Professional Development

Since 2006, over 2500 teachers have learned to share God’s Truth and love while doing a better job of teaching academics through our in-service professional development seminars offered at no cost to small Christian schools throughout Kenya. Teachers who once relied on yelling and repetition now have effective tools for teaching. Those who were beating students for every infraction, from not knowing an answer to classroom misbehavior, now use effective classroom management tools. Over 58,000 students have benefited from the teachers who received our training.

Our Professional Development seminars are taught in two Sessions of 30 hours in-class training. After each intensive training session, schools receive follow-up visits by our Trainer who observes classroom implementation, gives feedback, initiates group discussions on successes and problems teachers are experiencing, and helps to answer questions. Periodic follow-up visits occur indefinitely, and training is offered again once the majority of faculty have changed.

Building Capacity, Not Dependence

Self-sufficiency, not dependency, is the watchword of today's non-profit organization. For the Children’s Sake wants for those we serve to work with us as partners, to learn and implement new methods in their own schools, and to use those new skills to build self-sustaining schools. We want to never create dependency. Therefore, we carefully analyze all of our efforts to ensure we are actually building, and not undermining, the capacity of our partners.