Hi I am the Education Officer here in Mombasa....
JAMBO....
Hi my name
is Tom .O.Munyaisa I am a Kenyan citizen. I joined GVI at the beginning of
January as the Education Officer here in Mombasa. As a member
of GVI I have been given the opportunity to exercise my teaching skills in a
different way, to aid volunteers in the classroom by helping and guiding them
from lesson planning to dealing with different children’s behaviours.
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| Tom supporting volunteers in the classroom |
My job is
also to help ensure that we are offering a good standard of English lessons. Making
sure the transition from volunteer to volunteer runs smoothly so limiting the
effect it as on the children’s learning, one way this is achieved is by letting
the new volunteer know about the class they are about to teach by passing on
previous information from volunteers who have just left . So the new volunteer
will already have a head start even before going into the classroom. Another role
is to monitor the progression of the children we teach along with volunteers,
highlighting any needs; for example, we test the children’s reading abilities to
see if they are at the level they should be and if not we put them on the one to one reading program.
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| Volunteers Maddie and Tracy with Olives Standard 4 |
I am also
learning too, having the chance to working along side so many people from many
different countries as given me the chance to learn about their different
cultures and traditions.I have also
had the chance to share many of my countries cultures and traditions with
fellow volunteers which I hope they have found as interesting as I find theirs.
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| Tom and fellow volunteers |
Look
out for my future blogs I will keep you updated with how my year is going.
GVI Mombasa
Education Officer
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