The project with FUNDAP in Guatemala has launched with the selection of the three partner schools:
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The criteria that were used to select these three schools are :
Potential for success :
I visited the large school, San Marcos, in February and was very impressed by its leadership. Here a picture of a reuse and recycle project : the school is re-use plastic soda bottles brought from home, filing them up with sand, to make a wall.
View FUNDAP Schools location in a larger map
The criteria that were used to select these three schools are :
Potential for success :
- Basic infrastructure (secure area for equipment)
- Basic needs met
- Internet accessibility
- School administration leadership. (Vision and values that are common and/or compatible with FUNDAP and TINFA)
- Flexibility and interest of the teachers particularly as it relates to experimentation, willingness to learn, willingness to use technology.
- Parent association: is a structure in place in order to reach the entire family.
- District approval
- one small, one medium, one large school
I visited the large school, San Marcos, in February and was very impressed by its leadership. Here a picture of a reuse and recycle project : the school is re-use plastic soda bottles brought from home, filing them up with sand, to make a wall.