Volunteer Teaching in Ecuador

This project is perfect for anyone looking for teaching experience. You’ll get practical experience in a different classroom setting, and work with qualified teachers. If you’re interested in becoming a teacher, this is a fantastic addition to your resume. Plus, it will give you plenty to talk about in a job interview or university application.

This project is open to anyone with an excellent command of spoken English. You don’t need any teaching experience, as you will be working alongside local staff. We also run workshops for all our Teaching volunteers, where you can exchange ideas, get advice, and discuss challenges.

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

Our volunteer Teaching placements in Ecuador run throughout the year. You can join at any time from a minimum of two weeks. We encourage you to stay longer to make a bigger impact.

The exact details of your day will depend on your placement.

If you teach conversational English at the Projects Abroad Office, your working day will normally start around 12pm and run until the early evening. During these lessons, you will focus on your student’s spoken English and help improve their capacity to have conversations. You can do this by creating possible scenarios and start a casual conversation in this context. The key is to help the student feel as comfortable as possible.

If you opt to teach English at a local public school, you will normally work from about 7:30am till 2pm. While these lessons will include conversational English, you will also help children improve punctuation and grammar.

You also have the option of doing both, which means you can work at the school in the morning and at our offices in the afternoon.

Evenings and weekends are your free time to explore the island with your fellow volunteers.

Also, be sure to make the most of mealtimes with your host family to learn more about Ecuador’s cultural and life on Galapagos islands.

You will be based on the island of San Cristóbal. It forms part of the Galapagos archipelago located about 1,000km from mainland Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.

With many cobbled streets and an attractive wharf area, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is a charming village, with much to explore during your evenings off. It’s home to a couple of pristine white beaches, but only two are for humans. The others are all devoted to the protection of the local sea lion population.

We have two placement options. You can teach conversational English at the Projects Abroad English Centre, or work as an assistant teacher in a government school. You can also opt to do both. If you join us doing school holidays, you’ll teach at a summer camp for local children.

If you enjoy spending time outdoors, you may consider taking weekend trips to other parts of the island.

The main aim of this project is to provide educational support within disadvantaged schools and communities. This will help us reduce inequality in education.

Over the past few years, Ecuador has made great progress toward providing primary school education for all. The youth literacy rate currently stands at 99%. However, a huge gap remains between the quality of education provided in public and private schools. Rural schools lack of resources, and the students to teacher ratio is high. Teachers desperately need support with classroom management.

In addition, tourism is a massive industry in the Galapagos Islands because of its incredible biodiversity. This means that people need to understand and speak English to get access to more job opportunities.

We need your help to improve English and support local teachers. By teaching conversational English, you’ll give children the skills they need, and give them more confidence with speaking.

We’ve identified two long-term, sustainable goals for our Teaching Project in Ecuador:

• Improve English
• Improve classroom support

Experience a teaching volunteer opportunity in Ecuador and help us achieve these goals.