Nepal
Primary and secondary schools
Competitive candidates will have:
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline and a strong desire to teach English
All candidates who meet the required skills are encouraged to apply. Additional skills that may make you a more competitive candidate include:
• Bachelor’s degree in English, teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), English as a second language (ESL).
• Bachelor’s degree in adult, early childhood, middle school, or elementary education, education technology or computer science
• Three months, 10 hours/month, or 30 hours of English, foreign language, or literacy tutoring experience with primary, middle, or high school students or adults
Volunteers will live in the Gandaki province with a host family but can expect a private room. Volunteers usually walk several miles every day on hilly terrain to work in both hot and cold weather, as well as during the monsoon season from June through September.
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Education
Yes
Nepal
24
Yes
PCV
No
Develop the capacity of local teachers to use and teach English more effectively.
Model research-based classroom practices for teachers to adopt.
Organize extracurricular activities for students, such as camps, clubs, and mentoring programs.
Provide individual tutoring to ensure no student is left behind.
Identify opportunities to engage community members in student learning.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as digital literacy skill workshops or pen pal exchanges with American students.
As an English Language Arts Educator, you will be trained on the country’s curriculum and effective classroom practices. Peace Corps/Nepal will teach you Nepali to help you comfortably live in and connect with the community. You will also receive language resources to learn key phrases in a local language used in your assigned community.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to rural or peri-urban community where you will collaborate with school staff to assess the local needs and develop solutions that foster a creative and effective learning environment.
Learn Nepali language skills from dedicated Language and Cross-Cultural Facilitators.
Gain international experience teaching English as a second or foreign language.
Build lifelong connections with colleagues and community members.
Only heterosexual couples can be accepted for this program.
Each person must apply separately and qualify for a position in a different sector than their partner.
Couples will live together during training but may separate occasionally for field-based activities.
Couples who are selected for the same sector will live together but work with different local partners, which may be in the same community or in neighboring communities (not more than 30 minutes apart)., Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations.
As the preeminent international service organization of the United States, the Peace Corps sends Americans with a passion for service abroad to work with communities and create lasting change. Volunteers develop sustainable solutions to address challenges in Education, Health, Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Youth Development. Through their Peace Corps experiences, Volunteers gain a unique cultural understanding and a lifelong commitment to service that positions them to succeed in today's global economy. Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, more than 240,000 Americans of all ages have served in 142 countries worldwide.
