Thanks Kris

Thank you Dr. Kris Stutchbury. 

I am Mathews Mwabu, currently working as Headteacher at a government school in the Northern part of Zambia. 

I am looking forward to learn more on Inclusive teaching and learning. 

Respected Course Leaders, facilitators and colleagues

Talofa and welcome.

I am Dr Rafia Naz and I am from Fiji initially but living in Samoa now. I have been teaching for more than 13 years now in the Higher education sector and am currently the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Entrepreneurship at the National University of Samoa.

I have enrolled in this course to enhance my learning and to be able to gain key skills and knowledge for application in my teaching and learning.

I look forward to an enjoyable learning experience.

I'm Hemanthi Anuruddhika (Anu) attached to the Department of Special Needs Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka.

I'm eager to update my knowledge regarding inclusive education as I involve with teaching different courses in relation to Inclusive Education in B.Ed. Hons in Special Needs Education Degree conducted by the Dept. of Special Needs Education of the Open University of Sri Lanka.

I'm looking forward to start my study journey with you all....

Thank you

Thanks Dr. Kris

I'm a technical trainer at Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology in Kenya. Looking forward to learn more on inclusive teaching and learning. 

Hello fellow participants,

This is Sathish from India.I am a teacher teaching English for classes 9 to 12. I love learning about new things in education and try to implement the same with the students. My aim is to reach the maximum benefits to the maximum students. I also train the teachers under various topics. I fell happy to share the knowledge among them.

I am sure this course will help me enhance my teaching competency.

Sathish

Hi all,

I am Sushumna Rao from India. I am an Edtech trainer.  I am very excited to be part of this course. Looking forward to learn about Inclusive teaching learning practice.

#Happylearning

Sushumna.

bula everyone,

So glad to part of this platform. I am From Fiji, currently a primary school teacher. Looking forward to a productive lessons.

Vinaka

Greetings,

I am Tyreke Anderson and I am from the beautiful island paradise of Jamaica. I am currently a secondary teacher of mathematics. 

I love Lady Gaga and Eartha Kitt.

I look forward to engage with everyone.

My name is Mercy Ikua.  I am originally from Kenya. I currently live and work for the International Baccalaureate in Netherlands. I am a curriculum developer for languages (language acquisition and language and literature) in the middle years programme (ages 11-16). I work closely with teachers. I am an alumna of Open University- I studied for my Masters of education (Inclusive practice) here. I am also an alumna of Kenyatta University:-) I am very interested in Inclusive Education issues and practices and I would like to widen my scope in this area, especially pertaining to education in Global South. Looking forward to learning with you all.

Mercy

Hello. I am Lorre. Jamaican by birth Mother of one and wife to one. Currently doing my masters in curriculum Instruction. I am aware of Inclusive Teaching and Learning. However I don't mind learning some more and trying my bestow apply it to my classroom.  I look forward to learning from everyone here and someday enter the Special needs field.

Hello Kris Stutchbury and everyone,

My name is Cyrus from  kisii kenya, am a secondary school teacher at St. don bosco secondary school in Nyamira county.

I join the course to gain knowledge on how to handle all my students inclusively and advance my teaching skills. 

Thank you.

I'm Adeolu, a nurse educator from Nigeria, I was a nurse tutor in the school of nursing and now a Lecturer in the Department of Nursing of National Open University of Nigeria.

Halo olgeta (Hello everyone),

I am Lorelle Yakam, from Papua New Guinea (PNG). I am a tutor under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Divine Word University in PNG. Looking forward to learning from this course.

I'm  Sanjalee Chandrasekara from Sri Lanka. I'm currently a student studying computer science. I'm eager to learn more about various educational concepts and theories as I'm really interested in digital education and technology enabled learning.

Looking forward to learn more about Inclusive education!

It's great to be here. Thank you.

My name is Maurine from Kenya. Am a teacher at an Institute in a Kisumu County. looking forward to learn more about Inclusive treaching.

Thanks Kris. 

Good to hear that we would be working with such an experienced facilitator. Thanks

Hi everyone

I am Lita from Tonga working at the Inclusive Education unit of the Ministry of Education and Training. I am looking forward to learn and share skills and knowledge during this course.

All the best to everyone 

Hi all,

My name is Jamie. I work in a teaching and learning centre at a public college in Canada. I am interested in learning more about this topic in order to support the faculty members at my institution and to assist in developing/curating resources on this topic.

My name is Cathrine anyango osaso from Nairobi kenya.I am a student at The University of Nairobi.My area of specialization is Bachelor of Education Earlychildhood.

I have also gotten opportunity to be a teacher in different private schools within Nairobi,director of Kitengela Genesis Academy and a business lady

I would like to learn more on inclusive teaching so that I gain more skills, meet new educators from different countries and in the end be able to  put in practice what I have learnt in this forum.Thanks so much for the opportunity. 

My name is Mohammed Suleman Lawan, a lecturer with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna Nigeria. I'm currently at the final stage of my PhD program in Mathematics awaiting internal examination.

I teaches Mathematics for the past eleven years, also I'm one of the pioneer facilitators of the Open Distance and Flexible e-learning program in Kaduna Polytechnic. I look forward to meeting honored and revered facilitators  on inclusive teaching and learning.

Thank you.

Thank you Dr Kris Stutchbury for introductory remarks. The courses is likely to answers the big question on: "How to implement inclusive classrooms in view of the policy requiring every school and classroom to be inclusive.'

My name is Velma Russell, I have worked as a Primary Educator in Jamaica for the last 22 years. I am currently  the Acting Principal of my school. This course will help me to understand and learn about Inclusive Teaching and Learning. I am looking forward to this course as it will allow me  to share with my teachers and help to the enhance teaching and learning in  the institution.

I am Sharn Tamara Serrant Jno Rose from the beautiful island of The Commonwealth of Dominica. I began teaching on September 11th 2001. I am an elementary teaching and enjoy working with the little ones. My joy of teaching is seeing my pupils excel academically. I am looking forward in gaining a better knowledge of inclusive learning so that I will beable to pass on this knowledge to my pupils.  

Hi Dr Kris, I am Samuel Onoro, a teacher from Uganda currently working with Children At Risk Network as a learning support Teacher. I am glad to be part of this course

I am Dr. Mintu Bhattacharya from India. I am a teacher in University. Very excited to learn new things in Inclusive teaching.

Thank you Dr. Kris Stutchbury,

I am Ngozi Nwosu, a  Quality Assurance Evaluator,(rtd),Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja,

Nigeria.

I look forward to further enhancing my skills on Inclusive Teaching and Learning

Hi all,

I am Peace Ezzeh a computer Science Lecturer, currently teaching in the Federal College of Education Technical Asaba. I am glad to be here and i look forward to learning more about inclusive teaching and meeting new people.

Hi Dr. Stutchbury, so very nice to meet you. I am so happy to be part of this course with you and everyone else. 
My name is Nyann Boodhai and I am from the island of Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. I have been a secondary school science teacher for the last 6 years. While I am qualified to teach high school biology, during my time, I have has experience teaching general science, including physics and chemistry and mathematics. 
In addition to this course I am currently pursing my postgraduate diploma in teaching and learning with emerging technology. 
I am happy to be a part of this course to continue my professional development especially regarding inclusive education. I will be completing this course on my own, but I will definitely be telling my colleagues about it as well. I look forward to working together with all of you!

Hello Everyone,

It's a great privilege to be part of this forum. My name is Zainab Muhammad Shuaibu, 

from Nigeria, I am a National Trainer with Strengthening Mathematics and Science and Science Education(SMASE)  domiciled at the National Teachers' Institute,(NTI) Kaduna. We train in-service teachers on how to make difficult and abstract concepts in Mathematics and Science easier and simpler to grasps and understand by the learners.

I hope to network and learn a lot from this platform.

Thank you. 

Hello everyone, I am delighted to participate in this forum. My name is Julia Ruiz-López and my profile is both technical and educational. My most recent teaching experience has been in teacher training at the University in Spain.

I find that this will be a privileged place for the exchange of experiences and participate in dialogues on inclusive education with an international perspective and I find it very relevant for my professional development.

I am looking forward to enjoy this learning experience.

Greetings to all

:-)

I am Janice Stevens from St. Lucia, West Indies.  I teach Caribbean History at the secondary school level and I have been a teacher for 29 years.  I like exploring  new ideas and I look forward to this course. 

My name is Laurette Akinyi Osaso. I am a Kenyan resident in Nairobi. I am currently studying a Diploma in Hollistic naturing of Children and I have worked in a training academy before as a training coordinator. I also hold a Degree in International Business Administration. 

I have an interest in teaching with a bias in Early Childhood Education and a future goal of giving back to the society through opening a Kindergarten. I sieze every  learning opportunity to enrich my technical know how in education and teaching at large. 

I look foward to learning from this course and other participants and deriving value from through this course.

Thank you Kris for giving me a chance to introduce myself. I am Dr. Florence Kisirkoi, a senior lecturer of Curriculum Studies in Maasai Mara University, Kenya.

I have worked in the university for ten years now. Before then I had worked in the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development for ten years. Before that I had taught  English and Literature subject in secondary schools for 12 years. I co-authored the secondary English language course books for form one and two which are currently in use in all schools in Kenya. You may wonder how old I am but this shows that learning never stops.

I have taken several courses offered by TESSA and facilitated teacher professional development for teachers in different regions in Kenya on embedding learner centred learning in our classroom teaching. I am a TESSA Ambassador.

I am looking forward to working with you in this course. You will enjoy every moment of learning.

My name is Bilkisu Aminu I work with the Distance Learning Center of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Kaduna State Nigeria. I am a facilitator and study alone. I am pleased to be part of this course, thank you for the opportunity.

Thanks Kris, its always pleasant to be in your class.

My name is, Usman Muideen I am from Nigeria. I am an online facilitator and am studying this course alone. I am studying this course in order to improve my teaching skills.

My name is, Peter Kinyanjui from Kenyatta University, Kenya. I am a facilitator in teacher education through an online platform. I am studying Inclusive Education course alone and am doing this course in order to improve my teaching skills. I would be very happy to participate in the creation of an "Inclusive School" in Kenya or elsewhere in Africa.

Thanks Dr. Kris!

Happy to be on this course. i am Shehu Abdulyekeen Bolaji. thank you Dr. Kriss Stutchbury for making the course possible.

Hi Kris and colleagues,

I am Lexford Johnson, Principal of Norman Gardens Primary School, Jamaica. I was on and off for awhile due to commitments elsewhere; but am fully in now. I intend to catch up and make my full contribution overtime. I have been reading some of the posts and found the comments interesting. Thanks for allowing this opportunity to learn more about inclusive education. I am quite sure this course will make all of us adept at handling inclusive education to those who are at a disadvantage.

Lexford Johnson

Thank Kris. Look forward to being inclusive.

Hello everyone. I am Dr Florence Kamonjo a facilitator in this course. I am a science teacher by profession, taught  in high school for over 20 years. Currently I am working as a teacher educator at the University of Kabianga, Kenya. I am also a TESSA ambassador in my country. Looking forward to interactive sessions with all of you. 

Hello everyone,

I am Homad Sudama from Trinidad and Tobago. I am a Mathematics teacher at a secondary school.

Really looking forward to this course.

Blessings. 

Thank you for this core course. Am Dr. Benedicta Tabot from University of Kabianga,  Kenya where am a teacher educator in the area of curriculum and instruction. I hope to explore more ways of making my  teaching more inclusive.

My name is Dr. Joy Wabuke. I am a teacher educator at University of Kabianga,Kenya. I teach Biology methods. I hope to learn more on inclusive teaching and learning and share the same with my students. Thanks. 

Hello everyone!

I am Joseph MBARUSHIMANA, I serve as High school Teacher and mentor in Rwanda. 

I am proud to join this course and I look forward to learn more on INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Thank you for creating this course.

I am Noah Mutai, University lecturer at Taita Taveta University, Kenya.

best regards.

Hi all,

I am Francis Mureithi a High teacher of English and Computer Studies from Kenya. This is my third course with TESSA and I love the way they structure their courses in such a manner that one doesn't get the at unique of monotony. I look forward to another experience to learn about inclusive Learning and Teaching. 

Hello everyone!

My name is Dr. David Ngatia, a Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Kabianga, Kenya. I'm a TESSA ambassador and will be among the facilitators for Inclusive Teaching and Learning (ITL) and Creating an Inclusive School (CIS) courses offered by Commonwealth of  Learning (COL) and Open University(OU).

Before joining University of Kabianga as a teacher-educator, I taught for over 20 years in Kenyan Secondary schools where I taught Mathematics, Physics and Computer studies subjects. 

I have a great passion for teaching and use of modern teaching technologies to make both teaching and learning relevant to the 21st Century's teachers and learners.

Looking forward to learn, grow and glow professionally on matters Inclusive Education through interactions and sharing of experiences with teachers and teacher-educators across the globe. 

Hi, 

My name is Ms. Kimesha Gutierrez and I am from Belize City. I am a primary school teacher. I am fairly new to teaching since I have been for three years only. I am looking forward to learn many new things from this course. 

My name is Paul Onsare, a teacher educator in English language education in Kenya. This course is a wonderful feeling. Learning a lot

Thank you Dr. Kris for the role you and your team has consistently played in facilitating us to  become better teachers.

I am Dr. Florence Kisirkoi. I am currently a teacher educator, a  senior lecturer in Maasai Mara University in Kenya where i have worked for the last ten years. Before then I had worked in Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development as English language subject specialist for 10 years. Earlier I had taught English Language and Literature for 12 years in high school.

In this course, Creating an Inclusive School, I will be among the team of facilitators.

Enjoy the course and become a better educator.

I

Hello. I am Doris Njoka, a lecturer at Kenyatta University Kenya. I have not connected with any member from my institution in this course so I am studying alone. I hope there will be an opportunity to interact with them as the course progresses.

The reason for studying this course is to gain more insight into how to make the learning environment of my learners and others more inclusive.

Hi All, 

So pleased to meet all of you! I bring greetings from the beautiful Caribbean country of Belize! My name is Mr. Raphael Cal. I am an Education Officer with the National Resource Center for Inclusive Education, Ministry of Education here in Belize. This organization leads the way with promoting inclusive education here in Belize. I am studying this course with other officers from NaRCIE Belize. I am studying this course because I want to deepen my knowledge about how to promote inclusive schools. I would use this knowledge and share it with the teachers here in Belize. 

Raphael

Good day everyone. My name is Patricia Ramnarine and I teach French and Spanish at a secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago. I have been teaching for 15 years and I want to continue growing as a teacher. I believe that inclusive education is of great importance, hence my reason for doing this course.

My name is Razia Khan from the tropical island of Trinidad and Tobago. I am currently a cluster Early Childhood Care and Education administrator/teacher with the Ministry of Education. I am pursuing this course to better equip me with the tools/strategies for creating an inclusive school. Thank you.

Hello everyone, my name is Nisher Christopher and I am from the twin island of Trinidad and Tobago. I am currently an ECCE teacher and I look forward to learning about inclusive teaching.  

Thanks Dr. Stutchbury for the welcoming address. 

Looking forward to meeting the team of facilitators and the stimuli they would be presenting.

A.W

Thank you.  I am excited to participate in this course.  I feel especially privileged to have someone with your expertise guiding us.  Thank you also for allowing me to participate although I seem to have missed the deadline.

Hi, 

My name is Jenice Bonyun and I am a teacher's assistant at a primary school in Trinidad and Tobago. I chose this course to assist me with having inclusive classrooms especially in a virtual learning environment.

My name is Nila Akinyi Oduori, from Kenya. I have been teaching in Maasai Mara University for the last 3 years. Before this, I had the opportunity to teach at a Kindergarten for a year, and a secondary school for another year. I am interested in this course so that I can learn how to make my classroom interactions inclusive.

Nice to meet you

Thank you for your warm welcome.  I am happy to be taking this course under your expert guidance.

Thanks Dr Stutchbury. I hope this will be a very informative course. 

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am Reanna Rampersad- Kangoo from Trinidad and Tobago currently employed as an Early Childhood Care and Education Teacher. I do look forward to gain a wealth of knowledge from this course.

Thank you Dr. Stutchbury,

I am Pauline Vaughan an elementary school teacher in Belize. I look forward to learning more about inclusive education and am grateful for the opportunity to do so.

Better late than never!  

First and foremost, thanks so much  to you Dr.Kris for making this course still available for those who were not able to access it in time. It makes the late comers like me feel included in learning.:-)

My name is Sakina Chege from Nairobi Kenya. I hold a Bachelors in Education with a teaching  experience of 12  years.

Currently I teach at The Riara Group of Schools . I am here to acquire knowledge, skills and the desired attitude as far as Inclusive Teaching/Learning is concerned.

 Thanks for such an opportunity, this will definitely make me a better educator.

Hi,

My name is Michelle Ramlal and even though I signed up for Creating Inclusive Schools first, I thought it best to also do this course. Looking forward to learning from both. 

Regards,

Michelle Ramlal

Hello everyone,

I am Jenny Garcia, a Special Education Teacher from Trinidad and Tobago.  I am eager to learn all that I can about inclusion and inclusive education so that I can share my knowledge and experience with my colleagues and fellow practitioners.

Hi Dr Kris Stutchbury,

My name is Mrs. Kenrecia Greenidge I am from Trinidad and Tobago and have been an Early Childhood Teacher Assistant for the past four years with Ministry of Education. I love working with young children hence my enrollment in this course to gain more knowledge that would enhance my teaching skills in the classroom..

Hi, I am June Grant from the island of Trinidad and Tobago. I am an ECCE Administrator/Teacher employed by the Ministry of Education, ECCE Division. I have been serving as an Administrator/Teacher with over 25 years of ECCE experience and have been working in this current post for the past for the past 9 years. 

I look forward to this course as I am sure that there is new knowledge imbedded here to help improve my praxis. Thank you for the opportunity to participate. 

A special hello to Dr. Stutchbury, Dr. Hendry and Dr. Cooper.

I am June E. Grant, Administrator/Teacher for a cluster of ECCE Centres in the South Education District of Trinidad, West Indies.

I have been operating in my current post for the last 9 years but have an overall experience of 25 years in ECCE.

My masters thesis in curriculum studies was on investigating teachers concerns regarding inclusive education (2015) but since then, I have participated in other inclusion courses since I believe that there is still more to learn and do as an educator/ practitioner.

As such, I give thanks to you and your team for this learning opportunity.

Good Morning/Afternoon to anyone reading this post. I am Shirvana and I am ICT Instructor and Online Course Developer working in Trinidad and Tobago. 

I look forward to learning from this community in sharing ideas and experiences.

Thank you and have a great day 😊

Good day everyone, my name is Sharlene Deoki and I am a Primary School Teacher in Trinidad. I have been teaching for fifteen years and I enrolled in this course having completed the follow up course on Creating an Inclusive School. I now want to learn what more I can do to focus on creating an inclusive classroom. I look forward to a most enlightening and rewarding experience. 

Thank you Dr. Kris

My name is Esmirna Romero I am from the  beautiful country of Belize. I am presently teaching at Concepcion Roman Catholic School in the Corozal District which is located in the north of Belize. I came to know about this course thank to our NARCIE officer. She updated me with this course and motivated me to take this course. 

I decided to take this course because I am the special needs coordinator of my school. 

I take this opportunity to say that it is a very interesting course. 

I apologize because I think I did the welcome in the other course. 

Thank you once again Dr. Kris

Very good initiative. I'm Richard Kossi Agbgan, teacher educator at Direction des Formations, (University of Lome). I've been mathematics teacher for 3 years, then teacher educator for 7 years and curriculum specialist for 7 years. I still teacher educator and curriculum specialist currently. 

hi everyone, thank you Dr. Kris.

Thank you.

1. I'm Kossi Agbogan from Togo

2. I'm teacher educator and curriculum specialist at "Direction des Formations" (University of Lome)

3. I'm studying this course on my own 

4. I'm studying this course to let  the staff at the ministry know how relevant training material as OER can contribute freely to a large scale of teacher education.

 Hello, my name is Jenna-Louise Barkley and I live in Trinidad and Tobago. I have been an ECCE Educator for 15 years now. I am studying along with other colleagues. I hope to gain valuable skills, knowledge and resources about inclusive classrooms to better my practice and the educational experiences of all my students.