Peace Corps
High School Math Educator
Job Description
Job Description
Can you see yourself presenting a math lesson to a class of eager young Kenyan students, or sipping chai (tea) with a group of Kenyan colleagues as you share lesson plans in the teachers' room? Can you envision walking to the local market to buy beans, corn, and peanuts to make nyoyo and meeting a group of girls from the IT club you support who shout greetings to you in Kiswahili? If the answer is yes, the Peace Corps seeks applicants like you who have the passion, flexibility, and resiliency to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education initiatives in Kenya.
Peace Corps Volunteers' work complements and supports the efforts of the Government of Kenya at the grassroots level through:
• Addressing secondary school teacher shortages in math subjects
• Supporting Information and Communication Technology integration in the classroom
• Collaboratively promoting STEM education
• Co-developing STEM teaching and learning materials
Can you see yourself presenting a math lesson to a class of eager young Kenyan students, or sipping chai (tea) with a group of Kenyan colleagues as you share lesson plans in the teachers' room? Can you envision walking to the local market to buy beans, corn, and peanuts to make nyoyo and meeting a group of girls from the IT club you support who shout greetings to you in Kiswahili? If the answer is yes, the Peace Corps seeks applicants like you who have the passion, flexibility, and resiliency to support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education initiatives in Kenya.
Peace Corps Volunteers' work complements and supports the efforts of the Government of Kenya at the grassroots level through:
• Addressing secondary school teacher shortages in math subjects
• Supporting Information and Communication Technology integration in the classroom
• Collaboratively promoting STEM education
• Co-developing STEM teaching and learning materials