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6 Strategies to Build a Foundational Love of Reading
BEN Book Club, Kristen Scott Ndiaye | October 11, 2021
Raising a reader takes more than teaching how to decode and blend sounds and letters. Between ages two and five, your little one may not be reading, but you can certainly be thinking about the first steps. Learning to read starts with building a foundational love of reading, which comes from reading books that make a child light up, reading them o... Read more
World Teacher’s Day: 2021 Outstanding Teacher Award Finalists Profiles
News, Outstand Teacher Awards | October 5, 2021
Stephanie Correia, Dean Foggo, Andrea Isaac, Troy King, Kendra Lightbourne, Vernon Lambe III, Patricia Nesbitt, Makeba Stowe, Winsome Wilson Place, and Florence Brown are the finalists for the 2021 Outstanding Teacher Award. A spokesperson said, “To celebrate World Teacher’s Day Bermuda Education Network [BEN] is recognizing the accomplishm... Read more
Ten Outstanding Teacher Award 2021 Finalists Announced
Events, News, Outstand Teacher Awards | September 27, 2021
BEN's Outstanding Teacher Award is for Educators who have inspired their colleagues. Sponsorship from insurer and reinsurer Allied World means all the finalists will get a cash prize and the winner will also be given a grant for a school project of their choice.Our Ten finalists were nominated by their peers and selected by our Nominating Committe... Read more
Early Literacy Book Club
BEN Book Club, Events, News, Volunteer Stories | November 17, 2020
An early literacy storytelling club aimed at preschoolers is in the works. Teacher advocacy group the Bermuda Education Network teamed up with its Teacher of the Year Diamond Outerbridge for the BEN Book Club which promotes the benefits of reading to toddlers. ... Read more