Après le pain, l'éducation est le premier besoin du peuple.
After bread, education is the first need of the people.
Georges Danton
We have wrapped up a good week of planning and training in Cap-Haitien.As always I have been blessed to have wonderful colleagues in Jhonel Morvan and Gabriel Osson who help navigate and nurture our partnerships. I am very grateful to our new friends and partners at Northeastern State University and Robotics Education and Competition Foundation for leading the robotics training.
The week has surpassed my expectations (and they were already high!).
Next steps?
Return in the summer to lead a major teaching and leadership institute.
Return to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics opportunities for Haitian youth, particularly girls, in a summer camp.
Impact?
1,000s of students, teachers, and principals who have more capacity and opportunity to pursue their dreams!
What is the most important need of a nation? Bread and education. We are supporting the one so that people can ensure the other.
"Global" and "local" are constructs which no longer adequately capture our lived experience. "Glocal" attempts to capture the melding of international and local realities. This blog provides an opportunity to consider how we can develop glocal thinking and encourage others to do so as well.
About Me
- Steve Sider
- I have been an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My M.Ed. and Ph.D. had a focus on the educational and linguistic experiences of children who moved from other countries to Canada.
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