Ten teachers from the Central Baptist Christian School at Rey Hill and three from the Island Harbour Christian School were this week attending a special three-day workshop facilitated by Elta George, Director/Owner of the St. Croix-based George’s Christian Academy and Happy Children’s Pre-school.

Mrs. George (extreme left) Pastor Cecil (extreme right), teachers and Board Members

Mrs. George has been in the teaching profession for 26 years. Her assignment in Anguilla was to train the Baptist school teachers in parent relationships and director and staff relations. “It is very important because teachers need the training; and experience is the best teacher so we do need to train them in order that they could be very effective in the classroom,” she told The Anguillian.

Asked about the outcome of the workshop, Mrs. George commented: “After this training, I would expect the teachers going to the classroom, and using what was taught to them, to enhance the classroom and make it more conducive to learning.”

Pastor Cecil Richardson is Managing Director of the Central Christian School and Chairman of the Board of Directors. “I feel that our teachers need to be exposed to classroom management, parent/teacher relationships, staff relationships and so on and we asked this lady to assist us,” he said.

“The workshop was in the planning for about two years and we finally were able to get her. She is very busy and travels to do this training all over the Virgin Islands and the United States; and so we were privileged to have her come here to help us in this aspect. We are working with our teachers plus those from the Island Harbour Christian School. We are trying to help them to be better managers in the class and to do a better job in the classroom environment.”

Pastor Richardson went on: “We had the Board members in for the first session on Tuesday. Our facilitator addressed them and encouraged them how to make decisions, perform their roles and to be a critical friend to the school.”

The Anguillian asked the Pastor how he saw his church’s involvement in education. He replied:

“Education is a very important part of its work and, of course, we must be well-rounded. Not only must we be spiritually educated, but we must also be educated in the academics and so we have established a school here for that purpose in order to educate our youngsters in a different environment and give them the best that we possibly can from an education point of view. At the same time, we are also concerned about the physical aspects of the students so we are trying to develop all areas of the whole man.”

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