What did your week at the Advisor Institute consist of, and what do you feel you learned from these activities? Our week consisted of both direct lessons on how Model U.N. works (the nuts and bolts, if you will) and the opportunity to participate in committee sessions. As someone who had no previous knowledge or [...]
Amadou Seck coaches MUN at Noble and Greenough school in Dedham, Massachusetts. Ian Tiedemann runs a delegation at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. Best Delegate sat down with both to ask them about their experiences at the MUN Institute and how it’s impacted their coaching. What did your week at the Advisor Institute consist [...]
This article was provided by Global Schools Program Ambassadors, a Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth Initiative.The Global Schools Program is one of the projects lead by the Youth initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Youth), in support of UNESCO’s Global Action Program on Education for Sustainable Development (GAP-ESD). The program aims to [...]
Best Delegate sat down with New Hampshire-based MUN coach Cristina Drondoe to ask her a few questions about her experience at Best Delegate’s MUN Advisor Institute. What did your week at the Advisor Institute consist of, and what do you feel you learned from these activities? I had the privilege of attending the Advisor Institute [...]
Burr and Burton Academy is a high school in Manchester, Vermont, with a MUN delegation that Best Delegate named one of North America’s best in 2016. Best Delegate sat down with BBA MUN coach Kendra LaRoche to ask her a few questions about MUN and how she runs her program. Image courtesy of the Burr [...]
Whether you’re a teacher at a high school who feels that there’s a lack of debate-centric extracurriculars or a college student who is frustrated by a lack of MUN at their chosen institution, starting a MUN Club or Team is a great idea which helps both kids and advisors learn many valuable new skills. Unfortunately, [...]
Alberto Varela is an MUN advisor from Lima, Peru and has been involved with Model UN for 4 years. For 40 years, Alberto has been teaching subjects including English, Social Studies, and Philosophy. He has also participated in the World School Debating Championships in Singapore and Lima. One of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had in [...]
Katrina Hill is teacher in Roanoke, Virginia, where she teaches language arts and social studies to students in middle school. Katrina started the school’s Model UN program as an Advisor three years ago, and had the opportunity to attend the Best Delegate Advisor Institute this past summer. A lot of our Model UN time is [...]
Mehmet Toygus has been teaching English for about 40 years in Adana, Turkey. He currently works at the FINAL School in Adana, and since setting up the MUN club five years ago, Mehmet has remained the Director of MUN Studies in all FİNAL Schools in Turkey. There is a saying, “Every treasure waits to be [...]
Katrina Hill is teacher in Roanoke, Virginia, where she teaches language arts and social studies to students in middle school. Katrina started the school’s Model UN program as an Advisor three years ago, and had the opportunity to attend the Best Delegate Advisor Institute this past summer. As a teacher and a parent, I hear [...]