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, you will take three courses from the following areas:
- Elementary, Secondary, or Special Education
- English, Linguistics, or Drama
- STEM subjects
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.
- Tutoring opportunities are available in the Banacos Tutoring Center and in the Reading and Writing Center.
- Participation in Westfield’s short-term Education courses in Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (other short-term courses may apply to this area; check with your PC Prep program Advisor).