Highlights from the 6th Annual Gala
Did you miss the 6th Annual Gala? Well some of the highlights of the night include: Sipho Mpongo’s photography slideshow, speeches from James Malope, Asanda...
LEAP Fellows & Faculty-in-Residence
$210,000 raised at our 6th Annual Gala!
We are thrilled to announce that our 6th Annual Gala on March 2nd raised a whopping $210,000+ for our Global Teacher Institute education exchange and teacher...
Welcoming LEAP/TWA Interns from South Africa
On January 10th, we welcomed the team of 11 LEAP Future Leader student-teachers and 1 LEAP Faculty member to San Francisco on our month-long Internship Exchange...
This year we are thrilled to have 18 teachers placed in South African Schools — 12 full-time Fellows and 4 Faculty-in-Residence spread throughout the six LEAP School campuses in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Limpopo, and Pretoria from June through August. And, after last year’s successful pilot Early Childhood Education Program, we will also be sending 2 Teacher Trainer Fellows to the Sabi Sand area for a second year of working with rural preschools in collaboration with the Singita Game Reserve and Pacific Oaks College.
Our team of highly experienced teachers will be focused on teacher training and professional development in a variety of concentration areas such as: integrating technology in the classroom, hands-on project-based learning, and teaching to varied learning styles. TWA Fellows will also lead academic and enrichment workshops during the LEAP School holiday sessions. The Fellows will collaborate closely with LEAP faculty and student teachers to promote educational equity in South Africa. Dispersing our Fellows to the expanding LEAP network will also allow us to expand our support and resources for the schools’ infrastructure, as well as the amount of students and teachers with whom we can connect.
TWA’s reach across the nation continues to inspire us – our team hails from the SF Bay Area, San Diego, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington DC! Six of our team members are returning alumni fellows from prior years, including Josh Elder and Karen Page who will be joining us for a third year of volunteering. Our journey will begin with our 2012 Team Orientation, held in San Francisco from April 27-29. We are excited to bring the team together and prepare for this wonderful program.
Click on an individual’s name to check out their bio:
2012 Leap Fellows: Amir Abdullah, Jessica Boualavong, Saraya Burks, Joshua Elder, Colleen Green, Scott Krumsee, Mallory LaPeruto, Carli Lowe, David Stahnke, Janna Steffan, Kimberly Worthy, Laura Zimmer
2012 Faculty-in-Residence: Susan Deemer, Howard McCoy, Rachel Nichols, Karen Page
Download the PDF: TWA_TEAM_2012_Bios
