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Working with children abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go? *
Working with children abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go? *
Working with children abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go? *
Working in education and teaching abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?
Working in education and teaching abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?
Working in education and teaching abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?
- What is teaching abroad?
- Where and what can you teach abroad?
- Why would you teach or help at a school abroad?
- What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in education abroad?
- What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a volunteer or intern?
- What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a paid employee?
- Are you properly insured if you are going to teach abroad?
What is teaching abroad?
- If you are going to teach abroad, this can range from a paid job as an English teacher at a local school in Asia to volunteering at a nursery school somewhere in Africa.
Where and what can you teach abroad?
- As a non native English speaker abroad, you have the best chance of a job as an English teacher at a school or as a private teacher.
- For all other subjects, from music to mathematics, the possibilities are more limited.
- In addition to teaching English, there are also many Dutch people who work as a Dutch teacher or German people who work as a German teacher or French people who work as a French teacher. Not only at Dutch, German or French schools but also at foreign educational institutions where the language is offered as a study or subject.
Why would you teach or help at a school abroad?
- Helpfulness: for rewarding work you often get as much, or more, back than you put in.
- Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement with a group of children or adults who want to develop or need help.
- Experience: you are pulled out of your comfort zone and experience all kinds of things every day.
- Creativity: you can use your creativity well when creating or using teaching materials or lesson content.
- Empathy: you train yourself to immerse yourself not only in another culture but also in the thought processes of your students.
- Flexibility: you strengthen your ability to flexibly search for solutions for situations that suddenly arise.
- Self-insight: there is no better mirror for your own development than a classroom full of children or involved students.
What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in education abroad?
- Being aware of your surroundings: wherever you teach, you will always have to take your surroundings into account. Every country has its own rules and customs that you will have to adhere to to a certain extent.
- Being aware of the organization: every school or educational institution also has its own way of looking at education or teaching. Here too, you will have to take more account. Just like with the limitations/challenges that some schools have due to a lack of money or facilities.
- Communication skills: knowledge of the local language is not a must but is a great advantage.
- Being able to be convincing
- Being able to shape planning
- Being able to radiate self-confidence
What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a volunteer or intern?
- Argentina: for example teaching street children in Buenos Aires
- Bolivia: from teaching English to helping at a local village school
- Cambodia: from teaching monks to helping in special education for blind or disabled children
- Ghana: for example teaching English or mathematics in the countryside of Ghana.
- Guatemala: helping with teaching around Antigua
- India: for example teach children from slums or women and offer them more future prospects in this way.
- Kenya
- Middle East: in many countries in the Middle East there are opportunities to teach English, paid or unpaid
- Nepal: including opportunities for internships and research internships in the field of teaching.
- Thailand
- South Africa: for example teaching sports in the townships
What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a paid employee?
- Aruba: working in lower vocational education, secondary education or secondary special education.
- Bonaire: teaching at a primary or secondary school in various subjects
- China: At the moment, more than 300 million Chinese are learning English. No wonder that most (well-paid) jobs in education can be found in China.
- Brazil: Many opportunities to teach within large companies and the thousands of language schools spread across the country; from small villages to the big cities.
- Chile: often has a relatively higher demand for English teachers.
- Suriname: for example as a teacher in the interior of Suriname.
- Italy: there has been a high demand for English teachers in Italy for a long time, for example in Rome.
- Spain: working as an English teacher teaching Spaniards who want to improve their chances on the job market.
- South Korea: for the more experienced teacher.
Are you properly insured if you are going to teach abroad?
- There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance for paid or unpaid work abroad, or at least check your insured situation carefully.
- Local organisations generally offer no, or very limited, insurance.
- There is a chance of accidents because, for example, you are doing work with which you have little experience.
- During your work abroad, the coverage of your local health insurance normally expires. You then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
- Read more: Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
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- Read more: Werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)
Community and social work abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?
Community and social work abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?
Community and social work abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?
What is community work or social work?
- Social work and community work are often used interchangeably. In English, people often simply refer to 'social work' or 'community work'.
- In social work abroad, you help other people with one or more aspects of life that they could use help with. For example, think of projects on loneliness, (financial) self-reliance, language skills, hygiene, preventive care or exercise/sports.
- You can also consider your commitment to an organization that focuses on certain social themes as social work. For example, think of helping in a museum or other cultural institution.
Why would you do social work abroad?
- Your involvement with others can take on a new dimension by helping abroad. You will experience a deeper layer in the culture and the specific challenges that people deal with.
- By sharing your experiences in and with other cultures, you not only strengthen your own capacities, but you can also help with the transfer of knowledge.
- By working abroad, you often encounter new sides of yourself and give those sides the opportunity to develop.
What are the core competencies you need, or can strengthen, for social work abroad?
- Adaptability
- Involvement
- Empathy
- Flexibility
- Collaboration
Where is the best place to work for in community and social work?
- Bonaire
- Curacao
- Brazil
- Philippines
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- India
- Indonesia
- Madagascar
- Nepal
- Vietnam
- South Africa
Teaching English abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where should you go?
Teaching English abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where should you go?
What is teaching English abroad?
- Where can you teach English abroad as a foreigner or as a (non) native speaker?
- What do you get out of teaching or helping at a school abroad?
- What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in the education sector abroad?
- Where is the best place to go when you want to teach English abroad?
- To what extent are you insured for the risks while teaching abroad?
Where can you teach English abroad as a foreigner or as a (non) native speaker?
- When you are going to teach abroad, this can range from a paid job as an English teacher at a local school in Asia to helping children with their English at a nursery school somewhere in Africa.
- As a foreigner, you have the most opportunities as an English teacher at a primary school or as a private teacher.
- In addition, there are also opportunities within secondary education and special education.
- The general rule is that as the age of the students increases, the requirements for your experience and diplomas also increase.
What do you get out of teaching or helping at a school abroad?
- Helpfulness: for rewarding work you often get as much, or more, back than you put in.
- Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement with a group of children or adults who want to develop or need help.
- Experience: you are pulled out of your comfort zone and experience all kinds of things every day.
- Creativity: you can really use your creativity when creating or using teaching materials or lesson content.
- Empathy: you train yourself to immerse yourself not only in another culture but also in the thought processes of your students.
- Income: if you teach English abroad, you can often earn enough to pay for your stay. If you have been able to get one of the better positions, you can usually live well on it or save something to be able to travel further afterwards.
- Flexibility: you strengthen your ability to flexibly look for solutions for situations that suddenly arise.
What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in the education sector abroad?
- Being aware of your surroundings: wherever you teach, you will always have to take your surroundings into account. Every country has its own rules and customs that you will have to adhere to to a certain extent.
- Being aware of the organization: every school or educational institution also has its own way of looking at education or teaching. Here too, you will have to take more account. Just like with the limitations/challenges that some schools have due to a lack of money or facilities.
- Communication skills: knowledge of the local language makes your work a lot easier and of better quality.
- Being able to be convincing
- Being able to plan
- Being able to radiate self-confidence
Where is the best place to go when you want to teach English abroad?
- Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal.
- Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Qatar.
- Africa: Egypt, South Africa.
- Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech Republic.
- Asia: China, Thailand.
- Latin America: Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile.
To what extent are you insured for the risks while teaching abroad?
- There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance for paid or unpaid work abroad, or at least check your insured situation carefully.
- The local organisations generally don't offer or very limited insurance.
- There is a chance of accidents because, for example, you are doing work with which you have little experience.
- During your work abroad in specific cases, you will need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
- Read more about Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
- Read more: Vrijwilligerswerk in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)
- Read more: Stage in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)
- Read more: Werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)
Volunteering abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?
Volunteering abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?
What is volunteer work abroad?
- Volunteer work abroad means that you work abroad for a certain period of time at a foreign project or organization to help, learn or transfer knowledge.
- You usually do not receive any compensation for your work in the form of salary, expense allowance or room and board.
- Projects that have little or no income themselves will generally ask volunteers for compensation for the guidance or for the room and board provided.
- In the case of an intermediary organization, this compensation can also be made via the intermediary organization.
Why should you volunteer abroad?
- To help others with your efforts and skills.
- To support projects or goals that you consider important in your life.
- To gain experience in your own field of work, or in the sector where you may want to work later.
- To see yourself at work in a different environment.
- To be able to work in another area and see if you like it.
- To use as a stepping stone to a local job with salary.
- Because you don't think it's necessary for a project to incur extra costs for your presence while they really need every dime.
- Because you have already raised money for the project or organization where you will be working
What do you need if you want to do volunteer work abroad?
- Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you gain during your stay abroad.
- Ability to communicate: depending on the type of work, you will need to have a reasonable to good command of the local language.
- Independence and/or self-confidence: you already need a certain form of independence, and this will increase your self-confidence.
- Being environmentally aware: an important element for your stay abroad.
- Collaboration: also abroad it is important that you learn, or are able to, collaborate when you work with others.
- Be organizationally aware.
- Empathy.
Where is the best place to volunteer abroad?
- If you are looking for social volunteer work: Curaçao - Ghana - Guatemala - India - Nepal - South Africa
- If you are looking for corporate volunteer work: Australia - Curaçao - Spain - United States of America
- If you are looking for volunteer work caring for or protecting animals: Costa Rica - Curaçao - Ecuador - Indonesia - South Africa
- If you are younger than 18 years old: Spanish language course with volunteer work in Spain - or volunteer work for young people in Malawi, Uganda or South Africa
- If you are looking for volunteer work and are traveling for the first time as a 'woman alone': Australia - New Zealand - Argentina - Ecuador - Costa Rica - Thailand - Indonesia. - Nepal - Ghana
- If you want to gain experience 'as a woman alone', go to: Bolivia - Peru - Guatemala - Nicaragua - China and Hong Kong - South Africa - Kenya - Malawi
To what extent are you insured for the risks of volunteering abroad?
- There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when volunteering abroad, or at least you should carefully check your insured situation.
- Local organizations usually offer no, or very limited, insurance.
- There is a risk of accidents, for example because you are doing work with which you have little experience.
- During your volunteer work abroad where you receive more than €190 per month in compensation (or, for example, food and housing), your Dutch health insurance coverage will normally lapse. You will then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
- Read more about insuring volunteer work abroad.
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