zoo89 r's List: "year off"

• curriculum committee that determines the best curriculum and resources for their school.
• classroom experience
• International school

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• the centre and south are divided between French and English

• Bachelor's degree
• or equivalent

  • could TEFL count as "equicalent"???

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  • this resource is useless for (french speaking) african countries.
• WHERE  DO YOU WANT TO TEACH?

  • no luck with fr and eng-speaking afr countries

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• English is still not very much on demand

• tourism

  • would teaching english just expand the tourist industry?
    perhaps you should look for a location that needs english b/c there are many different dialects and their native one isn't understood in the rest of the country (but the YOU couldn't understand them. what about french?)
• English is compulsory

  • so would they even need me??
• without a TEFL
• based closely on textbooks and a set curriculum

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• missionary
• supports its graduates

• n order to find what works for you, it helps to understand why the old stuff doesn’t. 
• in order to find what works for you, it helps to understand why the old stuff doesn’t. 
• With a detailed enough outline, the actual writing becomes a matter of choosing the right words to describe what you’ve already decided to tell.
• helping a given person solve a given problem

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• personal security
• Are you emotionally prepared for this?
• as the victims struggle to rebuild their communities, they will still need assistance.
• dangerous, stressful work often in extreme environments.

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• If you can imagine it, you can probably do it.

• seeing a new place as a temporary resident rather than a tourist,
• Taking a break from our lives: Something new, something challenging.

• politically volatile
• monsoon conditions
• the shorter the volunteer placement, the more specific the project needs to be.
• the longer the volunteer placement, the better it is for both you and the host programme.

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• emergency exit plan.
• home country’s embassy
• register with them
• Spend some time writing down your goals for your volunteer experience

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• Will I be interacting with locals as a volunteer or largely working behind the scenes?
• security or health concerns
• vaccinations
• Is housing provided?
• Can or will I be living near my volunteer project?
• How can friends or family contact me while abroad?
• What are your emergency plans or procedures?
• Is there a local doctor, clinic, or hospital I can go to in case of emergency?
• How old is the program or organization?
• do you regularly accept international volunteers?
• How many
• Do you have liability insurance for volunteers? Do you provide evacuation or medical insurance? Do I need to carry any specific type of volunteer or emergency insurance?

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• they’ll likely do much of the logistic planning for you.

  • won't CHALLENGE me
• More likely to find alumni to talk to
• less flexibility to tailor to your interests and needs
• Less immersive
• you are in charge of deciding where you go, when you go, what you do, how long you stay, what your housing will be, how you’ll get around
• total control
• help support the local organization you’ll be volunteering with
• easier to combine with travel

  • get to do other volunteering, take things as they come along (and of course travel)
    - disater response
    - building houses
    - road trip?
• more authentic local experience
• less likely to find a website with all the information you’re seeking.
• tougher to get in touch with former volunteers of the organization,
• a fuzzier picture of what your experience will really look like.
• truly on your own
• government might distrust international visitors or view volunteering as an act of civil disobedience
• visa process
• the best advice you’ll get will be from fellow volunteers

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• identify an organization to volunteer
• making all your own plans and arrangements

• going independently

• Ask questions

• experience in high stress, crisis situations, such as in a disaster or a conflict situation.
• taking emergency response courses and volunteering through the American Red Cross (or the Red Cross, Red Crescent Society or Magen David Adom in your local area); this is essential if you want a chance to participate in disaster relief efforts.
• hospice
• literacy program,
• promotion of such a program
• administration of the program
• firefighter
• micro-financing

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