Member of the Board

GWENDOLYN AHYOUNG

Gwendolyn Ahyoung is an educator with fifty years’ experience in the field of education – thirty-four years as a classroom teacher, mainly in Standard Five; and then as a Principal Primary for seven (7) years, before her retirement in 2014 from the teaching service. During that time, in addition to her role as Principal, Ms. Ahyoung served as Chairman of the Port-of-Spain North Fraternity for one year; and also began her journey into tertiary education during which time she acquired three (3) academic degrees. Ms. Ahyoung is a National Scholar, possessing one Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Administration and two Masters’ Degrees – one in Reading from the School of Education, University of the West Indies (U.W.I.) and the other in Curriculum Studies from Mount Saint Vincent University – (M.S.V.U., Halifax, Canada). In 2012, Ms. Ahyoung started her Doctoral Degree which involved the “Evaluation of a Reading Programme” that she developed and implemented after training teachers in the use of formative assessment in Reading. This was done among the lower level classes in three (3) Primary Schools in Port-of-Spain. However, due to family commitments, the writing of her thesis was put on hold in 2018. In 2010, Ms. Ahyoung started to work as a Practicum Supervisor for Open Campus and as an E-tutor and Supervisor for the School of Education, U.W.I. She supervised secondary school teachers who were pursuing the Bachelor of Education Degree in the discipline of English Literacy, and primary school teachers who were engaged in Early Childhood Education. She has also worked for Jerome De Lisle Consulting as a Research Field Officer on the evaluation of the Draft Primary School Curriculum and the Continuous Assessment Programme (CAP), and also as a Contributor in Assessment Workshops for Primary School Principals in Tobago. In 2018, Ms. Ahyoung was motivated to become a part-time lecturer and consultant with MIC-IT after observing the Institution’s need for curriculum-related services, that complemented Trinidad and Tobago’s technical vocational landscape. She was later asked through MIC-IT to teach “Action Research” and “Measurement and Evaluation” to the staff of the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) in Dutch Sint Maarten; and to assist in the delivery of a Supervisory Management Programme to the staff and administrators of the said institution. In addition, NIPA also required her services as part of a Curriculum Team in the design and development of four (4) Diploma Programme Curricula – A Boat Master Curriculum; Culinary Arts Curriculum; ICT Curriculum and Automotive Technology Curriculum. As an educator, Ms. Ahyoung’s passion is building the capacity of teachers, so that they can have a positive impact in the classroom and hence on future generations. This need to build a community of learners was also manifested throughout her more than twenty years of service in the Upper Belmont Lions and Leo Clubs. Currently, in regards to her professional advancement and because of her experience and competence, Ms. Ahyoung is willing to establish programmes aimed at developing workforce capacity that are relevant to stakeholder needs and national development. In the meantime, Ms. Ahyoung has begun the Registration process with the Office of Procurement Regulation with Supplier Number OTIKL 122267 to offer consultancy services within Trinidad and Tobago and the Region.

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