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Teacher
Training for Care Center
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ORTV recently began administering
teacher's training seminars
for aboriginal teachers
in the Hualien area of Taiwan.
The seminars are for teachers
and workers who serve at
special "afternoon
care" centers for Hualien-area
aboriginal children. The
centers, which are a community
service project of the Hualien-area
Presbyterian Church, are
open after school to help
these aboriginal students
with their homework and
care for them until their
parents pick them up in
the evening. The care centers
also provide shuttle bus
services to take the children
back to the various mountain
villages where they live.
The centers also offer various
recreational activities
for the elementary school
children since many of these
children come from disadvantaged
single-parent households
that cannot afford to send
these children to local
cram schools.
The Presbyterian care centers
are looking for improved
English lessons, and ORTV
is cooperating with the
HT Foundation to help train
teachers and provide English
curriculum for the students.
ORTV teachers Phil and Liz
Archer will travel down
to the mountains of Hualien
once a month to offer Saturday
workshops for the English
teachers.
The Archers' first workshop
included an opening ceremony
to 200 aboriginal students,
a presentation on teaching
tips for the teachers, a
teaching demo on how to
use the teaching material
from ORTV, and a brief observation
session in which the local
teachers themselves used
the ORTV materials sample
lesson to a group of aboriginal
students. Overall, the Archers
feel that the experience
was positive, and they are
looking forward to helping
the English teachers in
the Hualien area. Liz Archer
says, "It's such an
honor and privilege for
us to be able to assist
these teachers in making
a difference for these children."
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