By itself, improving the skills of teachers in the developing world is not enough to ensure education for all children by 2015. We urgently need volunteers with experience in education management at primary school level (we also have a limited number of placements for managers with secondary-level experience) to go overseas in roles as soon as possible.
Roles generally range from one to two years.
You’ll be a qualified and experienced head teacher, deputy head teacher, local education adviser or a senior level teacher with at least three to five years’ senior or middle management experience.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll work to improve education programmes and the quality of education delivery. You’ll help with school planning, teacher training programmes, continuous professional development, inspection systems, school administration and budgeting, and teacher recruitment, in countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or Rwanda.
Head teacher Ludiya’s story in Nepal
Head teacher Ludiya Besisira undertook a two-year VSO volunteer placement in Nepal before retiring. Read Ludiya’s story