By Alison Hendry | Program Officer
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for the support of the Afghan Institute of Learning’s (AIL) work training Afghan teachers. So far in 2014, 729 teachers have been trained, and 477 of those have been women. AIL trains teachers to encourage their students to use critical thinking skills to solve problems, and use group work in their classrooms, rather than relying on rote memorization. In addition to month long, intensive trainings, AIL offers ongoing training to teachers at AIL Learning Centers and several private schools, as well as short one hour workshops to address a particular topic with the teachers.
AIL’s workshops often help new teachers feel more prepared to enter the classroom as a teacher. Nasreen, a 21 year old teacher at a private school was in one of AIL’s recent teacher training seminars and said “I graduated last year and was assigned to teach at my current school, but I confess that I didn’t know anything about teaching. I faced so many problems. For instance, I didn’t know how to keep my students interested in the lessons or how to motivate or inspire them. I have always wanted to be a teacher, hoping that I would be able to guide my students in the best possible way. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very successful.
I think this is about to change now that I have participated in the AIL teacher training seminar. I have learned so many skills and methods, which I am planning to use in my classes. I really feel like I have become a professional teacher and am much better prepared to walk in to my classroom.”
Thank you so much for supporting our efforts to train Afghan teachers to be the best possible educators for their students. Each year, your support helps AIL to train nearly 1,000 teachers – teachers who reach upwards of 30,000 students in their careers. Thank you for understanding the value of education, and of quality teaching.
We have attached our year end newsletter to this report and hope you will take a few minutes to read it.
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