Costa Rica occupies the 4th position of education accessibility in the world; moreover, the government assigns over a 6% of the annual national budget to education and by law, preschoolar, primary and secondary are mandatory and free for all children nationwide. Nevertheless, the education has not been equal to all students according to their location and population.
Some of the school are crowded with more than 30 students at a classroom in the urban area, and in the rural area, all the students do not received the same amount of hours of study and less subject than in urban areas. A lot of the remote areas, they only have one teacher for all subjects and grades, and at some high schools, some subjects are taught through the television due to the lack of teachers. The teachers struggle to find a balance between providing an education with quality and attending the need of all the students with individual needs.
There is also a demand on the technical education to adults and elders in order to have a better living condition or to feel useful in the society and the government; through the Ministry of Education, does not have all the resources to cover this area and delegates this duty to other public institutions like public libraries.
Teaching Volunteers provide support to Costa Rican teachers in all different areas of the education for children and adults, from pre-elementary education help, though elementary and secondary level in different subjects like English, French, Mathematics, Physical Education and other, to adult education in areas such as computer and conversational English.
Also, by the Teaching Volunteer program, volunteers can help other institutions that provide extracurricular support to children at orphanages or clinics with tutorials or classes when children are going through any medical condition.
A computer basic training volunteer for the Public Library of Guadalupe would be involved in teaching various computer skills to children and up to and including the elderly.
Early childhood education at the Tita Mary Daycare Centre will be involved in all the activities at the Centre. However, their main occupation will be to create educational and fun things for the children. ...
A daycare teaching assistant volunteer at Guarderia Madre y Hijo in San Jose would work with toddlers in activities to stimulate their brains towards learning. An intermediate level of the Spanish language ...
A kindergarten teaching assistant volunteer at Escuela de Guayabal in Tejar de el Guarco would teach pupils age 5 to 6 years old. Must have intermediate Spanish language skills.
A volunteer English teacher at Tejar De El Guarco Primary School would develop and implement English language lessons to be given to all age groups, (levels) at the school. English is the second most ...
A volunteer pre-school teacher at Guarderia Madre y Hijo in San Jose would be assisting staff & teachers in the care & education of young children from single parents and low income families.
A volunteer physical education teacher at Escuela de Guayabal in Tejar de el Guarco would teach P.E. to all grades of pupils age 5 to 13. Intermediate Spanish Language necessary.
A volunteer English teacher at the elementary school in Gandoca would teach English to students up to grade six. Volunteers may also be asked to assist the teachers in other subjects, as well as administrative ...
A volunteer music teacher at the San Gabriel Daycare Centre in San Jose would be teaching palliative Care children. Volunteers must be proficient in the instrument they chose to teach & had some experience teaching.
A volunteer music teacher at the Vista de Mar Home in Goicoechea, Costa Rica would be teaching orphaned children & children from abusive backgrounds where some of the children are learning to work through ...