Education & Leadership Development
Access to education can be a key to individual and community transformation. Our lay missioners teach at all school levels and are engaged in education programs that promote basic literacy, provide vocational skills and train local leaders. Every year lay missioners touch the lives of students of all ages through educational initiatives in both formal and informal venues and with students who range from preschoolers to incarcerated men and women.
Teaching and Educational Resources
Maryknoll lay missioners teach in preschool, primary and secondary schools as well as at universities. We address educational needs from basic literacy to critical thinking and life skills. We also seek to enhance access to education through scholarships, after-school programs, libraries, and resource centers.
Vocational and Skills Training
Lay missioners work in technical schools, in prisons and in community settings offering training that leads to increased economic opportunity, self-sufficiency and important life skills.
Vocational and Skills Training
Lay missioners work in technical schools, in prisons and in community settings offering training that leads to increased economic opportunity, self-sufficiency and important life skills.
Leadership Development
Through training teachers and local leaders, lay missioners help communities create a path forward toward changes that will continue long after the lay missioner leaves.
Our Missioners in Education & Leadership
Featured Stories
Salvadoran youth face educational challenges during pandemic
Community library program becomes lifeline for students struggling with disruption of their education
An outpouring of solidarity in doubly harsh times
Communities in El Salvador are rallying to respond to COVID-19 and Tropical Storm Amanda
Making do during unpredictable times
While teaching during the COVID-19 crisis, returned missioner Steve Pohl applies what he learned in Bolivia from wrestling with shortages, grief, sudden changes, and the need to improvise.
