You don't need our permission to make a difference. It's up to you!
In short, Teachers Without Borders relies almost entirely on what
our members do. It has become substantial precisely because it is
home-grown, grassroots, and honest. We need your help. In times as
precarious as these, teachers may be our only hope!
TWB On Campus: This is a new program, founded by a couple of
students from the University of Toronto and Western University,
designed to support Teachers Without Borders and create
opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to
communicate globally and act locally! Click TWB on Campus link for
more info.
Membership Outreach: Frankly, we haven't quite figured out
how Teachers Without Borders has circled the globe, but our true
strength is this: our membership. We need a real push to gather
members, because the more there are, the better it gets. We're all
about connecting teachers to information and each other, and our
strength is in numbers. This is a PRIORITY.
Curriculum Development: We need people to write and share
curriculum (lesson-plans, teaching tips, great web sites,
culturally accessible materials) which will be freely available to
(and desperately needed by) teachers around the world. Rather than
“deliver” curriculum top-down fashion, Teachers Without Borders is
about creating curriculum as collaborators and enlist others in
making their voices and wisdom heard, worldwide.
Workshop Facilitation: As a workshop facilitator you will
not only help to develop the workshop lessons and package as stated
above, but you will be part of a team that travels to the
region/country of need to deliver the workshop content and share
best-practices in your area of expertise with your colleagues.
Translation: A web site and training materials in English is
not consistent with our goals as an organization without borders.
We are in desperate need of translators for our web site and
online/offline course materials.
Regional Support: Teachers Without Borders receives requests
for support from all corners of the globe. We are amazed at how far
we have been able to reach, based upon volunteers and good will. We
need people who take an interest in a particular region. Such an
interest would involve being connected consistently with teachers
in the field, possible travel there, coordination, and support.
This is how Teachers Without Borders grows, and really is a source
of our strength. Every country needs support; follow your passion.
Get connected.
Media: We need people who are able to create short,
compelling films from video we have captured in many of our
travels; we need editors; we need people who can create Macromedia
flash files for use in our teaching materials; we need
copyright-free Pod-casts and other radio shows in different
languages.
Evaluation: We need people to evaluate our training
materials and courses; evaluate our new web site; create evaluation
rubrics for our projects. It is one thing to provide education and
quite another to tailor it to the needs of a community so that it
is effective and efficient.
Technology Support: We need expertise in general web support
and helping with our e-learning and online collaboration models
using technology.
Publicity and Fund-raising: It is amazing what a small group
of committed people can do. Be creative! Choose a region, work with
a partner there, focus on a goal, and reach it. We'll do whatever
we can to help.
Organizational Partnerships: We simply cannot do this alone.
Get TWB linked to other sites and the word spreads. In fact,
Teachers Without Borders is not about building an empire or
planting our own flag; we're all about local partnerships,
international support, and sharing our efforts. That's why we enter
into partnerships with generosity, and that's also why membership
is free. It makes it easy to create partners!
