Volunteer English language coaches / teachers in Sri Lanka Government Schools
Listed by Give A Fig Volunteering
Applying
As we teach and work in development throughout the year, applications are welcome at any time.
You can view details of our projects, our application process, and the opportunities we offer at www.giveafigvolunteering.com/get-involved/ . You could also use our ‘contact us’ page www.giveafigvolunteering.com/contact-us / to ask any questions you may have. You will also find our skype and telephone numbers on that page.
Details
(Our 2017 Offers to celebrate our new government education contracts: 2 weeks from £536, 3 weeks from £609, 4 weeks from £669)
Give A Fig Volunteering (GAFV) are a UK non-profit and the leading education volunteer providers on the amazing and beautiful tropical island of Sri Lanka. We are headquartered in Anuradhapura, at the heart of a vast rural area, surrounded by national parks, elephants, and other wildlife. From here we have easy access to the rest of the island, and we also operate a 4 day week, with alternating 4 day weekends, allowing you to explore.
We deliver English education (amongst other things) in partnership with Sri Lanka government, and their schools. We also work in rural development, and are launching as Give A Fig, Sri Lanka, an NGO, in March 2017. Our NGO’s core aims mirror those of GAF V – which are education, development, conservation, and income growing, all inextricably linked in the areas in which we work.
So volunteer with us, and make your CV stand out, make a difference, and enjoy experiences you’ll remember for a lifetime.
Give A Fig Volunteering support English language education in Sri Lankan schools through developing teachers’ pedagogy, and making the English language live for students through your volunteering with them. All schools teach English, and a number of schools, have English medium classrooms and schools. We also teach in villages, orphanages, in colleges, schools for child monks, and universities, all of which you could teach in should you wish to. English is vital for the children and young people here to gain access to higher education, and employment, to escape the cycles of rural poverty and day work of their communities.
Your role would be to coach / teach in schools, delivering a planned English language based support programme – that you can tailor - in school classrooms. Some of you may like to actually teach and lead from the front, and there will be opportunities for that too, should you wish to have them.
You could be involved in leading games activities, small group discussions, question and answer sessions, as well as working with teachers in extra-curricular clubs and activities delivered through English.
Essentially, you will be fully supported at all stages of your volunteering, which will give you experience of overseas education and development.
You will receive a certificate from Give A Fig and the Sri Lanka government recognising your participation in the government schools English language development programme
JOB PURPOSE
To work with children, young people, and their teachers in structured settings to develop the English language skills of all.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Your responsibilities are to deliver English language learning through classroom and extra-curricular activities.
You will work with Give A Fig Volunteering staff to prepare for lessons, and work with teachers and the project leaders in the schools.
Support the children and young people during their activities and workshops.
Encourage, the participation of all children in the classrooms, and in activities.
Develop and maintain a professional relationship with Sri Lankan school staff, fellow volunteers, and the young people.
FLEXIBILITY STATEMENT
The content of this Volunteering role represents an outline of the posts, and is therefore not a precise list of of duties and responsibilities. The description is therefore flexible, within the education context.
Application Form
Please apply through our Apply Today page http://www.giveafigvolunteering.com/apply/