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To quote Penny Lane from the turn-of-the-millennium cult classic movie Almost Famous, “It’s all happening.” Indeed. In a Toa Nafasi context, “what’s happening” is the 16th biennial conference of the … Continue reading

Okay, so there are admittedly a few things wrong with the title of this post, but I smiled as I wrote it and it just felt right. Obviously, I am … Continue reading

The third installment of this blog’s “Teacher Features” is now here!  This time, the spotlight is on Mwalimu Mshiu, whose first name I only learned after she had already left … Continue reading

Hi guys and a resounding POLE SANA (so sorry) for being so late with this data.  We’ve had massive change at Toa Nafasi this year and our graph-making got a … Continue reading

Just like the last blog post, this one also centers around Toa’s Friday workshops in which we dedicate the afternoon to our teaching staff’s professional development. Last week, Ema led … Continue reading

Loooong after Sandy and Danny brought down the house at Rydell High, the hand jive and various versions of it still permeate (pop) culture, both in the States and in … Continue reading

Our second “Teacher Feature” following Rose Assey is about Sarah Minja, another tutor who has been with Toa since 2016 and who has just been named Head Tutor at Moshi … Continue reading

Hey everybody!  This blog post is a quick reminder that we are just under two months away from the 16th biennial conference of the International Association of Special Education to … Continue reading

“Teacher Features” were an item we were going to start back in 2016 and never quite got around to doing.  Because I (as founder and previously as director) am starting … Continue reading