Meet Denis
June 23, 2015
Denis teaches K2 at St Kizito Bidati Nursery School; young and smartly dressed, Denis is very popular among his students. Denis is an active teacher, and spends most of his time in front of the blackboard. Denis encourages participation, and the children are often called to the blackboard to answer questions, and point out answers.
Although the class is large, Denis ensures that he moves around the classroom to give children one-to-one support, to help his pupils who are struggling with their work. Denis has fully immersed himself in all our jumpstart! activities; he has joined a teacher-changer network, where he was recently recognized for his excellent ideas for his classroom. Denis told us that being part of this network has helped him as a teacher: “we really want to work together, and support one another because we all have the same goal: to see our pupils succeed. Through these meetings where we can discuss our ideas, I feel like I am already becoming a better teacher because I have grown in confidence”. Currently our jumpstart! monitors are also working with Denis to create exciting learning materials to further support his students’ learning.
Denis is enthusiastic, creative, and motivated – and those attitudes are contagious; his pupils are confident, well-behaved and actively engage during lessons. Through investing in this nursery, our hope is that Denis’ young pupils continue enjoying learning as they progress to primary school, secondary school, and beyond.
