Mentee Educational Foundation

An Early Childhood Education Workshop

“Moving Liberian Children Towards Early Childhood Education And Overcoming The Ill Effect Of Poverty”

“Every Child Deserves an Education”

The Mentee Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be hosting approximately 40 teachers and school administrators for a week-long Early Childhood Education teacher training workshop starting May 16, 2010 and ending on May 21, at the Kakata Rural Teachers Training Institute (K.R.T.T.I) campus in Kakata, Liberia. Stephanie Vickers, President of Friends of Liberia, a member of the Liberian Diaspora Advisory Board, former Liberian Peace Corps volunteer and an expert in The Liberian Education Assistance Project (LEAP) methodology will lead the workshop; she is a resident of Portland, Oregon, USA and will be traveling to Liberia exclusively for the workshop. LEAP is a child-centered, interactive approach to education that honors all children of Liberia through developmentally appropriate educational methods. LEAP methodology supports and uses Liberian curriculum and Liberian textbooks and incorporates the use of local teaching materials in the classroom. Attending the opening ceremony on Saturday, May 16th will include the following Liberian Government officials:

1) Ambassador George W. Wallace, Advisor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

2) Honorable Dr. Joseph D. Z. Kortu, Minister of Education, Republic of Liberia

3) Honorable Emmanuel Roberts-Deputy Minister of Planning, Ministry of Education

4) Honorable Hester W. Catakaw, Deputy Minister for Instruction, Ministry of Education

5) Honorable Musu Dixon, Asst. Minister for Teacher Education, Certificate & Accreditation, Ministry of Education

6) Honorable Felecial Deo Somah-Asst. Minister of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education

7) Honorable Levi Pier, Superintendent, Kakata

8) Hon.John Bouway, Development Superintendent, Kakata

9) Mulbah Jackollie, Principal, Booker T. Washington Institute, Kakata

10) William Gizzi County Education Officer, Kakata

11) James Gaye, District Education Officer, Kakata

12) Dorothy B. Everest, Land Commissioner, Kakata

13) Honorable M. C. Hilary Snoh, Mayor, City of Kakata

14) Doe-Wue Goldoe, Police Commander, City of Kakata.

The schools listed below have registered to attend this weeklong workshop. They will be represented by three individuals from each school to include at least a female teacher and a principal or vice principal. The schools are as follows:

1) Kakata Rural Teachers Training Institute, Kakata

2) Zorzor Teachers Training Institute, Zorzor

3) Cathedral Catholic School, Monrovia

4) E. J Yancy Elementary & Junior High School, Kakata

5) Johnsonville Public School, Johnsonville

6) B.W. Harris Episcopal School, Monrovia

7) B.W. Payne Elementary, Monrovia

8) Concorous Christian Foundation Academy, Monrovia

9) Global Gospel Christian Institute, Monrovia

10) Muslim congress School, Monrovia

11) American International School and Micketta Preparatory School, Monrovia.

The Mentee Educational Foundation would like to thank Mr. John Sellu, Director of the Kakata Rural Teachers Training Institute in for allowing us to host this event on the K.R.T.T.I. campus.

The Board of Directors

Mentee Educational Foundation (MEF)