The Whitewater Girls

CEDEI had seven student teachers from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater come visit CEDEI School for six weeks to help us international always-English-speaking teachers out and so that they could learn from the educational style of the school. The ones with whom I had the chance to work were incredibly helpful in showing me lots of different ways to engage with the children in English. For example, all of the classes to whom I teach English now have a Word Wall: a place on the wall where the students can look to find words they already should know in English and help remind them how the words are spelled. You should remember, I have no particular training for this job, neither teaching children in a elementary school setting nor teaching children English. Having the Whitewater girls visit and teach and help me teach was an incredible learning experience for me as a teacher. I am very grateful for them and for the time they spent with us here in Ecuador.