Teacher Training Development Course

Well I've just finished my last course with VSO at Harborne Hall near B'ham. There were some great tutors and fun people to work with. This was all about training teachers - a level above what I do in the UK. During the course we had plan for, and train the others both on our own, and with a partner - like we'll be doing in placement.

It's surprising how easily you get into the "Harborne" routine (see my previous comment about the SKWID course) but to break the cycle, we went for an Indian in the town on the last night - yum!

If you click on the picture above it enlarges. The right half of the building is the old manor house, the middle white bit is the chapel (it use to be used by nuns) and the left is the newer addition that contains a lot of the bedrooms. On the left is a picture of in the grand entrance hall. There is a desk where the night security guard sits after 7pm.

I have been reading lots of material VSO provides about Ethiopia and the state of the current programme there. Also, it gives lots of information about what to take and useful information to gadget fans about how the electricity can drop to below 200V sometimes and you need a special plug to iron out the dropouts. I wonder if it will iron out the dropouts if you're actually ironing?