Teaching English in Tanzania

Do you enjoy working with children? Are you interested in adding teaching work experience to your CV? Do you want to support disadvantaged communities? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the project for you!

You’ll work with a local teacher, and get experience planning lessons and thinking of activities to get students learning. You’ll need to think of ways to encourage your students to practice speaking English, so they can benefit from having you there as much as possible. Practical teaching work experience in Tanzania will boost your resume, and let you develop your teaching style. You’ll also learn other skills, like organisation and classroom management.

You don’t need previous experience or qualifications to join. You’ll work with teachers, who can help you and answer your questions. You can also reach out to Projects Abroad staff at any time. In addition, we run regular workshops for all of our Teaching and Childcare volunteers. Here, you can discuss challenges and exchange ideas. We also have an online database you can draw inspiration from.

If you’re interested in teaching other subjects, contact our Project Experts. They’ll advise you on what subjects you can teach in Tanzania, and whether you can teach those subjects part-time or full time.

This project runs year round, and you can join at any time from a minimum of two weeks. We encourage you to stay longer, so you can make a bigger impact at your school.

A typical day will begin with a delicious local breakfast with your host family, before heading off by dala dala (local minibus) to a local school to teach. On your first day, you will be shown the best way to get to your school by Projects Abroad staff, and they will accompany you on your journey. They’ll also introduce you to your new colleagues at the school.

Your morning classes will begin at 9am and run until 11am. You’ll assist local teachers with preparing and teaching these classes. At the same time, you can also support their classroom management. Depending on your ability, you may teach classes by yourself. At the Maasai school, you’ll work independently. You’ll prepare and lead all of your own classes.

At 11am, there will be a break and the children will eat a meal. Afternoon classes begin at 11.30am and run until 1pm. Then you’ll have a lunch break.

The school day ends around 2.30pm. Once classes are finished for the day, you can assist with extracurricular activities, go back to your host family, or explore the town.

The aim of this project is to give children in rural Tanzania an opportunity to improve their English.

English is one of Tanzania’s official languages, making it an important skill for people to learn. Speaking English can open the door to better employment opportunities in business or tourism. English is also the language of technology, commerce, and administration in Tanzania.

We are working to improve the level of English in Tanzania by supporting local teachers at disadvantaged schools in rural areas. By supporting their work, we can help give children skills they can use to succeed later in life. We’re also focused on improving literacy, and making sure that young students learn in safe, clean environments. To do this, we need the help of volunteers like you.

We have five long-term goals that we are working toward at the Teaching Project in Tanzania:

• Improve English
• Improve the safety and cleanliness of the learning environment
• Improve classroom support
• Increase literacy
• Improve teaching techniques

Help us achieve these goals by joining our Teaching Project in Tanzania today.