Project-Based Learning
For over 25 years, GuateMaya Alliance has focused on building educational access in rural Guatemala. Today, Project-Based Learning is at the heart of everything we do — a methodology proven to transform education for Mayan youth.
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Rural schools
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Students per year
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Training program
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Annual budget
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
3-Year Program
PBLWorks Partner
Since 2016
What is PBL
Learning by doing, not memorizing
PBL is a teaching method where students gain knowledge by working on real-world challenges. Instead of memorizing textbook content, they investigate complex questions and build deeper, longer-lasting knowledge through simulations, case studies, problem-solving, and environmental research.
In PBL, competencies are seen as "tools for life." Students develop critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills that connect directly to their world.
Why it works here
Culturally rooted, globally proven
GuateMaya's PBL model is deeply aligned with the ancestral Mayan learning process, a tradition of learning by doing, observing, and participating in community life. This makes PBL not just effective, but culturally relevant for indigenous students in rural Huehuetenango.
GuateMaya partners with PBLWorks, the world's leading PBL organization, which has trained over 190,000 teachers across all 50 U.S. states and supported more than 5,800 schools worldwide.
Our 3-Year Program
One teacher. One school. Lasting change.
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Building the Foundation
One teacher per school is carefully selected to receive intensive, hands-on PBL training. This teacher becomes the agent of change in their school, learning the methodology and applying it in their own classroom.
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Multiplying the Impact
The trained teacher takes on a new role as an on-site trainer, sharing the PBL methodology with fellow colleagues and guiding the school toward full implementation.
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School-Wide Implementation
The entire school implements Project-Based Learning in every classroom. One trained teacher becomes many. One school becomes a model for others.
Our Reach
10 rural schools across Huehuetenango
150 students per school on average
1,500 students transformed every year
Every dollar multiplies through teachers and classrooms
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Rural schools
0
Students per year
0
Training program
0
Annual budget
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
3-Year Program
PBLWorks Partner
Since 2016
What is PBL
Learning by doing, not memorizing
PBL is a teaching method where students gain knowledge by working on real-world challenges. Instead of memorizing textbook content, they investigate complex questions and build deeper, longer-lasting knowledge through simulations, case studies, problem-solving, and environmental research.
In PBL, competencies are seen as "tools for life." Students develop critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills that connect directly to their world.
Why it works here
Culturally rooted, globally proven
GuateMaya's PBL model is deeply aligned with the ancestral Mayan learning process, a tradition of learning by doing, observing, and participating in community life. This makes PBL not just effective, but culturally relevant for indigenous students in rural Huehuetenango.
GuateMaya partners with PBLWorks, the world's leading PBL organization, which has trained over 190,000 teachers across all 50 U.S. states and supported more than 5,800 schools worldwide.
Our 3-Year Program
One teacher. One school. Lasting change.
1
Building the Foundation
One teacher per school is carefully selected to receive intensive, hands-on PBL training. This teacher becomes the agent of change in their school, learning the methodology and applying it in their own classroom.
2
Multiplying the Impact
The trained teacher takes on a new role as an on-site trainer, sharing the PBL methodology with fellow colleagues and guiding the school toward full implementation.
3
School-Wide Implementation
The entire school implements Project-Based Learning in every classroom. One trained teacher becomes many. One school becomes a model for others.
Our Reach
10 rural schools across Huehuetenango
150 students per school on average
1,500 students transformed every year
Every dollar multiplies through teachers and classrooms
Support Project-Based Learning in rural Guatemala
Your donation transforms education for 1,500 students every year across 10 rural schools.
Annual program budget: $30,000