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T he mission of the Teach and Travel Program is to offer participants the opportunity to travel abroad for a short period of time and teach En glish and/or arts to Dominican students. In doing so, we intend to create a partnership between our teachers and our students where one end learns basic and important life and language skills while the other takes advantage of the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new culture.
Our School is located in a rural town, San Juan de la Maguana, in the Dominican Republic. We currently offer English lessons to local students as part of an after school institute program, where we eventually hope to also offer art lessons. Our wish is to create a safe, loving and caring environment conducive to learning where students can come and .
The school currently functions in two classrooms equipped with basic classroom furnishings and technology. We are slowly introducing a lending library in order to improve our students' reading skills as well as creative thinking skills.