Teach lessons that last a lifetime. Education is the Peace Corp’s largest program area. Volunteers play an important role in creating links among schools, parents, and communities by working in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools as math, science, conversational English, and resource teachers or as early grade reading and literacy teacher trainers. Volunteers also develop libraries and technology resource centers.
If you choose Education, take 3 courses from one of the following areas:
- Education and HumanSciences; Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education,Special Education; or Child,Youth, and Family Studies
- English
- Math or Statistics
- Computer Science andEngineering
- Engineering
- Speech LanguagePathology
- Any Physical or BiologicalScience
Recommended courses:
- CEHS 200: Families, School, and Communities
- CEHS 265: International Perspectives Seminar
- CYAF 380: Working with Families in Communities and Schools
- EDPS 250: Fundamentals of Child Development for Education
- EDPS 251: Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education
- SLPA 488: Linguistic Needs of Bilingual and Culturally Different Students
- SPED 201: Intro to Special Education
- TEAC 259: Instructional Technology
- TEAC 330: Multicultural Education
- TEAC 331: School and Society
- TEAC 413P: Teaching English as an International Lan
And build 50 hours of related field experience through an activity such as:
- Teaching in one of these or a similar form: in a classroom, with a community outreach organization, or in a formal tutoring capacity
- The subject of the teaching may be English as a Foreign/Second Language, special education, drama, or a STEM subject
- Becoming a volunteer ESL teacher with Lincoln Literacy
- Helping international and non-native English-speaking students develop English proficiencyand academic habits
- Working with the Cultural Centers of Lincoln
- Becoming a POWER Peer Mentor with Center for Academic Success and Transition (CAST)