Solomon Kisemei is one of the 16 foreign teachers who have come to Harrisonburg to learn how to improve their school systems under the sponsorship of Irex, a nonprofit organization committed to international education in academic research, professional training and technical assistance. Kisemei is from Kajiado, Kenya and teaches geography at Kajiado High School. The differences between Kajiado and Harrisonburg more »
Rita Nakadaira has been teaching English for over 20 years in her home country, Brazil. Nakadaira knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a career in education. At the age of 12, Nakadaira began taking English classes at a local language center. In Brazil, the native language is Portuguese, and English is offered as a foreign language, more »
Though she’s only been in the US for half of our second semester, Mouna Zouitni already feels that she’s learned a lot. As a teacher enrolled in the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP), Zouitni, who’s taught English for twenty years in her native Morocco, feels that she’s adding onto her career experience by joining the program, which aims to more »
The school Archana Mankodia teaches at in India is vastly different than our public American High School. For example, The Daly College (which, despite what the name implies, is not a university) is a private boarding school for grades K-12. Mankodia teaches world and Indian geography to students in grades 9-12. In addition to that, she is house mother to more »
Saiful Islam teaches at Agrani School and College in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Agrani is an all-girl school of over 4000 students–a school so big assemblies must be conducted outside. Each grade is divided into five sections of 70 to 80 students and class sizes average 70-80 students. Desks are fixed to the floors, and students remain seated in more »
Egyptian exchange teacher Ragab Hassan explains differences between his Egyptian educational system and the American educational system that he is learning about.
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