[Rwanda-learningteam] Hiring Interns from KIE

[Juliano Bittencourt]

   Hi Julia,

   I would like to suggest that before going ahead contracting the Interns, it would be important to go to KIE and discuss our intentions with Dr. Mathias.

   This is important so KIE can see this as a partnership and a direct result of the initiatives we did in 2009. It is also important to discuss what is going to be required from these students in terms of time and check if our needs are compatible with their availability.

     The kind of work we did in the past was possible because all of them were free of classes for the community attachment and the vacations period. It is likely that all of them are engaged in their academics activities right now and might be necessary to make sure all schedules are possible even before we start the project.

      We need to put some thinking and planing in this program that in my point of view is something very important to our goals in Rwanda. I known you guys should be overloaded with so many activities at schools right now, however we must pay attention to don't sacrifice the broader objectives of this initiative to solve our immediate needs.

      We need to think what are going to be the model of the program so people don't see it as a one time hiring, but as a part of a larger capacity building initiative. If people see that this program is a continuity of the volunteers program, we will assure more volunteers both in community attachment and in the volunteers program.

     Well, these are my 2 cents ideas.

     Abraços,

     Juliano

On 13/03/2010, at 11:56, Julia Reynolds wrote:

> Hey Silvia,
> 
> Perfect, we all have the same people on our lists! Yes, I was hoping
> they could come in first thing next week for something like that. We
> also need time to discuss and do a bit more training with them. Any
> ideas you have on how that may look would be great.
> 
> We need their help in the schools, which is right now just twice a
> week. There is no end date, but we could say until the training is
> over or renew each semester, something like that.
> 
> Jimmy Desire, do you remember the person who presented this Etos
> project Silvia mentions?
> 
> Thanks
> Julia
> 
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Silvia Kist <silvia at laptop.org> wrote:
>> Yes, I do!
>> But before anything, it will be nice to call them to selective process to
>> make sure they are with right mindset.
>> How many are we going to hire? For how long? How many hours per week?
>> 
>> I remember some volunteers from Kagugu:   Victor and BUNANE Theogene (really
>> good to work with children), Pie and Lote( good to explore the laptop).
>> There are also Janvier (??)  and another that did a really good job in Etoys
>> (he did animation drawning each frame) during our workshop (I don't  know
>> his name).
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Silvia.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Julia Reynolds <julia at laptop.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey Juliano & Silvia,
>>> 
>>> We now have budget to hire some interns to help us at the schools. Do
>>> either of you remember the names of KIE students that you thought were
>>> good and that we should hire?
>>> 
>>> Please let me know, we hope to get them started ASAP!
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Julia
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Julia Reynolds
>>> One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
>>> julia at laptop.org
>>> +0750552766
>>> www.laptop.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Silvia Kist <silvia at laptop.org>
>> Learning Development
>> One Laptop per Child
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Julia Reynolds
> One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
> julia at laptop.org
> +0750552766
> www.laptop.org

Juliano Bittencourt <juliano at laptop.org>
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