The rising population of young people in Kenya, and across the continent of Africa is straining thousands of K-12 schools.  Those schools are also making a transition from traditional educational practices to the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).  In the CBC, it is not enough to remember facts for a weekly exam, but instead to demonstrate how you understand the content through relevant learning experiences. Training the next generation of educators has never been more important.  Around the world, most young educators leave the profession within 3 years.  We aim to change that.

“Each of these young educators is more likely to persist in a challenging profession, positively impacting thousands of lives.”

– Nick Salmon, Co-Founder of Ustawi Global

Derek Peterson, founder of Kalos Eidos Foundation and creator of the Web of Support framework, co-led a three day PHlight Club with 50 future educators at the Kajiado County Teacher Training Centre.  This set of experiences included numerous opportunities to build meaningful connections between peers, faculty, and the leadership of the Centre.  It also equipped each of the future educators with the insights and skills they will need to persist in their first school placements.  

Each of the 50 young educators has a new understanding of their web, who is anchoring them, and how they might strengthen those connections.  They also have new skills to navigate the first few years of their careers.  Each of those additional years means they will be able to begin to anchor young people themselves.  The math is simple: 50 young educators impact the lives of 100 students each year.  If they persist for 10 years, 50,000 young people will strengthen their Web of Support.  In 20 years, 100,000.  In a remarkable career of 35 years, 175,000 lives will never be the same.  That represents a huge point of differentiation for Kajiado Teachers Training Centre—our graduates will have an impact on your community.