My name is Herbert Niwagaba (Herbert Sean Agaba). I am a teacher at Top Hill Primary School, Kanungu District, Uganda. I am also a Lead Teacher with Inspiring Teachers.

I first joined Inspiring Teachers in 2016, where I attended workshops with Lauren Brostow and Sara Schaaf as my coaches. My first participation was inspiring, but what amazed me most and changed my life was being chosen as a Lead Teacher.

Before I participated in Inspiring Teachers institutes, teaching was not as enjoyable as it is now. I sincerely planned to quit teaching whenever my class would fail to respond to my teaching or students got poor grades. I was always filled with misery and teaching was becoming hard. My days would be long and quite tiresome.

By joining Inspiring Teachers I have started seeing education from a different perspective, learning new strategies for motivating my students. I have learned that to be a teacher you must be ready to be a motivator to your students. As a teacher you must think of different approaches to make your class be in the spirit of learning everyday.

The skills and strategies I have acquired have made me a better teacher and I hope to continue to improve. I am even more motivated to work with all the partners working towards quality education.

“A better teacher does not change students, they change the world.”

I am grateful for having joined this global change making project, where I have made lots of friends, both local and international. Thank you Lauren and Sarah who discovered me. I thank all the international Fellows I have worked with: Wayne, Edith, Abby, Courtney, James, Sophie, and Robert.

Written by Herbert Niwagaba