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A photo blog in Morocco
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Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered
Agadir : Fulbright DAST April- Jun 1, 2024
The beginning and ending of my adventure with TGC with teachers from all around the U.S
A week with my host teacher at a school in Marrakesh. Visit to Essaouira. Building friendships and cultural exchanges
Rabat: A beautiful and lush capitol city. We explored international schools and cultural highlights
2024 experience teaching "soft skills" to pre-service teachers at a university.
An overview
TGC: A group of 20 teachers from around the U.S. and I took an online course in the Fall of 2022. We were told our destinations in December. (Other locations were Ghana, Colombia, and El Salvador). Then, in January, we met in Washington, DC for a symposium and met our cohort and teachers in person. Finally, in March we met in Paris for our entrance to Casablanca as a group. We spent a couple of days in Casablanca before dispersing to our host cities and school. After a week, we met as a cohort for a week in Rabat visiting cultural sites and international schools. The last 2 days were agian in Casblanca before our flights home.
DAST: I was selected in the fall of 2023 as an expert teacher to instruct pre-service teachers in an university in Agadir. I spent 6 weeks in May and June, 2024 teaching a course which helped the teachers develop soft skills such as goal setting, communication, collaboration, and leadership.
We started out in Washington DC
Hotel in Casablanca
A welcome placard of my name in Arabic script and Roman script
After security briefings, we received a history and architecture lesson from Dr. Said Ennahid, Professor of Islamic Art and Archeology. Here he is describing the architectural history of the city of Fez.
Our first sight of the medina at Marrakesh!
Our host school was a public school. We also visited one of the oldest schools in Marrakesh, a private school , and a language center. All had amazing teachers and respectful students
Students in Marrrakesh welcoming us in traditional clothing
A day trip to Essaouira and a Fantasia
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Marrakesh
Exploring Jamaâ El Fna Square during the day and night were 2 very different experiences!
Meriem, our host teacher, was an excellent guide and expert negotiator!
Rabat
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