Teaching With Jamaica partners Texas teachers with Jamaica Link Ministries to provide a yearly professional development conference to Jamaican teachers.
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Teach With Jamaica was founded in 2006, by a teacher named Karla Hughes Cass, who had served as a summer missionary to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Through daily interaction with area teachers and children she saw a need for additional educational support. Through discussions with the leadership team of Jamaica Link Ministries (JLM) a partnership was formed to support Jamaican teachers by holding an annual educational conference. With the tremendous help of fellow Texas teachers who share the vision of supporting Jamaican educators, Teach With Jamaica was formed. It later became known as Teaching With Jamaica. It is now run by a governing board led by Patti Gilbert and including Kathi Bingham, Donna Walsh, and Becky Walsh who partner with Pastor Dave Falconer
Description
Teach With Jamaica was founded in 2006, by a teacher named Karla Hughes Cass, who had served as a summer missionary to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Through daily interaction with area teachers and children she saw a need for additional educational support. Through discussions with the leadership team of Jamaica Link Ministries (JLM) a partnership was formed to support Jamaican teachers by holding an annual educational conference. With the tremendous help of fellow Texas teachers who share the vision of supporting Jamaican educators, Teach With Jamaica was formed. It later became known as Teaching With Jamaica. It is now run by a governing board led by Patti Gilbert and including Kathi Bingham, Donna Walsh, and Becky Walsh who partner with Pastor Dave Falconer
Each teacher in the group had to apply for their position. Teaching With Jamaica, the American side of the program, has a governing board who reviews applications to choose teachers for their mission, enabling them to maintain a balance of teacher expertise to fulfill the different educational needs of the Jamaican teachers and schools, such as upper and lower reading, upper and lower math, early childhood So far, TWJ has provided workshops in Early Childhood Math and Reading.
Below are some pictures that show the condition of the schools our Jamaican partner teachers work in, which will give you an idea of some difficulties they might have with obtaining resources.
Below are some pictures that show the condition of the schools our Jamaican partner teachers work in, which will give you an idea of some difficulties they might have with obtaining resources.