Ecuador Teaching in the Galapagos Islands! - Unidad Educativa Pedro Pablo Andrade

  Ecuador

• Galapagos Islands: 
Galapagos Islands

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: April to December, departures at the beginning of each month

Description: Unidad Educativa Pedro Pablo Andrade is looking for volunteers to help facilitate its educational programs.

Hosting volunteers from other countries helps the young students in San Cristobal to get a bigger view of their world, and ours! Although the citizens on this island are usually trying to make ends-meet, these children are full of life and keen to learn!

Highlights: Helping to educate children and young people in subjects such us: education, culture, sports, social studies, English, and the most important thing for these people is support programs to provide knowledge of flora and fauna conservation.

Potentially organizing and facilitating leadership workshops and conferences.

Qualifications: Prior teaching experience, or teaching English is an asset, but not crucial. Volunteers are needed that are open minded, honest, and who are keen to teach and learn.

Other training or skills that may be valuable:
Soccer, basketball, guitar, drums, piano, other musical instruments, educational games, handicraft design, TEFL Certification, Computers/MS Office Software

Cost in US$: $2775 for 8 week duration, $165 each additional week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

Age Range: 16 +

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Ecuador Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998