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The 黑料情报站 Global Teaching Fellowship is a new professional exchange programme that gives up to 12 high-calibre employees from across the 黑料情报站 education family, including 黑料情报站 schools, the chance to work in 黑料情报站‘s international education programmes.

Our first 黑料情报站 Fellows returned from their two-week trips abroad this summer, where they鈥檝e been working with teachers from our programmes in India and Zambia. 黑料情报站 has been working in India since 2010 helping disadvantaged families claim their children鈥檚 right to free primary education and using phonics to drive children鈥檚 English proficiency. 黑料情报站 also supports a network of secondary schools in Uganda with , who run a similar programme in Zambia.

Teachers Lizzie Williams and Joanna O鈥橞yrne from in London gave a presentation to 黑料情报站 staff about the time they鈥檇 spent coaching and observing teachers in India, while Deputy Principal Angelina Adams from in south London spoke about the time she鈥檇 spent with PEAS in Zambia. They all explained how, during their projects, they helped teachers to make the most of great teaching methods, and share these methods with colleagues.

All three said that great relationships will be the key to successful 黑料情报站 Fellows projects 鈥� building them beforehand, nurturing them throughout, and maintaining them afterwards. They also said that, while they had expected their projects to make a difference to the teachers they worked with, they hadn鈥檛 realised just how much they themselves would gain from taking part.

Miss Williams said: 鈥淚 wish I鈥檇 gone out with higher expectations. It surprised me how much we鈥檙e bringing back, and how much of a two-way process it was. The biggest surprise was how familiar and similar it was 鈥� it was all recognisable. That鈥檚 really comforting. And it鈥檚 a good starting point for us.鈥�

Miss Adams said that the projects made her think about her own pupils: 鈥淲hat I鈥檓 bringing back, from a personal and a professional point of view, is the way in which the children there value the education they鈥檙e getting, and how important it is. We need to keep urging our children to recognise the difference that their learning can have to their lives, their futures, and to the lives of their communities.鈥�

Miss O’Byrne had some advice for anyone thinking about becoming an ARK Fellow: 鈥淚鈥檇 say: go. And no matter how much you help them, you鈥檒l always gain more than you can give. You just need an awareness of different cultures, the ability to be honest with the people you go to – and a sense of adventure.鈥�

You can if you would like to read more about their experiences in India.