With this being my last post from Brazil, I am sad and joyous at the same time. I am sad for the obvious reason that I am saying goodbye to an incredibe group of educators, both from the U.S. and Brazil, who have inspired me to grow as both a professional and as an individual….

The third largest city in Brazil, the city of Salvador is well known for its Afro-Brazilian roots. A coastal city in the Northeast, Salvador was a pivotal capital in the Portuguese empire. After arriving late the night before, we spent the bulk of Saturday on a tour of the Pelourinho (the old colonial city). Our…

With our time in Teresina nearly over, I have a few hours to process what an incredible and uplifting experience this week has been. Throughout the week, Jennifer and I often laughed when asked the question “What do you think of the weather in Teresina?” We laughed because it is a known fact that the…

With our time in Teresina nearly over, I have a few hours to process what an incredible and uplifting experience this week has been. Throughout the week, Jennifer and I often laughed when asked the question “What do you think of the weather in Teresina?” We laughed because it is a known fact that the…

The last few days in Teresina have been memorable to say the least, and at times, it has been a total box of suprises. I wouldn’t have it any other way.:) After our weekend excursion to the coast, we started the week at Joselia’s school (Centor de Linguas), visiting classrooms, and teaching and talking with…

As I mentioned in my last post, Friday evening, after visiting Josie’s language school in Teresina, we were met by Ricardo, our driver sent from the Secretary of Education. We were scheduled for a road trip to the coast for the weekend. After about 7 hours on the road, we arrived in the small, coastal…

We arrived in Teresina on Thursday after a short flight from Brasiia. We were met at the airport by our fabulous host teacher Josie, and her friend and former ILEP student, Alex. Arriving in Teresina, I coud immediately sense that this was a city that is thoroughly lived in. (Okay, I’m over Brasilia bashing now.)…

So as I have mentioned in a previous post, I did not love the city of Brasilia; too modern, too much concrete, etc. It's like if Shanghai and the Jetsons had a love-child, with a splash of eastern soviet block communism. Part of it too, had to do with the “bubble within the bubble” which…

As the focus of the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is to learn about other cultures and classrooms, much of our time in Brasilia was spent at briefings about the state of education in Brazil. If you're really interested in the details of Brazilian education, especially the history of it, check out my official blog…

Arriving in Brazil via the State Department's Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is a little different than when I usually arive in a country. Since we left Altanta, we have been treated like royalty, and, although I am not used to traveling like this, I am trying to “embrace the ambassadorship”, as suggested by our…