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More Than English.
Teach For Palestine has always been about much more than just English teaching and we are continuing that tradition strongly this semester. Where we have always sought to use our classrooms as a basis not just to improve our student’s linguistic abilities but to encourage them to develop more widely by working with them on … Read more
Swim for Palestine is back!
We are pleased to announce Swim for Palestine is well into its second semester. Our Salam site teacher, Ms. Chloe, has taken over as project manager. The girls from Balata and Ms. Chloe have been so excited to be able to do this project. Despite some stumbling blocks with coordinating with the pool schedule, Swim … Read more
Art Attack!
Teach For Palestine is proud to announce our latest initiative – art classes for our students. Ms. Ashley Hayes, an experienced and dedicated art teacher from New York, USA, has generously agreed to come on board to run this project. Ashley is working in Palestine as Head of Art in a local high school and … Read more
High School Boys Return!
The High School Boys project has taken on many forms over the nearly three years we have been running it. We have overcome staff changes, urgent security concerns and more than one change of venue in order to stay true to our commitment to run this project for three years. Since TFP began we have … Read more
Another set of classes in Deir Al-Hatab!
We are excited to announce that we have expanded and now have a second set of classes underway in Deir Al-Hatab. Already serving 60+ students at this site, we are now able to offer the amazing opportunity of TFP to about 120 students. Classes are already underway and Mr. James is off to a great … Read more
Here we go again!
Classes began this week at our Teach For Palestine sites. With returning teachers and new teachers alike excited to get into the classroom it was great to see our kids flooding through the doors again! A lot of hard work has gone in behind the scenes over the last couple of months to get us … Read more
Welcome back, Ms. Violet!
We are excited to announce that Violet Goncarovs has returned to Nablus to serve as Assistant Director for Teach for Palestine. Ms. Violet started with TFP last year, teaching English at our Deir Al-Hatab site. After a successful semester of teaching with TFP and a few months in America, she is excited to be back … Read more
End of Semester
As another successful term ends, we at TFP are inspired by our students’ progress over the past three months! Our volunteers worked hard to make the lessons engaging and meaningful, and we would like to thank each of them from the bottom of our hearts – thank you Don, Ryan, Chloe, and Carl for all … Read more
Signed. Sealed. Delivered.
The penpal program in Salem is finally off the ground. Nooran, Maryam, Adam, Kefah, and Hasan, hardworking students from the highest-level class, have written two sets of letters to their Australian penpals and are waiting excitedly for the responses to their latest letter. Salem students are corresponding with an after-school educational program called Knowledge House … Read more
Looking for New Recruits!
Teach For Palestine is looking for new teachers for our spring Semester beginning in February 2013. TFP works predominantly in the refugee camps and villages around the city of Nablus. We offer after school English instruction to at risk children. We use a modern, communicative approach with a focus on creative work and critical thinking … Read more
Yafa Cultural Center- My 3 weeks of t…My 3 weeks of teaching have come to an end! I’d never taught before so I never knew exactly how I’d feel about it, but I always assumed that doing it in Balata was a little like Robin William in … Continue reading →
- My 3 weeks of t…
- Salem Village Site
- Clifford the Big Red Dog and Arthur the AardvarkThis semester, all my students have been very excited about reading, so I’ve decided to introduce them to some classics from my childhood. In my first two classes, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Arthur the Aardvark were huge successes. … Continue reading →
- Clifford the Big Red Dog and Arthur the Aardvark
- High School Boys Site
- The High School Boys are back – but now at the Salahiyya!After nearly a month’s delay, I am delighted to confirm that the High School Boys’ program has restarted in full. As outlined in a previous post, the hard decision had to be made to terminate our long-running project at Amr … Continue reading →
- The High School Boys are back – but now at the Salahiyya!
- Safeer Center (New Askar)
- Fun and Games in New AskarI have strong willed and opinionated students. They have been known to step out of line and tell me “no” if they do not want to do that activity. I then give them an icy glare and they slink back down in their chairs and we do what I planned. And then there are the [...]
- Fun and Games in New Askar
- Deir al Hatab Village Society
- Student of the WeekStudent of the week – one who attends regularly and participates in class, a hard worker My student of the week is Yaser. Yaser has been consistent in attendance, even during the exam period at his school. When classes first … Continue reading →
- Student of the Week
- Nablus Girls’ Premier League
- NGPL is Back!The new season of the Nablus Girls Premier League began in fantastic fashion this weekend with an exhibition tournament at the Hamdi Manko Cultural Centre. Pre season expectations were confounded as Balata, who won the Nablus Girls Premier League tournament … Continue reading →
- NGPL is Back!
