Reach To Teach - Teaching the Unreached

Reach to Teach seeks to recruit new India Country Director

John — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:59:58 +0000

An exciting and pivotal role for R2T. Based in India the new Country Director will lead our programmes and drive the development of the organisation. We are looking for an individual who seeks a challenge and has significant programme management experience gained in commercial or not for profit environments. We offer a highly competitive package. Download a full job description here.: SB_Country Director

Thank you to Bousfield School

John — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:47:59 +0000

Thank you to Bousefield School, South Kensington, for raising over £800 for R2T. The School held a ‘Bousfield’s Got Talent’ sponsored event, during April, to raise the funds whilst having fun.

Teachers Prepare for Specialist Exams

John — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:19:23 +0000

As May approaches 81 of our project teachers prepare for the final assessments to qualify for a Certificate in Indigenous Knowledge for School Education, accredited by Indira Gandhi National Open University. This represents a great achievement for these young teachers from tribal villages as well as an exciting prospect for inclusive education, as they will be the first cohort to complete this specialised training.

Guajarat State Officials Visit Project

John — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:25:47 +0000

The project recieved some very special visitors on April 29th as 15 colleagues from the Baroda District State Education Deprtment spent a day at the Adivasi Academy at Tedgadh. In response to the Indian Right to Education Act we are working ever more closely with state providers to secure ongoing inclusion for our tribal learners. As well as visiting staff at the Academy, the group was able to see some teacher training in action and enjoy discussions with John Towers, our Director of Education, regarding ongoing collaboration in the future.

Curriculum Development in Language and Sciences

John — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:33:04 +0000

Having written a full suite of bespoke high quality lesson planning to cover the primary mathematics curriculum, we are now developing a similar suite of resources to exemplify quality teaching in language and environment sciences. We have written and delivered, via teaching training, a resource across 44 primary mathematics themes in both Gujarati and English. A further 17 themes in Language and Science planning are in development, to be rolled out in our Centres over the next quarter.

Happy Holi

John — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:50:21 +0000

Reach to Teach Education Programme Managers Katherine and Fiona take part in celebrations for the Holi Fesival in Gujarat. Holi represents the start of the spring season. The colourful dye represents nature’s splendour following the winter months.

Images of our Project from Photographer Elizabeth Jordan

John — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:58:05 +0000

For a look at some recent images of our teacher training and Centres in action please click on this presentation. Thanks to New York
photographer Elizabeth Jordan who captured these scenes. We are developing a fundraising exhibition of Elizabeth’s work planned for the autumn of 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrQjVF8uHJ0

Teacher Training in Gujarat

John — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:55:10 +0000

Our Teacher Training Programme in Gujarat has gathered place and now takes place at the Adivasy Tribal Academy at Tedgadh five days per week. Our team on the ground has been enhanced by a third Education Programme Manager, with Katherine Butt joining us from a successful career in primary education, most recently as a School Improvement Advisor for the Blaenau-Gwent Education Authority.

R2T presents to InspirED 2011 Conference in Mumbai

John — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:47:46 +0000

‘InspirED brings together India’s most innovative and creative professionals working in the field of education.’

In September R2t were honoured to provide a workshop, alongside other leaders withing the NGo sector, to share our work on change and transformation in education. See the InspirED website for details http://www.inspiredindia.in/

New London Office for R2T

John — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:37:23 +0000

R2T has moved address and our London Head Office can now be found at 10 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick W4 4PH. Our main Office number is +44 (0) 203 167 3202