As a volunteer in
our school project, you will have the opportunity to teach children in Yikene
Primary School in Bolga. Most children in these schools are
between the ages 3 - 15 years.With a wide range of
subjects to select, volunteers can choose to teach English Language,
Arithmetic and Information Communication technology which are the most
common past volunteers love. Volunteers will be under the direct
supervision of a trained teacher.
A class contain
between 20 - 35 students. We do encourage volunteers to add their own creativity
to make their class sessions lively and engaging for the children.
In our education
project, you will learn among other things:
• How to relate with
school children
• How to control a
class
• How a typical
class sessions in Ghana are held
• How to conduct
class assessment
Volunteers who
arrive during normal school periods will have the opportunity to
enjoy a typical class sessions in the school.Future For Africa
organizes extra classes for these school children during the
vacation period which usually fall within our summer
programme.
We also provide
assistance for volunteers to adapt,especially those who
find it difficult engaging these children either because of
language barrier or lost of class control to make teaching and
learning easier and interesting.
By the end of your
volunteer period with these children, you would have imparted
knowledge to them and also get to engage with one on
one.
Roles
o Prepare lessons note
to serve as a guide during teaching lessons.
o Conduct daily
class exercises and assignments to evaluate students understanding of lessons
taught in class.
o Establish rules
for students to abide by.
o Making sure
students are well controlled and are of the best behavior to ensure maximum
discipline and order in class.
o Manage and find
solutions to problems in the class whiles teaching.
Tasks
o Identify good
students in class and award them.
o Identify weak
students and those with special needs in class and help them out.
o Identify emerging
problems in the school and help find solutions to them.
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