Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

Of the two Professional contacts, I have only heard from one of them recently. Haydee Lucha spoke of the childhood education and the systems and programs available to children and training for teachers. The childhood education is wrapped up by the government in El Salvador.

Most of the schools are trying to teach more than one language. The most popular schools are "Escuela Americana, Escuela Britanica, Liceo Frances, Colegio Maya and Escuela Alemana. These are considered top 5 schools.

The teaching methods are very effective. Teacher preparation is very important; this is broken up in 2 phases and takes between 3-5 years to complete for your degree. Professional growth is valued and certification can be obtained with 4 modules: 1st Early Childhood Theater; 2nd Early Childhood Literature; 3rd Plastic Arts and 4th Music, since March until June on Sundays, with these trainings we expect for the certified teachers to be able to entertain the kids while they teach them.