Week 4: End of the pre-service training for CAL Fellows Link to the Pictures This week our teachers spent every evening assisting in one of the classrooms of the evening centre. On Monday we started the week off with a quick reflection on the program and then they each did...
Fellows Training (Week Three)
Week 3: This week has been an interesting week. There has been so much that we have been able to cover… Link to the Pictures This week we started assessing the teachers on their mock lessons and we covered all of them. On Monday, We went over the discussion on...
Fellows Training (Week Two)
Week 2: Here is what we did… Day 1: We started the week by diving into an area on Being Vision Driven, We helped them understand what Vision and Goals are and helped them establish these SMART Goals for themselves. The link to Passion in their work was also discussed....
Fellows Reflection (Week Two)
Reflection from one of our trainees… “Everything that we learnt was new, yet what we learnt resonated with what knew already. It was an inspiration for the kind of teacher I want to be... The way I learn and how children learn is different. So, I need to figure out...
Fellows Induction (3)
On Wednesday, after some reflection. They did a program where they went back to their idea of personal development, and they learnt about creating their personal SWOT analysis. They also explored the Johari Window to understand their competencies and personality. Then they watched some videos that Weere had picked out...
Fellows Induction (2)
On Tuesday they started the day with some reflection, which I joined to discuss their learnings from the previous day and to encourage the habit of journalling through this programme. The second day was dedicated to understanding the role of leadership. They had a session based on understanding the difference...
Fellows Induction (1)
About the Trainer: For those of you that don’t know Weere Weerasingham who led the program this week. He is someone who started his career and life in teaching and then became a principal in a public school. Thereafter he changed careers and worked for over 21 years in the...
Pilot Program Induction
Session was led by Ramesh (Education Specialist and Child Development Centre Head for Killinochchi) and Reggie (Child Development Centre Head for Nuwereliya) and we were able to cover everything that we planned too. What we were able to accomplish during the day: (1) We started with an icebreaker and a...
A Teacher’s Note
Dear Friends, Thank you for visiting the Teach First Sri Lanka website, and for sharing our commitment to improving children’s education. We are a team of experienced educators, change-makers, policy-shapers, technologists and social entrepreneurs, who come from diverse backgrounds but share a common goal:to empower change through action. We need your...