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with teachers in under-resourced communities

2020 Annual Update

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In January 2005, a mission team of Canadians from St. Paul’s Leaskdale, Ontario, hosted a youth leadership camp in Hainamosa, a needy community outside Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. In this community, both public and private schools face the challenges of being under-resourced. Dominican teachers noticed the co-operative learning strategies used by the Canadians in working with the youth and asked to learn more about this instructional approach.

TMA was created in response to this request. A group of Canadian educators facilitated a summer workshop for 70 teachers in Hainamosa. It was such a success that both the Dominicans and the Canadians realized there was a need for a bigger program. Future workshops on instructional strategies were planned based on a “train the trainers” model.

To date, TMA has trained more than 2000 teachers, principals and system leaders and handed out more than 1700 Tribes Spanish version books to participants.

Teacher Mentors Abroad is a registered not-for-profit charity with no religious or political affiliations. TMA mentors are change agents, striving for and motivated by a better education for students today in an effort to increase their chances of a brighter tomorrow.

Using a sustainable model of teacher development, by training the trainers, TMA builds dynamic learning partnerships with teachers in under-resourced communities. We first identify instructional leaders in our partner communities who are committed to building their professional skills. Then we determine the specific needs of these teachers, based on their input, and train them in solid research-based instructional practices for engaging students in their classrooms. Finally, we help facilitate training sessions where lead teachers share their newly acquired skills with their colleagues.

There is no fee charged to the host community for the services of the Canadian professionals. TMA takes care of all program costs. Donations from sponsors both large and small fund our projects. To encourage donor support, TMA has registered as a not-for-profit charity in Canada.

We invite you to support our work, either through a secure cash donation through our DONATION page on this website - or through donating your expertise and skills to the organization.

TMA builds dynamiclearning partnerships

TMA builds dynamic
learning partnerships