Today is our last day of “Hub training” where the eleven of us education volunteers have been meeting for the past five weeks. We have successfully completed our practicum assignments, which involved tutoring two primary school students in literacy over a period of two weeks, as well as other education and patois language-related assignments. We’ve heard from a number of presenters, including several from various branches of Jamaica’s Ministry of Education, and we’ve even toured some important sites to the country’s education system on our field trips. As the Jamaicans say, we’re “ready fi touch di road” (sort of like: “ready to hit the road running”). They often tell us that although five weeks is not enough to prepare us for everything, we are prepared enough to begin our work and go until our next training in September (Early Service Conference). We’ve also learned a lot outside the classroom, namely with our wonderful host families who feed, house, and watch out for us while we’ve been here. We will be leaving our host families on Sunday afternoon and heading back to Kingston where we’ll (finally!!) find out our site placements for the next two years.
I’ve been working on several videos lately but in an effort to get something posted quickly and have it not be too lengthy, the first video (posted above) is simply some interviews of the education trainees who have spent the last five weeks with me. Hopefully you’ll get a taste for the diversity of volunteers who are in my group as well as some idea of what it’s like to be an education trainee. The next video will include more of the sites and activities we’ve experienced in our time at Hub training. Until then…
-M
Simply Intentional 
Michelle (and Jedd)! Thanks so much for sharing! The videos, photos, and anecdotes make my day. As I have said before, I get super excited when I see you all have updated the blog. Best of luck with the next transition!
Thanks so much for following and sharing your support!
Keep em coming!! Love being able to get a glimpse of your days in J. Love Christie
Thanks Michelle! I’m enjoying following along in your experience. I especially enjoy hearing the Patois terms and language – it always makes me smile to get their phraseology. Praying for your next phase!
Thanks, Molly. We really appreciate your support!
Really great to hear about PC Jamaica! I’m halfway through PST and (anxiously) waiting to find out my site placement as well. 🙂 Lots of love from PC Indonesia!
Hi Sarah! We couldn’t believe how fast PST went and how anxious we were to find out our placements!
Good post with your experiences..Thanks for sharing..:)