Teacher Conference

By Katie

Right after we got back to Honduras from our trip to the States, I got to go to a teachers' conference with other teachers from my school. The conference was for the five schools in Honduras whom Worldwide Christian Schools supports financially. Teachers from these five schools all over Honduras met at a conference grounds outside of Tegucigalpa. The purpose was to both hold teacher trainings and to have a spiritual retreat.

Here's the teachers who came from Luz y Verdad working together to name our strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities as a school. It was a great opportunity to talk and reflect on our school.

One afternoon we got to take a little get-away trip to a near-by town that sells artisan goods. I appreciated all the time we got to get to know other teachers and share in motivating one another in the work we all do. In the photo below, you can see our two conference coordinators on the left; Gloria (who also works with us at Diaconia Nacional) and Heidi (who came from Canada to help with the conference).

I went to the conference a little defeated because only half of our staff chose to go and the group attitude has been a little low. But the time we had with other teachers and getting to know my own coworkers even better, on top of lots of time spent on spiritual encouragement, was good for me and those of us who went. The positive change has rubbed off at school a little too. Pray with me that God uses what we took away from that conference to strengthen the school even more.

Another positive thing to look forward to is this Friday two teachers from every school are going to meet in Tegucigalpa to make preparations for a possible event like this next year. In the past Canadian teachers have planned this conference and Worldwide has funded it. Those opportunities are unlikely for the future due to budget cuts, so a group is forming to see if they can solicit funds and elbow grease to make the conference happen despite those challenges. I see this as a perfect opportunity for strengthening the unity and collaboration between the schools.