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Strengths: Access to U.S. Churches, access to libraries. An increased awareness of internet resources.
Weaknesses: Limited access to internet, lack of equipment.
Danger: Paternalistic attitudes toward the national church. Dependency by the national church A need for more qualified teachers, a lack of training Teachers are a human resource that can be lost by underutilization
Opportunities: A new generation of tech saavy students Under-utilized facilities: could rent out for other events or to other groups for revenue U.S. teams could come and help build
Threats: Lower enrollment due to G-12 or Apostolic Movement Literature that is written against the Bible School
Plan of Action: Work to develop the libraries Train the teachers with a plan to develop our human resources Integrate more technology in the classroom and the library Video projectors and good equipment in the classroom Teachers are trained in the use of new technology that doesn’t substitute the teacher Properly train students the use of search resources Allocate resources to reduce dependency on the missionary and U.S. funding Promote to recruit more students If the building is underused, market the building for revenue
Resources Available (Libronix) Bibliotecca Academica Bilingue Bibliotecca Pastoral (Jim Billings is making these available)
Fe y Accion Series Faith and Action Series is a curriculum of 44 books to train pastors and lay workers. There are 12 books completed in English and 8 translated and printed in Spanish Teachers guides and supplemental DVD’s are available We are working with SEC so the series conforms to Plan Basico Each course is available on CD for local printing, students buy books for $3 to $5 each Faith and Action books are Pentecostal, practical and easy to relate to accreditation.
Working closely with SEC, trying to integrate it with the Plan Basico. It takes a thousand to 1500 hours to write a book – we don’t want to invest our lives in books no one wants to use We need feedback: help us improve. We look to improve our cross-culture relevance Books are also available in English and Spanish (and many other languages!) |