ETA Amy Quirion and her fellow teachers at SMAN2 in Balige, North Sumatra had the pleasure of holding a teacher workshop at the district and regional level with English teachers in the Toba Samosir and Samosir Region. Amy sent in her RELO request form at the beginning of September for an English Language Fellow to come assist her in a workshop to discuss the importance of implementing critical thinking and higher order thinking skills in the new mandated government lesson plans in the updated version of K13 curriculum. ELF Yuta and Amy held the workshop on October 13th and 45 teachers attended the day’s workshop. Fun activities, games, and lessons were a part of the day’s agenda and teachers were able to see how they can bring higher order thinking skills into their classrooms and how to enhance their lesson plans in ways of allowing students to think creatively. The day was a great turn out and the following day was planned to use the same activities with students. Both days were great learning experiences for all teachers who attended.

Amy Quirion is currently teaching at SMAN 2, Balige, North Sumatra