Volunteers have primarily worked in refugee and migrant schools as English language teachers. Individuals with other expertise have also helped to produce curricula, set up monitoring and evaluation systems, and work with World Education Thailand trainers to increase their skills and knowledge.
World Education Thailand asks that volunteers be willing to commit to a minimum of three months. However, sometimes volunteers with specific skills, whose involvement can be beneficial to the program, can arrange for shorter placements. Volunteers generally have some teaching and/or training experience. Please note that World Education Thailand is unable to provide stipends or to cover travel costs for volunteers.
CURRENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS: English language teachers needed
World Education Thailand is seeking volunteer English language teachers at the Teacher Preparation Center (TPC) training facility just outside of Mae Sot on the Thai-Burma border. TPC is a joint project of World Education and the Karen Teachers Working Group. The TPC is a 10-month intensive pre-service teacher training program for educators from Burma and migrant communities in Thailand to prepare them to be primary school teachers. Although the program is primarily focused on teaching methodology, classroom management and child development, trainee teachers have requested extra-curricular English classes to enhance their language skills.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include teaching English to trainee teachers and development of lesson plans and organizing classes. Curriculum support and resources will be provided to volunteers. English classes take place five days a week, with a flexible part-time schedule of 2-3 teaching hours per day. A minimum three month commitment is required, with six months being ideal.
Qualifications:
- BA and/or MA degree completed or in progress and preferably a teaching degree
- Experience working in a classroom setting, preferably teaching English as a foreign language
- Self-assurance, confidence and ability to work well independently
- Ability to live away from family and support networks for an extended period of time
- Excellent interactive and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment as demonstrated by experience
- International drivers’ license and experience riding a motorbike preferred in order to travel to the TPC site.
World Education Thailand does not offer any financial support for volunteers. We provide a place for volunteers to stay at our staff house and a bicycle for getting around Mae Sot town. It is also possible for volunteers to live at the TPC during the week.
Interested volunteers should email World Education for more information. Please note that World Education Thailand cannot guarantee a placement for all volunteer applicants.
Volunteers and
locally hired English-speaking staff teach students in the Wide Horizons
program to develop skills in management, computers, critical thinking,
problem-solving, and English through a two-year residential program.
- English Language Teaching
Volunteers can work with children and teachers in refugee or migrant schools to improve their English language skills. This is the most common type of placement for volunteers working with World Education Thailand. - Special Education Training
Volunteers with experience in Special Education may be needed to train special education trainers and/or teachers and World Education staff on new skills or tools that can be used with special needs students. - Organizational Capacity Development Training
Volunteers with a background in international development, specifically organizational management, could work with some of World Education Thailand's sub-grant partners to improve their staffs' skills and the capacity of the organization.
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