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Have you checked out the new Synergies Magazine yet?

Read through June's issue! 'Measuring What Matters'

Click the link to take a look at Synergies' newest monthly product!

Have you checked out the new Synergies Magazine yet?
Read through June's issue! 'Measuring What Matters'
Click the link to take a look at Synergies' newest monthly product!
Investigating Zeba Husain and the Mashal Model School
Fiona reports! Another in the school leader series.
Fiona Vaz (TFI '09) takes a peek at Zeba's school in Islamabad, Pakistan. Read more to find out about this venture!
Jasmine Ong Kim Li on starting year 2 in Malaysia
A fellow shares: Teach for Malaysia on their second year
Make it count! Jasmine shares her exact plan on ensuring this year is better than the last.
Starting a network of schools in rural India:
Reimagine learning with a TFI alum...
Surya, a TFI alum, shares his ambitious idea to reimagine India! Find out more here.

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Jasmine Ong Kim Li posted a blog post

Are you setting your students up for success?

Jasmine, are you really setting your students up for success with this lesson plan? Can you do something else to ensure they learn and can bring home what they learn?I remember my Institute Specialist (IS) during my Teach For Malaysia training asking me that question. Jillian my IS would always ask me that at the end of every lesson plan review. Sometimes the answer comes faster but sometime I would have to ponder if I am really setting my students up for success. What I've learnt over the past…See More

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Adithya Narayanan posted a blog post

A new house, a new year, a new post.

I’m sitting in my new house (the owner of the old one got married, never mind, long story) surrounded by a ton of thick cartons, all of which lie unpacked - cello-tape shining on all of them. There are suitcases of different sizes lying around, a couple of bags are on top of a stool, the TV is upside down, and I don’t have a fan. I didn’t even have electricity or water until about an hour back, but the watchman + electrician + plumber helped me fix it. He was working on the light in the hall,…See More

Jun 11

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Cristina Calderon left a comment for Racheli Davies

"Hi Racheli! Looking forward to meeting you! My email is cristina.calderon@teachforamerica.org-definitely reach out once you get here and we'll get coffee! Excited to meet you, Cristina"

Jun 10

Anam Palla posted a blog post

My classroom vision

As year 2 of the Fellowship ends, I want to post work that I am most proud of myself doing. One of those is a vision that I developed for my classroom after coming back from the Synergies Workshop in Chicago last year. Going back in the classroom I felt that I did not know my students enough and what I wanted for them was just very shallow. Brutally challenged the assumptions, vision and goals I had set for myself and my students in one year and what came out of the painful process was clarity…See More

Jun 6

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Katharina Rimpler added a discussion to the group Exchange between classrooms

Student exchange Hamburg - UK

Hi everybody,I'm currently working in a Hamburg secondary school and I want to establish a student exchange with a school in the United Kingdom next winter (2013/2014). My students participating in the exchange will be in 10th grade (16 - 17 years old). They're participating in a course called Experience abroad where we are trying to broaden their intercultural understanding and communication skills. I am now looking for a partner school to do the exchange with. For the moment I don't think…See More

Jun 3

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Raman Bahl posted a blog post

On Completing an Year at Teach For India!

On Finishing the First Year! ;) Time has passed and here I am today, writing here after about one year! So much has happened since I wrote last. My kids are now in Grade 5 (I think this sums up everything!). Suddenly they seem to have grown up so much! Its been 20 days since I saw them. They are on a break!! Long summer break! And I am on a break too! But today, I am missing them very much! One year for me, to be honest to myself, has not been a roller coaster ride. I have seen downfalls in…See More

May 29

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Laura House replied to Laura House's discussion 'How can we get Primary and Secondary teachers working together for the benefit of their pupils?'

"Hi Amandine Thanks for your message - that's really useful. Over at Teach First I'm hoping to collate research, case studies and resources to support successful cross-phase collaboration, including how primary and secondary schools…"

May 28

Amandine Dusautoir replied to Laura House's discussion 'How can we get Primary and Secondary teachers working together for the benefit of their pupils?'

"Dear Laura, I´m working at Teach First Germany and I was confronted with the same issue. Most of our students learned rules, rituals and way of working in primary school, but secondary teachers start from the beginning…"

May 27

Laura House posted a discussion

How can we get Primary and Secondary teachers working together for the benefit of their pupils?

I'm working at Teach First (UK) and am really keen to help our Primary and Secondary teachers work more closely together for the benefit of their pupils. I think we're missing a trick when we have excellent teachers in both phases who don't always collaborate! Primary teachers are highly skilled at breaking down core concepts and teaching basic Literacy and Numeracy, as well as having experience of teaching a broad range of subjects. They also get the opportunity to spend lots of time with one…See More

May 9

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Surya Pratap Deka replied to Vytautas Miežys's discussion 'Starting a new school'

"Vytautas, Hi buddy, how are you doing?Please drop me a mail at surya@reimagineindia.org"

May 5

Mazhar Asif Qureshi commented on Abeer Obeid's blog post 'Will you sacrifice your life for your students?!'

"Abeer that is exactly how I feel.Some of my students are almost as old me. They have been known to physically hit teachers yet they accept my authority. Honestly I was confused why they did that until i read your post. Maybe it IS true that they can…"

Apr 18

Jasmine Ong Kim Li posted a blog post

Project Building Dreams!

Holy Smokes!I've finally started to roll my project out! Yay!It's time to get the ball roooolllingggg!*excited*This project is actually inspired by one of my students named Ain:Ain lives about 40 km from the school.She comes from a family of 7 and is the 4th child.All her elder siblings dropped out of school to start working to support.She's the first person from there that wants to finish schoolShe dreams of becoming a doctor one dayShe walks in the dark to school and in the blazing sun from…See More

Apr 15

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Jasmine Ong Kim Li replied to Barrie Cracknell's discussion 'How many pupils are in your school? Does it make a difference?'

"As a teacher whom has experienced teaching 45 kids in a class, I would definitely say that anything less than that would be awesome! However, I do think that teaching a maximum of 15-20 students per class is ideal. When attendance was low in some…"

Apr 15

Laura Natali Borda replied to Barrie Cracknell's discussion 'How many pupils are in your school? Does it make a difference?'

"I have 41 students in my classrooms. It surely makes a difference. At the end of the day i know for sure that someone has been left behind. You can use lots of techniques to try to connect with each one of them but it's too difficult to have…"

Apr 14

Vytautas Miežys replied to Vytautas Miežys's discussion 'Starting a new school'

"Thanks for the reply, Fiona! We are going to check the recommended websites. Riverside School in India looks like a promising learning guide."

Apr 14

Fiona Vaz replied to Vytautas Miežys's discussion 'Starting a new school'

"Hey Vytautas, There are a few schools that are starting in India: You could check Reimagine India You could also check some school leadership websites like New Schools for New Orleans, Indian School Leadership Institute (it is a start up but a…"

Apr 14

Vytautas Miežys posted a discussion

Starting a new school

Hello,we are a group of people willing to start a new school in Lithuania willing to make education as professional as it might get.Could you guys share your experiences when it comes to starting a new school, like what are the main steps, what not to miss, what is most important at first. Or else could you recommend some blogs / books to read up on similar experiences.Thank you!VytautasSee More

Apr 5

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Vytautas Miežys left a comment for Domas Briedis

"Domas is very good at integrating IT into his classes. Contact him for help!"

Apr 5

Farah Bayoumi posted a blog post

Time to grow up!

After three years of teaching, with so many ups and downs,here I am!I am now the Resources Development Manager/Volunteering Program Manager and Communication Manager for Sidon Orphan Welfare Society which is an association that includes 4 schools and around 260 employees (special needs school,deaf school, vocational school and the elementary school that I spent the last 3 years in)What do I do? Fundraising, HR, development plans for the schools along with 10 other departments, Media management,…See More

Apr 1

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Nida Farooq replied to Muhammad Umar Farooq's discussion 'Marking assessments'

"Hey Muhammad, Students do skip a couple of things espesically in Math. I think it is fair to give them full credit unless it is a conceptual error. Hope it helps. Nida"

Mar 31