In Feburary and March, SCC, in collaboration with the Siem Reap Provincial Teacher Training College (PTTC), provided training on teaching methodology and classroom management to over 40 primary school teachers. In late May and early June, teachers at Wat Mon Thyean and Phoum Stung Primary Schools had the opportunity to showcase what they learned. SCC's Program Officer, Jay, joined the training facilitator from PTTC, in unannounced visits to the schools to observe teachers' classes and provide feedback and further one-on-one coaching.

Some teachers showed that they were putting their new knowledge to practice. A teacher at Phoum Stung, for example, had learned to use creativity to overcome challenges associated with under-resourced classrooms. She and students had collected leaves which they used as counters to practice simple addition and subtraction. Teachers also showed improved interactions with students by moving throughout the classroom, instead of standing in one place or sitting at their desks at the front of the rooms.

Learning to be an effective teacher is an ongoing process. The PTTC facilitator offered coaching on the use of questions to further engage students, the introduction of new subject material in a way that relates to concepts that students already understand, and improved communication with and reporting to the school director.

School directors played an important role in observing the teachers, too, as they were trained to conduct evaluations and give feedback their staff, something that very rarely happens at the average school!