Dignitas Blog – Page 3 – Dignitas Project

28 Sep 22

Teachers, Teaching & the Teaching Profession

By Claude Kandem – Grants & Partnership Manager “Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,…

01 Sep 22

Brightshine school, Kayole

By Sharon Nashipae – Communications and Community Coordinator Walking into Brightshine School in Kayole, Nairobi, one can feel an instant change in ambiance. Although the street outside the school is densely populated, muddy, unsanitary and quite telling of the environment within which the children live, school is a different story.…

29 Aug 22

VOICE Launch: Influencing Systems, Transforming Schools

By Roselynn Awili – Program Director ‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together’ is a famous African proverb which is used to associate long lasting success with the ability to walk with others. Living up to this mantra, Dignitas launched VOICE…

22 Aug 22

Accelerating Digital Learning for a Vibrant Outcome

By Maureen Shelmith – Digital Strategy Officer Technology has become an integral part of our lives today, paving the way for a large window of opportunities. In recent years, our eyes have opened up to the impact and importance of technology in learning. School leaders can now learn, work, research,…

17 Aug 22

Stories of Change – Mr. Nderitu: How I Improved Group Discussions in my Classroom

By Victoria Adembesa – Leadership Coach One of the things we focus on in our training and coaching at Dignitas are the CBC competencies. Specifically, communication and collaboration, self-efficacy and critical thinking. When I met Mr. Nderitu of Karati primary school, he struggled with conducting targeted and orderly group discussions.…

15 Aug 22

Embracing Competency Based Curriculum for Vibrant Learning Spaces

By Mercy Munialo (School Support Manager) and Maureen Shelmith (Digital Strategy Officer) The implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum points to the inner workings of adapting to and embracing this new turn in the quality of education. It is here that pupils encounter and grapple with the learning goals to…

12 Aug 22

How Change in Mindset Can Shift the Quality of Teaching and Leadership

By Valary Oyugi – Leadership Coach “Hi I will be visiting your school on Thursday for coaching support. Are you fine with this day?” This was the first phone call I made to the school leader days after the first Leadership Academy. In her response she said “Yes its fine,…

10 Mar 22

Strategy Overview 2020

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24 Feb 22

Every Child Deserves an Excellent Education!

You may have noticed that we’ve adopted the hashtag #AllChildrenLearning on much of our social media content over the last few months. We started using this during our December outreach campaign, and it stuck! It’s message rings true for us, and for our work, beyond any single season. Our friends…

08 Feb 22

What We Learned in 2021; Here We Come 2022!

What a year we had in 2021! We were amazingly privileged to partner with 274 schools in marginalized communities around Kenya, to equip and support 859 School Leaders, so that 73,843 children could experience better quality teaching and learning! In 2020, we stretched our team and resource to provide additional…