An exhibit of photographs about a local educator's work in Nigeria, Tanzania and Armenia has opened at Bismarck State College.
The public is welcome to visit with Pam Rettig during a reception Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the BSC Library's Gannon Gallery.
A reading and math specialist for the Bismarck Public Schools (BPS), Rettig has worked across the United States and abroad as a teacher trainer and consultant. Her international experience began in 2000 as a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar to Japan. She was a presenter at the World Congress on Reading events in New Zealand and Scotland in 2000 and 2002. Then an unexpected opportunity arose that became the subject of her photographs.
She was at a world conference on literacy in Washington, D.C., when she met Dr. Obiajulu Emejulu, president of the Reading Association of Nigeria. The relationship grew into a collaboration to train teachers in Nigeria. Their co-written grant from the International Reading Association allowed them to train 120 teachers. Based on their success in 2004, the World Bank asked Rettig to do a second teacher in-service in Nigeria, an area they had been unable to reach with such programs.
UNESCO sought out Rettig to do teacher training in Tanzania in 2006 and 2008. She also worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Armenia. More recently, she collaborated with the North Dakota Reading Association to establish the first traveling library in Nigeria.
Rettig has a master's degree in educational psychology from University of Mary, where she has taught graduate courses in reading education part time since 1995. Her 21 years with BPS includes instruction ranging from kindergarten to grade 12.
Among her recognitions are Milken educator, Who's Who in American and Who's Who in the World. The exhibit of photographs runs through Nov. 27.
About Bismarck State College
Bismarck State College, an innovative community college in Bismarck, N.D., offers high quality education, workforce training, and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities.
The public is welcome to visit with Pam Rettig during a reception Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the BSC Library's Gannon Gallery.
A reading and math specialist for the Bismarck Public Schools (BPS), Rettig has worked across the United States and abroad as a teacher trainer and consultant. Her international experience began in 2000 as a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar to Japan. She was a presenter at the World Congress on Reading events in New Zealand and Scotland in 2000 and 2002. Then an unexpected opportunity arose that became the subject of her photographs.
She was at a world conference on literacy in Washington, D.C., when she met Dr. Obiajulu Emejulu, president of the Reading Association of Nigeria. The relationship grew into a collaboration to train teachers in Nigeria. Their co-written grant from the International Reading Association allowed them to train 120 teachers. Based on their success in 2004, the World Bank asked Rettig to do a second teacher in-service in Nigeria, an area they had been unable to reach with such programs.
UNESCO sought out Rettig to do teacher training in Tanzania in 2006 and 2008. She also worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Armenia. More recently, she collaborated with the North Dakota Reading Association to establish the first traveling library in Nigeria.
Rettig has a master's degree in educational psychology from University of Mary, where she has taught graduate courses in reading education part time since 1995. Her 21 years with BPS includes instruction ranging from kindergarten to grade 12.
Among her recognitions are Milken educator, Who's Who in American and Who's Who in the World. The exhibit of photographs runs through Nov. 27.
About Bismarck State College
Bismarck State College, an innovative community college in Bismarck, N.D., offers high quality education, workforce training, and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities.