{"id":665,"date":"2018-07-15T04:49:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T04:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2021-04-20T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T01:16:14","slug":"educator-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/?page_id=665","title":{"rendered":"Educator-In-Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mwalimu Van Putten has served as an &#8220;Educator-in-Residence&#8221; a number of schools in the United States, Bermuda and Ghana, West Africa.\u00a0 In that capacity, she provides curriculum consultation, student workshops, teacher professional development sessions and parent programs.<\/p>\n<p>In March, 2018, Mwalimu conducted a month-long residency at Atasemanso R\/C Primary School in Kumasi, Ghana at the invitation of the school and Bridge-to-Africa Connections, Inc.\u00a0 In preparation, <em>The Ashay Experience<\/em> curriculum was developed for students and teachers.\u00a0 \u00a0The Ashay University Community in Bermuda, Strategic Solutions and Friends of Mwalimu in the United States raised monies to send her and 150 pounds of school materials.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_672\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-image-672 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1778-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Students at Atasemanso R\/C Primary School\" width=\"404\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1778-300x271.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1778-1024x926.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at Atasemanso R\/C Primary School<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_674\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/primary-school-teachers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-674\" class=\"wp-image-674 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/primary-school-teachers-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Atasemanso R\/C Primary School Faculty\" width=\"409\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/primary-school-teachers-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/primary-school-teachers-1024x696.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atasemanso R\/C Primary School Faculty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mwalimu&#8217;s month-long trip to Ghana yielded contributions of Ashay Curriculum lessons and materials to Bonwire Primary School, Loki&#8217;s Bantama Children and Dawn&#8217;s Sunday Morning Girls.\u00a0 Additionally, a<em> Ghana Ashay Club!\u00a0<\/em>has grown from 25 children to over 100!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_679\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2791-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679\" class=\"wp-image-679 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2791-copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Loki's Bantama Children\" width=\"372\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2791-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_2791-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loki&#8217;s Bantama Children<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_680\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bonwire-using-the-Ashay-booklets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"wp-image-680 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bonwire-using-the-Ashay-booklets-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Bonwire Primary School and Ashay Experience work booklets\" width=\"363\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bonwire-using-the-Ashay-booklets-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bonwire-using-the-Ashay-booklets-730x410.jpg 730w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bonwire-using-the-Ashay-booklets.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonwire Primary School and Ashay Experience work booklets<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1002\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ashay-Club-Ghana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1002\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ashay-Club-Ghana-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ashay Club Ghana\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ashay-Club-Ghana-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/educatorpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ashay-Club-Ghana.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student from Ashay Club Ghana!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The program has been conducted in schools in Charlotte, NC, West Palm Beach, FL, and Milwaukee, WI, among others.\u00a0 In 2008, after a week-long residency, the Ravenswood School District of Palo Alto, California, called Van Putten, <em>\u201c\u2026a true champion of children and the learning process<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mwalimu Van Putten has served as an &#8220;Educator-in-Residence&#8221; a number of schools in the United States, Bermuda and Ghana, West Africa.\u00a0 In that capacity, she provides curriculum consultation, student workshops, teacher professional development sessions and parent programs. 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