About The Job

Apply by :

October 1, 2025

Know By

December 1, 2025

Depart On

June 6, 2026

Duration

1 year, plus 3 months training

ELIGIBILITY: Must be at least 18 years of age. Must be a U.S. citizen.

Project description

Imagine yourself in a lively rural classroom, teaching English to high school students, and working with your fellow teachers to design more interactive teaching and learning materials. Peace Corps is seeking applicants like you who have the passion to join the ranks of nearly 4,000 Volunteers who have served in Cameroon since 1962.

Skills

Speaking English in Cameroon is a great asset for the individual and for the country. It increases academic and professional opportunities for Cameroonian youth and it helps forge the socio-cultural unity of Cameroon as a bilingual country. The government of Cameroon is transitioning to a more interactive, competency-based system which places the learner at the center of the education experience. This new model gives students the opportunity to decide what material they learn and how they learn it, engaging students as leaders and decision-makers in their own learning. Peace Corps Cameroon’s Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Program is making important contributions to this transition. The goal of the TEFL program is for students to attain communication skills in English necessary to access academic and/or professional opportunities. The key objectives of the program include:

• increasing student achievement in English;
• increasing teachers’ general teaching skills and their English language capacity.
  
  

English Education Teacher Volunteers teach in middle/high school settings in rural and semi-rural areas in the French speaking regions of Cameroon. The schools range in size from 100 to over 1,000 students, and class sizes range from 15 to 50 students. The largest part of Volunteer work is with students, teaching an average of 14 hours per week. To create opportunities to practice English outside of the classroom, Volunteers collaborate with colleagues to organize various events including games, language contests, theater, music, English clubs, tutoring sessions, and camps.

Volunteers work collaboratively with fellow teachers in communities of practice, sharing strategies for effective teaching through activities such as designing learning materials and planning lessons.

Education Volunteers work with their fellow English teachers to better integrate a variety of topics through classroom lessons or in extracurricular activities. Some of these topics include life skills (such as negotiation, critical thinking, social skills, etc.) and school gardens to promote the cultivation and consumption of nutritious crops. Education Volunteers often collaborate with community members with expertise in these topics, as well as Agriculture and Community Health Volunteers.

During Pre-Service Training, you will receive technical training in TEFL and practice teaching skills in a model school setting. Once you arrive at your community you’ll work with your counterpart (typically a fellow teacher in your school) and community members to perform a needs assessment to identify the community's assets, needs, and priorities using Peace Corps-developed tools. Among the keys to success are integration into your community, which helps you develop and maintain meaningful relationships with community members, and your ability to communicate in French and/or the local language.

Required Skills

• Competitive candidates will have a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline and a strong desire to teach English