Does this look like the door to the Teachers' Lounge at your school? Do you want it to? Would you like the experience of working in such a facility? Teachers Without Boarders, a Canadian-based teachers' organization, would like to make this door the place where you, a well-educated, highly trained, experienced professional, share your craft with your less-privileged colleagues across the world. According to Sharon Peters on her blog in Infinite Thinking Machine, "we rolled up our sleeves together and shared resources, methodologies and practices" with teachers from South Africa and Kenya. TWB strives to train fellow educators to improve their skills in working with students and teachers as well. Establishing teachers who are confident to deliver professional development among their own peers is a prime goal for this organization so training can continue and spread once the initial TWB team has returned home.
Besides joining Teachers Without Boarders and following your wanderlust to the far-reaches of the globe, you can help with a simple donation. TWB is collecting new or gently used technology (digital cameras, flashdrives, and laptops) to be given to newly trained teachers in poverty-stricken parts of the world. In July and August, Ms. Peters "will be returning to South Africa and Kenya as a team leader of ICT teachers who will facilitate workshops for educators ranging from newly appointed elearning specialists to teachers who have never touched a computer before."
What an outstanding organization! Who wants to go on one of these trips with me?
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