Our school hosted its annual conference for teachers in Nigerian schools today. We had about 250 participants attend workshops presented by AISL teachers and assistants.

It’s a rather big event, with a lot of organization involved, from workshop presenters, security, food, invitations, scheduling, planning, etc. Teachers from around Lagos and the surrounding area began arriving at 7:00 am and attended workshops until 3:00 pm.

I presented two workshops this morning. My topic was Math Games in Lower Elementary. I had about 8 different math games that I taught the participants. Once I had explained the games, we rotated around so that everyone could play each of the games. It was a lot of fun, and I consider it to be a success when you have a group of people who don’t necessarily know each other laughing and playing games together. Many photos were taken, emails exchanged, ideas enhanced… it was a great morning. For we expats, it’s a way of giving back to the local community. The Nigerian teachers don’t have access to resources the way we do, so it was a lot of fun to be able to teach them something new, using accessible materials (a deck of cards, for example) and know that they will be able to go and use it in their own classes on Monday.

A few photos of the morning: