I have been getting prepared to leave for Morocco in March. I will be spending time with the whole group of teachers in Rabat, the capital of Morocco and then I will travel with two other teachers to Agadir on the Atlantic coast at the base of the Atlas Mountains to spend time teaching in a high school and we will also visit a local elementary school. I am busy designing lesson plans and trying to learn some Moroccan Arabic phrases. I created a Morocco Padlet to provide some resources about Morocco for those who want to learn more about this amazing country. My fourth and fifth grade students are making posters for other students at Eagle Crest to learn more about Morocco. Many of the fourth grade students have also taken time to write letters to the high school students I will be working with in Agadir. I am excited to build relationships between my students at Eagle Crest and those in Morocco. I am hopeful we will all learn how people around the world have a shared humanity and a desire to live in a peaceful world. I might even get to ride one of these cute camels on the beach.
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On February 15th Ryan Ball and I flew to Washington D.C. to participate in the Teachers for Global Classroom's symposium on integrating global education into the Eagle Crest's community and curriculum. We developed a collective short and long term vision regarding how we could increase the global competencies into our school's professional practices as well as integrating its themes into instruction. I was so excited to share this experience with Ryan Ball and to be able to collaborate with him on a shared vision for our school's multicultural community.
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Author Sheila Freehill- ELL teacher at Eagle Crest Elementary School-TGC fellow 2017-18 Morocco exchange.
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