2nd Annual English Teachers Workshop

Thursday, February 24th and Friday, February 25th, teachers and student-teachers from Santo Antao and Mindelo participated in the 2nd Annual Teachers of English Workshop.  It was so great to see teachers get together to share ideas, talk about issues in the classroom, and just generally work together to improve English education in Cape Verde.  It was a great experience. Here are some pictures from the event:

Valdir, Donzilia, and Isaac:  UNI-CV college students.  They gave a great presentation on classroom management.  I was so proud of them!  And everyone LOVED the presentation.



Teachers from Mindelo and Santo Antao doing group work during the workshop.



Fedra, from Ludgero Lima in Mindelo.  Fedra and Jimmy did an AWESOME presentation on classroom motivation.  They were so enthusiastic and well-prepared.  They set the bar high for next year's presenters.

My counterpart, Ms. Brito.  She is the delegada for the education department here in Sao Vicente.  She is super organized, efficient, and nice!  She is a great counterpart.  I am going to be sad to leave her.

Kate, a volunteer from Santo Antao, and Celestino, my Peace Corps boss.  They were both such HUGE helps during the workshop.  I could not ask for better friends and colleagues.

Donzilia, my best friend here in Cape Verde.  Look at that face?!  Isn't she just so cute.

Misty, a Peace Corps volunteer from Praia.  She is giving her presentation on writing and current events in the classroom.  It was definitely one of the favorite presentations at the workshop.  She came all the way from Praia just to help me out with the workshop.

Me....checking off things on my list.

Megan, a Peace Corps volunteer from Santo Antao, and I.  We were busy filling resource folders and completing diplomas.  Megan was awesome--she worked all week and never complained once.

The group!  We had a total of 77 teachers.