I arrived here at school-based training on Monday and now we
are coming to the end of our first week.
So far, so good. I met the 27
secondary school trainees on Monday and I have yet to meet the primary trainees. Since the beginning of the week we have had
one volunteer leave, but the rest of them are still going strong. This week has been very intensive with
sessions that we, as trainers, are giving the trainees. We have been teaching them everything from
lesson planning to classroom control and management to subject specific
information. I really feel that this
training is much better and more focused than the training I received last
year. Right now we are focusing with
them on just their teaching, how to teach and how to teach in Uganda (which can
be very different than teaching in America).
So far, I’ve really liked taking on this new role of Peace
Corps Volunteer Trainer (PCVT). It gives
me an interesting perspective on how training is run and what all goes into
it. I was also really excited to meet
the new trainees. They are an
enthusiastic, excited, energetic bunch of people who are really trying their
best to embrace this country and its school system. I’m also happy with the other PCVTs that were
chosen to work with this training.
Tomorrow the trainees have been given the options to take a
trip to Kampala to go shopping. All of
them have decided to take this opportunity.
As a trainer, I am also going to Kampala for the day just to hang out
and probably get some good food.
On Sunday, I will be leaving here to travel to Camp Build in
Kisubi. So all of next week I’ll be
working with Build and then I’ll be returning here on Saturday. From there I have another week of training to
attend before I go on vacation. Working
with training has been really good for me because I get to have a hand in the
experiences of these trainees and it makes my time here go by faster. Every day I’m one step closer to going home.
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