5 Care Mission staff are embarking on a new chapter in their educational journey this summer! Joanna, Joel, Josiah, and Prince will be starting or resuming classes through the local training institute LICOSSES to earn their AA degrees, while our school administrator Ampee will be resuming her BS degree at Liberia International Christian College (LICC). All are benefitting from our new Teacher Training Project that covers tuition fees for committed staff who want to increase their knowledge. They have chosen a wide variety of majors including education, administration, science, math, and language arts.
Teachers continuing their education with help from Care Mission this year. From left to right Prince, Joanna, Ampee, Joel, and Josiah.
Why do we need a teacher training program?
Over half of teachers in Liberia are under-trained for their grade level and subject (World Bank, 2010). This scarcity of trained teachers is felt by schools country-wide seeking to hire qualified staff, and our school is no exception. We are currently forced to share some of our upper-elementary teachers with other schools, and some teachers have not completed training recommended for their positions. Our teachers are eager to reach higher levels of competency, but just like in the US, the cost of additional training is not affordable. Most of our staff support large families with their salaries and don’t have access to credit at fair interest rates. That is why we are committing $13,000 of our donated funds to remove the cost barrier to advanced training for up to eight of our staff members.
From left to right, teachers Prince, Josiah, Joanna, and Joel
Good luck teachers!
We are so excited for our staff as they take on this new challenge. We hope their hard work will benefit their careers and the students they instruct. We are so grateful to our donors for helping with this project that will directly impact so many lives. If you would like to contribute, please visit our donations page or contact us!
1. “World Bank. 2011. Out of the Ashes : Learning Lessons from the Past to Guide Education Recovery in Liberia. Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27588 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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