By Zoe Eleftheriou of REACH Siem Reap, Cambodia
The Cambodian education system largely follows rote learning practices with very little to no activity-based learning, at public school they sit in overcrowded classes and are told to repeat what is written on the board… but at REACH, for the first time ever, they were studying with toys, flashcards and games.
And so, in December 2021, a new job opportunity was born within the organisation, and we began internal recruitment for a “Curriculum Developer”.
The moment the new position opened, 2 of our local team members, ‘Theany’ and ‘Sokly’, originally hired as English teachers, showed a strong interest in the role and were both very capable of developing creative and detailed lesson plans.
After re-adapting our curriculum for Let’s Go 1, the team was halfway through Let’s Go Level 2 when our Founder and Program Director, contacted Salisa Language School (SLS Training Centre – โรงเรียนสอนภาษาศลิษา), a professional TEFL training school located in Thailand. With the amount of hours being poured into the project, it was decided that SLS’s ongoing feedback on all materials would be a great way to ensure professional and effective content was being produced.
Whilst our curriculum developers were busy completing their online training with SLS, the director of the training facility proposed an exciting opportunity to REACH, offering to host our team in Thailand to learn directly on-site.
Shortly after, the team were offered the chance to apply for a scholarship to travel to Thailand for 1 month and visit SLS Training Centre to study a 120-hour intensive TESOL course!
Read more about this exciting experience in our most recent blog:
https://reachsiemreap.org/blogs/news/sokly-theany-go-to-thailand
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