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.