Secondary English Teaching
Overview
Volunteers teach conversational English, English as a foreign language, or content-based English in middle and high schools. In addition to classroom teaching, Volunteers share resources, develop teaching materials with local teachers, and become involved in community- and school-based projects.
Education
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline and experience described in the next column. Competitive applicants will have a bachelor’s degree in English, TEFL, or linguistics.
Experience
Applicants must have at least three months or 30 hours of English, ESL, TEFL, foreign language, or literacy tutoring experience in classrooms or one-on-one. Applicants can be recent college graduates or those with years of classroom experience. Other relevant experience includes community organizing and work with community groups; drama activities; health or HIV/AIDS education; civics education; youth development work, such as day care or camp counseling; and computer literacy and programming.
Last updated Aug 04 2009