2 Volunteers Needed to Teach First Nations Communities in the North of Canada

Frontiers Foundation is a federally chartered non-profit charity that recruits volunteers from across Canada, and from many different countries throughout the world to come to Canada and volunteer in schools in small, isolated, First Nations, communities in the north of Canada.

We currently have two positions available on our projects, one in the community of Fort Providence and one in the community of Wrigley. Both of these projects would involve our volunteers working in the school as tutors and teaching assistants and helping out in many different capacities.

These positions are available immediately and unfortunately will only be available to Canadian applicants as our overseas volunteers are required to obtain a work visa which generally takes from two to four months.

Frontiers Foundation covers all of the volunteer's travel within Canada and all of the food and living expenses are covered. The volunteer is also provided with winter clothing suitable for the north and a small living allowance of fifty dollars a week for pocket money.

This is a truly unique opportunity to learn about another culture and way of life while living and working in a First Nations community. The communities in which we work suffer from severe social problems and this is a very challenging position. We are looking for volunteers who are willing and able to meet these challenges and deal with these adversities.

If you wish to receive additional information please email Don Irving at frontwest@shaw.ca

My Career as a Good Teacher

There are several factors which help the creation of good teachers.

Understanding the concept of channeling.
As a teacher sometimes you just pass through information. You did not create the information - you did not modify it - you enabled the clean and direct transmission of facts to an audience.

Understanding the concept of editing
As a teacher sometimes you edit the information as it is transmitted to your audience. Some parts of the information are left out - this is called editing by omission.  Some parts of the information are changed - this is called editing by alteration.

Understanding the concept of creation.
Sometimes there are original ideas or new mixtures of facts or concepts applied to other applications.
As a teacher sometimes you can pass on an original idea or concept or application.

As a teacher you should know when you are channeling, editing or creating the information that is being transmitted to your audience.

As additions to the concepts of channeling, editing or creating a good teacher also:
-Understands the difference between truth and lies.
-Understands the concepts of fact or fiction.
-Understands the similarities and differences between science and faith.

Teachers are role models
A good teacher knows that they are being watched under different powers of the microscope.  A good teacher can teach best by example. "Do what I do" is a more effective statement than "do what I say".

A good teacher has morals, ethics and boundaries.
A good teacher knows when/how to use morals, ethics and boundaries to protect themselves, their school, fellow teachers and students. A good teacher can find themselves in hell.

There are criminals who become teachers - so that they can commit crimes. There are people with mental health conditions who become teachers so that they can behave compulsively with victims.  There are addicts who become teachers to further their addictions.  There are people with alternative agendas who become teachers to further their agenda not the education system or the students. 

There are students (and their parents, grandparents, siblings) who are criminals, addicts, have mental health conditions or have different agendas.

There are politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats, consultants and administrators who with self-serving agendas can undermine and completly destroy the purpose of education.

There are times when a good teacher teaches in hell and must resist the distractions and temptations of self-interest.

A good teacher can produce more good teachers.

A good teacher knows that even small good things can add up over time. A good teacher knows that the lessons and examples over time help students. Most teachers never see the results of their good lessons and examples - they happen years or decades later. A good teacher must sacrifice the self-gratification of instantaneous results and have faith that their good efforts eventually produce good outcomes. A good teacher helps build new good teachers. Together good teachers help build a better future.

All saints have been teachers. 

Our thanks to JR McBride of ESL in Canada

Come to Korea - teach with your best friend - work as a team.

Are you and your BGF or BFF or BMF both looking for teaching jobs - do you like to teach as a team?

This is your opportunity to work in a positive, progressive school with your BGF or BFF or BMF.

Nothing is better than exploring the world and sharing the memories of a lifetime with your BF.

We are seeking 2 passionate instructors who are also seeking to fulfill with charisma and responsibility the teaching of young children.

Candidates must undergo School training. Training consists of actual classroom observations; a free weekend; then a 5-day formal training period.

Teaching Contract Benefits:

1/2 round-trip air-fare upon arrival - we pay for the return flight upon completion of the contract or signing for another year.

Key money for single studio with bed, linens, dishes, utensils, pots and pans and equipped with fridge, washer, A/C, and gas range)

Compensation/Remuneration:

We offer 27,000 KRW/hr with an average of 24 hrs/week except during mid-term and final exam periods for middle school students). We offer winter, spring and summer intensive classes to make up for lost wages during the examination periods.

School Information:

Our English academy is located in the newly-developed district near Migeum station in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si.

Our students range from grades 3 to 9 and their level of English proficiency ranges from 20-63 on the iBT.

All classes are taught from 4 PM to 10 P.M., except for winter, spring and summer intensive classes when we add morning schedules.

An added benefit: I am a Canadian and both my wife and I speak English; I personally run the academy and can teach all levels of English classes offered by the school.

I can assist new teachers with my 10 + years of teaching experience.

To arrange an interview, please contact: eslincanada@gmail.com