Speaking English in the Classroom
Imagine that you could be fired if you were using your native tongue at work. This is a reality that teachers in Ghana face every day....
Who are the Expo Tutors?
Who are the Expo tutors? Tutors Sharifa, Felicia, and Emmanuel with Program Associate Julie and Intern Emmanuel. They are funny and...
7 Ways to Incorporate Activity-Based Learning with Almost No Supplies!
I am always telling my tutors that we should strive to make our tutoring sessions different from “normal school.” I tell them that their...
Comparing Classrooms in Ghana and the U.S.
I look around the classroom. Inspirational posters, bulletin boards filled with math facts, and children’s art projects line the walls....
Training Up New Entrepreneurs: Pilot Phase
Having an Entrepreneurship programme has been an idea among Expo staff for a long time, but finally it is this year that the actual...
Funeral Customs in Ghana
For most of the Expo staff, living and working in Ghana means that there is a whole world of new customs to get used to. A very...
From Volta to Ashanti: A Taste of Regional Ghana
I am the only current expo-worker to have lived and worked in more than one region of Ghana. Last term I was based in the Volta Region,...
Peer Leadership: Living the Program Model
When you look at the staff page of Exponential Education, you see a common theme: young, passionate and skilled. The organization has a...
Continuing to Learn Despite the Limits
A student posing in the middle of a chaotic JHS classroom. One evening in Antoa, there was a crowd of children on our doorstep. They were...
Staff Development, Team Development, International Development
[endif]--One of the goals I had for myself when I took on the Senior Program Manager position was to establish a professional development...
