South African Educators (left to right) Martha Waddington, Claude de Jager, Hillary Jacobs and Jeffery Van Schoor

New Brunswick, NJ (October 25 – November 5, 2007) – No stranger to GSE, Claude de Jager – Principal of the Amstelhof Primary School and the inaugural participant of the Teacher Exchange Program – led a third delegation of South African educators to Rutgers this fall.

This year, De Jager was joined by Hillary Jacobs, a teacher/counselor at Klein Nederberg High School; Martha Waddington, a teacher at Bergendal Intermediate School; and Jeffery Van Schoor, a teacher from Amstelhof Primary School.

During their two-week visit, the group visited public schools in New Jersey, participated in a variety of workshops and training sessions with GSE faculty and experts in educational technology, math education and civics, visited New York City and conducted discussions with Rutgers graduate students.

The Teacher Exchange Program was made possible through the support of Johnson & Johnson, 57 Main Street Imports and Rutgers GSE.

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