Some 60 educators hired for new school year- Hon de Castro
Speaking at the Professional Development Day for educators at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on August 28, 2023, Hon de Castro said: "This school year we welcome 30 Teacher Trainees and Recruits to the profession. Additionally, we also welcome about 30 new trained teachers into our education system.
“We welcome you as you have come to integrate and be a part of the change. These individuals will continue to make a difference, and they will become agents of change just like every single one of you sitting here and I encourage you to mentor them to encourage them, so that they can become life partners in education as so many of you have decided to be."
She also acknowledged 9 new Principals and Assistant Principals who have accepted the call to lead VI schools.
“I want to take this opportunity to speak about the amazing reality of what it means to be a teacher trainee. I am certain that in this new cohort of principals, there are individuals who would have started off as a teacher trainee a long time ago,” Hon de Castro said.
Trainee system an opportunity to grow
She said for new principals that started off as teacher trainee, it just stands as an example to the teacher trainees that are starting now and show them what is possible.
“Principal Marshall, Principal Fraites, Principal Rhymer, thank you so much. There is room for growth and development in education. To the 10 teacher trainees who will start this year, look at those principals, this year they start as the leaders of their institutions after giving years of service and dedication to education. Let’s continue to elevate in the profession and let’s acknowledge the hard work of the ones, who would have started from the very bottom and are now at the top,” Hon de Castro added.
Hon de Castro added that the teacher trainee program has been passionately reinstituted and she believed that for decades to come, it will furnish the local education system with the much-needed professionals needed to keep moving Full S.T.E.A.M. ahead.
“Education is by far the best profession in the world. I believe as educators we can boldly say, that it is the profession that builds every single profession. It is the torch that ignites passion, it is a catalyst for curiosity and a vessel for transformation,” she said.
Hon de Castro called on everyone to reimagine education, and empower students not just to succeed, but to excel and to love learning, “Let us cultivate an environment where every child's potential is recognised, nurtured, and celebrated,” she added.
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21 Responses to “Some 60 educators hired for new school year- Hon de Castro”
I applaud her efforts to do something. Training high schools graduates on the job is not the answer. If you're talking science, technology, engineering and math, those are technical subjects that require technical degrees.
BVI students deserve that.
The minister and CEO ag. need to work on their people's skills or soon the dedicated few will leave them to teach the classes. Manners and respect go a long way, OC and S.D