by Laura Preston | Jun 11, 2014 | Africa Link, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
Tassah’s primary school teachers say hi!These last few weeks I have had the honor of working with many of the great teachers here at Tassah Academy. Despite the end of the school year, which always comes with many festivities and hectic work to be done, these...
by Laura Preston | Jun 5, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
Tassah Academy, Yaounde, Cameroon This week we tried an interesting experiment: can an American and a Cameroonian co-teach a class about science, using technology? It may sound intriguing to many of you, especially to those who have visited a classroom abroad before:...
by issp | Jun 1, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, ISSP, News
On Thursday May 29, ISSP Board President Jonathan Berkey and Aptos Junior High School science teacher Ted Altenberg held a Skype session with several teachers and the Director of the Tassah Academy School, in Messamendongo Yaounde, Cameroon Africa. They discussed...
by Laura Preston | May 27, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, Gender Equity, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
This last weekend was spent in the lovely highlands of Cameroon, where Janet was born and raised. We had a lovely visit to her family, which was celebrating the birth of her niece. Traditionally in Cameroon, when a child is born the women of the family come to visit,...
by Laura Preston | May 21, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
Greetings from Yaounde, Cameroon! After a 24 hour trip including a power outage at another airport, at 1 AM in the morning I finally made it into the welcoming arms of the founder of Tassah Academy, Bih Janet Shufor and her wonderful family and friends. After an...
by Laura Preston | Apr 28, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
This month was a great start to our new focus group: meet two members of the Education Advisory Board, Ted and Robin. Although they are full time teachers, they managed to make time for ISSP on a Sunday afternoon to meet with Jonathan Berkey and the team for a...