Case Studies
Cultivating Classroom Excellence: Insights from Vimenti Schools' Wanda Hall
After 12 years in school leadership in New York, Wanda was drawn back to the barrios of San Juan by the vision of Vimenti Schools. Vimenti believes that eradicating poverty in Puerto Rico requires a multigenerational approach so that as children are gaining the academic skills they need for a life of choice and opportunity, their families are simultaneously creating a stronger financial and socio-emotional safety net under and around them.
Educating Through Adversity: A Call for Compassion and Collaboration
For the last five years, Samira has led One World’s in-country work in Israel focusing on developing leaders and teachers in underperforming schools. To bring about enduring change, Samira and her team worked to establish a culture of coaching and feedback between teachers and administrators.
Renate’s Visionary Leadership: Coherence to Drive Education Success in South Africa
As principal of Apex High School, a no-fee school in South Africa, Renate van der Westhuizen has faced significant challenges. What sets her apart is her ability to recognize a critical issue at the heart of her school’s struggles: misalignment.
Planning for Excellence in Tajikistan: Anticipating & Addressing Misconceptions
The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is training teachers to use a powerful planning tool to meet the needs of all learners.
Planning for Excellence in Tajikistan: Knowledge & Skills Charts
The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is training teachers to use a powerful planning tool to meet the needs of all learners.
Practice-Based Professional Development in Malawi
The USAID Malawi NextGen project has been using Practice-Based training for teachers, and it’s having a positive impact already.
Observation & Feedback in Northwest Syria
The Syrian Education Programme (SEP) has made real progress in a challenging situation by prioritizing the coaching of teachers through Observation & Feedback.
Positive Framing in Tajikistan
The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is expanding on considerable impact in developing approaches to the teaching of reading in primary schools through the USAID Read with Me (RWM) project.
Formative Assessment through Academic Monitoring in Malawi
The USAID Malawi NextGen project early grade reading activity identifies effective techniques in existing classrooms to help scale across the country.
Think-Pair-Share in Tajikistan
The USAID Learn Together Activity (LTA) in Tajikistan is expanding on considerable impact in developing approaches to the teaching of reading in primary schools through the USAID Read with Me (RWM) project.