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A Teacher’s Insight into our Water Science Program

A Teacher’s Insight into our Water Science Program

by | May 2, 2022 | , ,

Martha Keeley, an high school engineering teacher at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, sat down with us to reflect on her class’s STEM TeleSquad. Keeley teaches an Engineering Fundamentals elective class to seniors at John Burroughs, and found structuring the class to allow her students to work alongside community members and professional engineers in El Limon, Panama to design a community water tank to be an influential and unforgettable opportunity. Check out our captivating conversation…

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Highlights from Squads Abroad on VoiceAmerica

Highlights from Squads Abroad on VoiceAmerica

by | Mar 3, 2022 | ,

This February, Squads Abroad’s president, Erik Werner sat down alongside teacher Serena and students, Grace and Patrick, from EDGE Global Microschool in Liberty, Missouri for a feature on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Radio’s “The Power of Young People to Change the World”.

Check out our favorite highlights from the captivating conversation:

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Why You Should Consider a TeleSquad Next Semester: Perspectives from an Alumni Instructor

Why You Should Consider a TeleSquad Next Semester: Perspectives from an Alumni Instructor

by | Jul 1, 2021 |

As teachers begin to plan for a brand-new school year, we asked a teacher who has already been through a TeleSquad to share her experience and how this program benefitted the students in her class. Martha Keeley teaches an Engineering Fundamentals elective class to seniors at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri. During the course of their STEM TeleSquad, students worked with community members and engineers in a rural community in Panama to design and build a water tank for that community.

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Through virtual or in-country programs, Squads are passionate groups of volunteers who mobilize abroad to create positive change. Each Squad type has a skill-based focus area that support the education, health and economic development objectives of community partners.
Squads are passionate groups of volunteers who mobilize abroad to create positive change. Each Squad type has a skill-based focus area that support the education, health and economic development objectives of community partners. Faculty choose their dates, duration (typically 1-2 weeks), and their site location from one of our six program countries.
Squads Abroad is a 501c3 non-profit organization under our parent company Global Brigades, a Platinum Level Guidestar member for Financial Transparency. Since 2004, our organization has collectively mobilized more than 70,000 international volunteers to help resolve global health and economic disparities around the world.
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