Public School Teaching Project

CODE: FSL LTV 01 A

Work:

While education, helps us to develop it also enables people to acquire skills, knowledge, develop positive attitude and values which are fundamental necessities for a sustainable future. As a volunteer for Regular Teaching you will find it rewarding to teach spoken English, basic Math, Health & Hygiene Awareness, Environmental Education and conducting Co-curricular activities with local schools. The schools teach using Kanndada AS its primary Medium but lacks English Teaching Staff. The main aim of this project is to support the faculty and bring an international dimension to learning.
The LTV volunteers will be given opportunity to understand the social and cultural aspects of the community/Project they work. The volunteers will be given experience through interactions, workshops, exchange of ideas, baseline and endline survey of the projects with the support of the mentor. At the end of their projects the volunteers will present to the Universities about the outcome
and impact of their projects. The project activity will consist of community service, development Learning, Cultural exchange, Project and personal evaluation.

Some of the tasks include –
• Assist during the learning of English as a language using creative teaching methods, encourage and develop learning levels and cognitive skills of the students
• Assist during extra-curricular activities, inspire children to learn new languages and different cultures

Additionally following tasks may also require your assistance:
• Develop teaching and learning aids wit low or no cost using locally available material, and facilitate simulation games for the children and the teaching facilities.

Design appropriate tools for development and set certain criteria for assessment of children’s learning levels and cognitive skills, Individual goal setting for children with learning disability, lesson planning etc.

Develop teaching-learning methods and pass the methods (through the Final Evaluation/Report) to future volunteers with a view to creating long-term improvements.

The volunteers are encouraged to bring creative ideas to initiate new activities in the school, e.g.:- for environment, organization or for computer education.

It is important for the children to feel the love, care and concern from your part, as you will be interacting with them every day. If you have interesting ideas in teaching that includes games, songs, arts, crafts, sports and athletics for children, then this type of project is for you!

You will be teaching a variety of subjects depending on your personal interests and skills. Volunteers should have a good level of spoken English, and previous experience in teaching children will be useful. Do go through the Info-sheet, which has complete information regarding the individual projects with schedules, and activities

Note: Due to school holidays, these projects will remain closed during the following months: April until May; the month of October; and sometimes in December. During the non-teaching months i.e. during the school holidays, FSL India organizes camps to its LTVs: Summer Projects (in March / April/May) and Winter camps (in October).

Accomodation and food

Accommodation: You could be staying with local families near to the project. You could be sharing rooms with 2-3 volunteers or staying on your own. Sometimes, projects provide accommodation for the volunteers. The project will provide a room that is shared by other volunteers or with the staff of the project
Food: South Indian vegetarian or non-vegetarian food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Safe, filtered water is available for drinking.

Location and leisure

Our projects are spread out across different regions in South India. Your project location could be in any one of the following locations - Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore, North Karnataka or Pondicherry. You will be notified of the location of your project a month prior to your arrival. During the Orientation week, one can find out the leisure activities around your area. There are lots of things to do in south of India.

Project hosted by

FSL-India, (Field Services and Inter-cultural Learning - India) is a youth development organisation focused towards Inter-cultural Learning through Voluntary Services set up to promote Global Understanding by providing opportunities to the youth to work in different cultural contexts to appreciate Inter-cultural learning. Thereby, reducing boundaries and bringing people to work together in harmony by understanding the Inter-cultural aspects focusing towards development of people and society through youth mobility and volunteerism. Founded in the year 2000 and legally incorporated in 2001, FSL-India is a Trust under Indian Trust Act 1882. It was formed with the support of like-minded National and International Organizations with a primary purpose to bring about global transformation, progress and growth through youth exchange programs. FSL-India is headquartered in Bangalore, with regional offices in Karnataka (Bangalore, Mysore and Kundapur), Tamil Nadu (Chennai), and Pondicherry and is well equipped with experienced associates who support developmental activities across the country with the help of Local and Regional Partners. Annually, FSL- Indi a mobilizes movement of 1500 and more youths from across the globe with the support of International Partners and local NGOs

Directions to meeting point

Your project location could be in any one of the following locations - Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore or Pondicherry.
The starting date of the program is the First Monday of Every Month. The on-arrival Orientation will be held in Kundapur volunteers whose projects are located in Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore and North Karnataka. Bangalore, Mysore, Pondicherry and Chennai will have their Orientation in Kundapur Participants should make sure that they arrive in the Orientation place (Kundapur/Bangalore)on the first Monday of the month. All volunteers will meet at a common meeting point, where they will be picked up. Best way to come to Kundapur is to fly directly to Bangalore and then take an overnight bus to Kundapur or fly directly to Mangalore and then take bus or prepaid taxi to Kundapur. Kundapur is located 440 kms north-west of Bangalore, near the Arabian sea and 100kms north of Mangalore.
Specific information regarding your arrival and meeting point will be sent to you in a pre-arrival letter, which will send once we receive your application

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