Teach With Africa

The mission of Teach with Africa is to send U.S. - trained teaching teams to South Africa in response to the dire teacher shortage and educational crisis facing that nation.  Our goal is reciprocal: to teach and to learn.  By integrating their experiences into curricula and programs after their return to the United States, these educators will enhance opportunities for children in the Bay Area and beyond to identify themselves as "global citizens" through authentic connections, ongoing dialogue and shared learning with the students in South Africa. 

Founded in 2007, Teach With Africa raises funds for recruiting, deploying and supporting teaching teams to assist the LEAP School in Cape Town, which has had remarkable success in educating the most economically/socially challenged students.  Dominican University of California began its partnership with Teach with Africa in 2007, sending our first group of credentialed teachers, mental health professionals, and MBAs focused on social entrepreneurship and sustainability to Cape Town in 2008.

For more information on Teach With Africa, or the other Teach With Africa Fellows, please visit their website at www.teachwithafrica.org.

For more information regarding Dominican University of California's partnership with Teach With Africa, or how you can become a 2010 fellow, please contact Dr. Rande Webster, 415-257-1305 or rwebster@dominican.edu.

2008 School of Education Fellows

Cristina Dyke, Dual Education Specialist, Single-Subject Science Credential Candidate, June 2009

Alison Waters, Dual Education Specialist, Multiple-Subject Credential, June 2006

"It is with sadness and excitement that we start to say goodbye.  The sadness is the energy, teamwork, and commitment that leave us in the short term, but the excitement is that the projects and ideas that have been generated remain with us, and present all kinds of opportunities as we move forward."

- John Gilmour, founder of the LEAP school (about the end of the 2008 summer fellowship)

2009 School of Education Fellows

Amy Kelly, Dual Education Specialist, Multiple-Subject Credential Candidate, December 2010

Dominic Lynch, Dual Education Specialist, Multiple-Subject Credential Candidate, June 2010

Jennifer Woodall, M.S. Education Candidate, August 2009

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Photos by Cristina Dyke, Music- Rise Up Singing by May Erlewine