Calling New (Old) Volunteers

By Maureen Orth

Four teaching volunteers are being sought to teach better classroom techniques to English teachers in Caldas, Colombia. People who know how to teach English as a second language on both primary and secondary levels will spend two weeks at the Coffee Federation's headquarters near Manizales instructing Colombian teachers of English in a workshop with follow-up in the classroom.

Exact dates of the workshop are not yet known, because recent elections in Colombia at the departmental level brought personnel changes among the Secretaries of Education. One possibility is early October, 2008. If interested, contact me at morth@k12wired.com. The Federación de Cafeteros is also partnering with former Colombia PCVs to work on an English curriculum for primary schools.

Other more informal ways former Colombia volunteers can assist at Centro Colombo Americano and Escuela Marina Orth, both in Medellín, are being planned and will be discussed at the conference in Cartagena. See you there!