What we do
TEACH Caribbean's inaugural programme is the Mathematics and English "Bootcamp".
TEACH Caribbean runs an annual five-week summer Mathematics and English Bootcamp at two non-traditional high schools in the parish of Manchester. The Bootcamp is a 4 year programme -- the chosen students join during the summer after grade 7 and are invited back each year (as long as they show continued improvement and a commitment to excellence) until they enter grade 11, the critical year for the regional CSEC exams.
The last cohort started in 2013 and has now completed the full 4 years of the programme, culminating with the sitting of the CSEC exams in 2017 with strong results.
Why we do it
Non-traditional high schools are under-resourced with the many of the children failing Mathematics and English. In addition, not all teachers are completing the syllabi each year, resulting in under-prepared students sitting the regional CSEC exams in grade 11. TEACH aims to play its role in helping to level the playing field, while complementing versus substituting the existing educational system, through its "Bootcamp" programme.
What do the students learn?
Mathematics and English
Innovative, interactive methods used
Curriculum focuses on problem areas from the preceding school year.
What are other student benefits?
Daily cooked lunch and transportation allowance
Unlimited prepaid data plans (2020)
Personalized attention with student to teacher ratio of 15:1.
Who are the Teachers?
Top local Jamaican teachers
Current Rhodes Scholars at Oxford University*
These teachers receive a stipend during the summer
*Most years