Astrid Patrigeon, an Additional Support Needs (ASN) teacher in Aberdeen, originally took part in Global Learning Partnerships in 2016 and returned as a Team Lead in 2018. Both trips took her to communities in Rwanda. Astrid is using her first-hand experiences to inspire her pupils to better understand the world outside of their [...]
Susan Hamill is an Acting Principal Teacher of Employability in Paisley. She applied for GLP for a number of reasons: she had always wanted to do an overseas placement to make a difference; she thought it was a great professional and personal development opportunity; and she wanted to learn more about the world [...]
Laura Gauld is a Geography teacher in Aberdeenshire. She travelled in Rwanda in 2018 in a bid to improve her first-hand experience of different cultures to better platform the teaching of her subject. Having two friends who had already completed GLP and joining two other Geography teachers in the 2018 cohort, Laura [...]
Caitlin Morrison is a history teacher in Wick. She applied for the GLP 2018 Rwandan group to make a difference in the world through her skills as an educator. As well as upskilling Rwandan teachers, Caitlin learned lessons about herself and her own teaching practices which are already changing the way she interacts [...]
Jill Callander is a Mentor with Aberdeenshire Council with more than 20 years’ experience in primary education. She first travelled to Uganda with the first cohort of our global teachers in 2012 and returned in 2018 as a Team Lead. She believes the programme has grown in terms of strength, sustainability and impact [...]
Margaret Rule, a principal teacher and educational support officer in Aberdeenshire, spent the summer of 2018 in the Ruhango Province of Rwanda. Margaret, who turned 50 in September of this year, wanted to challenge herself to mark the milestone and the experience has reinvigorated her desire to continue to progress her career. [...]
Amy Wilson, a primary school teacher in Aviemore, has long been a proponent for outdoor learning but lacked the confidence to share her passion and knowledge with colleagues. Amy travelled to Rwanda in 2018 in a bid to develop her skillset as a teacher of Learning for Sustainability and with the hope that she [...]
Barry Donaldson, a primary school teacher in Aberdeen, spent two consecutive summers in Rwanda with GLP. Barry Donaldson travelled to Rwanda in 2017 and spent an unforgettable summer developing his teaching skills before returning to his post as P4 teacher in Aberdeen. He spent the 2017/18 academic year entrenching Global Goals and the Rights [...]
During the summer of 2014 Nicola Tanner, Faculty Head for Design & Technology at St Machar Academy in Aberdeen, spent four weeks living and working in Bugesera in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Here, using her own experiences, Nicola offers some practical tips for encouraging your students and colleagues to adopt Learning for [...]
Jayne Davidson, a Geography teacher at St Machar Academy in Aberdeen, spent four weeks living and working in Rubavu in the Western Province of Rwanda during the summer of 2016. Jayne shares some tips for engaging students and colleagues at the early stages of programme participation. It doesn’t’ seem that long ago since [...]