BpTT, THA partner to train 115 teachers

BP Trinidad and Tobago  (bpTT) and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) have partnered to provide professional development training  to 115 teachers across Tobago. The training, which began on Monday is being held at the Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute (THTI) facilities in Blenheim, Mount St George. A release from bpTT said the programme will run for eight days and comprise 40 contact hours. Teachers will engage in interactive sessions, covering modules including the legal responsibility of every educator, creativity in the classroom, alternate disciplinary practices, professionalism and ethics and mediation and conflict resolution. Teachers completing the mandatory 40 hours will receive a UWI-accredited Certificate of Professional Development in a graduation ceremony at the end of the workshop.

 

 

 Entitled Teaching in the 21st Century, the training caters for teachers at all education levels and is facilitated by the University of the West Indies’ Social Problems Analysis and Policy Development (USPAPD). The training was launched by Whitney Alfred, THA secretary of the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport.  “This programme is designed to enhance the performance of our hard-working teachers and deliver to the evolving needs of our students,” Alfred said. “We are embarking on a school repair programme that, come September, will provide an upgraded learning environment, including the inclusion of interactive whiteboard technology in all our primary and secondary schools. And through this training, the students will receive the added benefit of improved and inspired teachers.” Following the opening ceremony, the teachers divided into four groups and started their first day of training.