By Diane Dvorin | Co-founder and Managing Director
2016 – If Not Now, When?
With the 2016 Guatemalan school year starting in January, the ADIMTU team ran the first installment of the pilot teacher training program, implementing the plan for the Leadership Institute to become a teacher-led, in-classroom curriculum. This move to train teachers has secured enthusiastic support from the Ministry of Education as key to their disseminating these successful programs to more schools across the department (i.e., state) of San Marcos.
In light of the ambitious transition plans for this year, WWT Program Director, Wendy Baring-Gould, spent the better part of February in San Pedro Sacatepéquez. She worked intensively with the ADIMTU team to review outcomes of the initial teacher workshops and was present for the next set of trainings. She participated in expanded discussions with key people from the Ministry during her time there, and some important steps were taken to lay the foundation for scaling up the Leadership Institute in the 2017 school year.
Wendy reported excellent progress on the team’s re-thinking of the Leadership Institute programs to include boys, beginning this year with a pilot program in 9 of our schools. The team re-visioned the first-year program, La Vida de Mi Mamá, as La Vida de Mi Familia and is now engaged in implementing these changes in the field. They also reviewed the second and third year programs, improving them for this year and preparing for the inclusion of boys in each, as this years’ pilot group of boys advances thru the grades.
The work plan for 2016 is both hopeful and pragmatic as we continue to move forward on all fronts, essentially to:
All of this is made possible by the diligent work and inspiration of our partners at ADIMTU, WWT’s deeply committed volunteers, and your financial support. ¡Adelante!
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