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Volunteering in primary school

The experience

Ugandan schools are often understaffed and poorly supplied, but you can help to improve this situation by volunteering. You can gain work experience teaching at primary or secondary schools overseas and no formal teaching qualification is required. Whether you want to volunteer abroad by teaching during your gap year, career break, or vacation you will have a role to play and your efforts will be greatly appreciated.

What you offer

18 hours of help per week

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Sports: Teaching or assisting the host, guests, or local communities in practicing sports or physical activities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 18 and 60 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Develop schemes of work and prepare lesson plans (this will be done with the help of a local classroom teacher).
* Facilitate learning by establishing relationship with pupils or students.
* Develop and foster appropriate skills and social abilities to enable the optimum development of children.
* Assess and record progress and prepare pupils or students exams.
* Link pupils’ or student’s knowledge to earlier learning and develop ways to encourage It further.
* Challenge and inspire pupils or students to help them deepen their knowledge and understanding.

Activities & Shift

Teaching all areas of the primary or secondary school curriculumu.
* Taking responsibility for the progress of a class of primary and secondary school age pupils and students.
* Organizing the classroom and learning resources to create a positive learning environment.
* Planning, preparing and presenting lessons that cater for the needs of the whole ability range within their class.
* Motivating pupils or students with enthusiastic, imaginative presentation.
* Maintaining discipline.
* Preparing and marking to facilitate positive pupil development.
* Meeting requirements for the assessment and recording of pupils' development.
* Providing feedback to parents on a pupil's progress at parents' evenings and other meetings.
* Coordinating activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum

Rules

Time keeping is paramount