The Dominican Republic Education And Mentoring (DREAM) Project signed an accord with the Ministry of Education on 7 October 2005 that brings the internationally acclaimed teacher training program, International Step By Step, a George Soros initiative, to the Dominican Republic. Tricia Suriel, of the Dream Project says the agreement opens the doors for an unprecedented collaboration between the SEE, the Open Society Institute and DREAM. Since 1999, the DREAM Project has sought to improve educational opportunities for children living in rural areas and small communities of the north coast and north slope of the Central Mountain Range.
The DREAM Project will start construction on the two-storey facility next month in Cabarete, Puerto Plata on the north coast. The Teacher Training Center/School will serve as a model for basic education and the plan is to duplicate this model throughout the country. DREAM also had the honor of inducting Rose Rodriguez, senior advisor to New York Senator Hillary Clinton, to its executive board last Friday in New York City.
See http://www.dominicandream.org