Teacher training

Today, Jen Green, an incredible teacher from California, and I (Sharon Gardner) finished our last day of collaboration with 8 inspiring teacher-leaders from Sierra Leone. This relationship and collaboration began last summer when these teachers and I were part of a group of 30 Sierra Leonian and 5 American teachers learning together and sharing our teaching lives with each other over 5 days. This summer, these 8 were invited to participate in a 4 day trainer-of-trainers professional development where, in partnership, we deepened our understanding of children and learning and developed a curriculum for these teacher-leaders to use with other teachers in Sierra Leone. Our time together was filled with laughter, strong opinions, serious conversations, respect, years of experience, a deep love for children and education and great joy!