Education Mexico Project #14835

Invest in Teacher Training in Mexico

by World Education & Development Fund

Project Report | Apr 14, 2014
Invest in Teacher Training in Mexico-Final Report

By Robin Forner and Lluvia Alcazar | Development and Communications Team

Past IAPE participant training IAPE IE teachers!

Dear GlobalGiving Donors,

In our last report, we explained how the funds raised through our “Invest in Teacher Training in Mexico” project will be allocated to funding a Spring 2014 IAPE Intensive English (IAPE IE) session. Spring is upon us, and so is our IAPE Intensive English session! The program took place March 30^th through April 9^th, 2014, and it was successful as ever. We are happy to report that your donations have supported teachers in our IAPE IE program which took place in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The 40 participating teachers went through ten intense days of English instruction and pedagogical training, conducted by certified Rassias® Method immersion instructors alongside past program participants. Although the training was hard work, it was significant nonetheless. As always, our IAPE IE participants gave it their all, with one participant commenting, “I want to open the horizons for my students. I want to open their eyes to other countries and cultures and encourage them to learn. IAPE introduced me to people from other parts of Mexico even, I couldn’t have imagined it! My students couldn’t imagine this exposure either! They have such bright futures ahead and I want to orient them to take their life in a better way than what they know in their communities. Their parents didn’t have good opportunities, but they do. I do too” (Xochitl Salazar, IAPE IE participant).

The session might be over but the toughest part of the training is happening right now. Each of our IAPE IE participants has the task of returning to their schools and implement all of the skills, techniques, drills and ideas they learned during their training. But they are not alone. Our IAPE IE participants will continue to be involved with each other by engaging with their IAPE colleagues in the IAPE Virtual Community, a virtual support network where they can share best teaching practices, stories, and questions—all within the IAPE community.

On behalf of everyone involved in these programs, from the Worldfund administrators to the Rassias® instructors to the IAPE participants themselves, we would like to express our most sincere gratitude to every GlobalGiving donor who supporedt us with funds that carry us through successful training sessions such as these. Thanks to your support, we have added 40 new members to our IAPE community who will use the skills they learned to provide a high-quality education and positively impact the way in which their students experience and learn the English language. We could not have done without you.

Raul Lopez, on-site coordinator, practices drills

Links:

IAPE Intensive English Home Page

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Jan 14, 2014
Invest in Teacher Training in Mexico-First Report

By Robin Forner and Lluvia Alcazar | Development and Communications Team

Spring 2013 IAPE IE Session

Worldfund's mission is to raise the quality and relevance of education in Latin America in order to transform lives and break the cycle of poverty. Our program, the Inter-American Partnership for Education (IAPE), trains English-language teachers in Mexico's public schools. The goal is to create a community of innovative and committed English language educators who will transform English instruction in Mexico because it is a critical skill in the global marketplace.

All profits raised through our “Invest in Teacher Training in Mexico” project will be allocated to funding one IAPE Intensive English (IAPE IE) session in Mexico in the spring of 2014. The goal of IAPE IE is to empower classroom teachers with the English language skills and teaching skills necessary to inspire students to master English. Each session is 10 days long and consists of 80 hours of intense English instruction by certified Rassias® immersion instructors. IAPE IE trains 40 teachers per session.

Carlos Novoa, an English teacher in Jalisco, Mexico, and IAPE IE 2013 participant reminisces, “These days in the IAPE Intensive English course have been the most unbelievable days of my whole life. When I got here, I was a stressed teacher with a lot of mixed feelings. But now, I am happy and excited with a lot of good energy because I have been exposed to this incredible IAPE team and the Rassias® Methodology. They were like a virus that transformed my whole being into a much better person and into a super completely equipped teacher.”

Worldfund hopes to raise more funds to fully support one IAPE Intensive English session. There is a high demand for these training sessions in Mexico because of the vast outreach that program participants have conducted in their school communities. A fully-funded program will also provide an opportunity for new English teachers to be mentored and taught by former IAPE participants since our IAPE Intensive English program incorporates previous IAPE Teachers’ Collaborative participants as instructors.

Worldfund would like to take this opportunity to thank all of donors for their support in funding this important program that helps teachers be more successful in the classroom and ensures higher quality learning standards for students throughout Mexico. How would you like to be involved?

Spring 2013 IAPE IE participants during training.

Links:

IAPE Intensive English Web Page

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