in Uganda.
We’ll update you on the experiences of Walter, Churchill, Joseph, Elizabeth, Rosemary and Denis as they venture into life in the U.S. and Canada in the coming months. A special thanks to Better World Books for making this trip possible!
-Bethany
