United States Virgin Islands Department of Education

 Division of Human Resources

Video Clips

We have four short video clips, one of HR Director Alscess Lewis-Brown extending you an invitation to apply, another showcasing island and school scenes, and two teacher testimonials.  The videos were put together by Morgan Quigley, with additional footage filmed by Bernard Gibs, both employees of the local Department of Education. We recommended that you right click on the links and choose "save as" to save them to your hard drive for smoother viewing.

Invitation to Apply (4.3 MB)

Intro to teaching in the USVI  (2.2 MB)

Recruitment Songs

For the first song, local Calypso Recording Artist The Mighty Pat and Human Resources Director Alscess Lewis-Brown recorded a recruitment song titled "Do you Love Teaching?" highlighting the areas where teachers are needed.  Click the play button below to listen to the song.

The second song, "Come to the Virgin Islands and Teach", was performed by the St. Croix Educational Complex high school band. It was arranged by the music teacher, Ms. Valrica Bryson. The vocals are Chantal Harrigan and Akeem Ferdinand. Click the play button below to listen to the song.

The third song, "An Opportunity", was performed by Colleen Liburd and Shelton Shulterbrandt of Studio 6. Click the play button below to listen to the song.

The next song was performed by students at the Claude O. Markoe school. It's entitled "We are from the V.I."  It was arranged by Ms. Phyllis Jones-Rivera, the music teacher. Click the play button below to listen to the song.

The next song was performed by the Evelyn Williams school students. It was arranged by Ms. Lystra James, the music teacher. It's entitled "Welcome the Virgin Islands Public Schools". Click the play button below to listen to the song.

The next song was performed by the Antonio Jarvis school students. It was arranged by Alfred Lockhart Jr., the music teacher. It's entitled "Come to the Virgin Islands". Click the play button below to listen to the song.

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Pictures (click on the thumbnails to view)

Photos by Saul Santiago, Cletus Emmanuel and Jose Negron

2007 USVI Teacher of the Year Valrica Bryson meets with President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in the White House	The St. Croix Human Resources staff	St. Thomas Charlotte Amalie harbor
New employees work through exercises at the 2005 New Employees Orientation	A panoramic view of the Charlotte Amalie High School premises	A presenter speaks at the 2005 New Employee's Orientation
Attendees at the New Employee orientation session	New teachers listen to a presentation at the 2005 New Teacher's Reception	Charlotte Amalie School Track Team
Pearl B. Larsen students dance at the St. Croix reception	Panoramic view of the St. Thomas Harbor	St. Thomas Classroom
Diversity training for international recruits	New recruits at Salt River beach	New recruits at the Christiansted Fort in St. Croix

(since 9/9/05)

Send mail to Saul Santiago at Teachusvi@doe.vi with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 02/25/08