Check out this blog post written by Student Leader, James Hallworth, about running an English in Phayao Province in Thailand. We encourage volunteers to assist in running one camp as part of their project whether that is for students or for teachers, here James talks about running a camp for over 180 teachers! During your […]
A review of 2011
2011 has certainly been a busy year for VESL… here are a few highlights from the year : Kerala We had great success with our new programme working in schools within fishing communities in Kerala (South India). All of this year’s volunteers did a magnificent job in helping to lay down the foundations of this programme. […]
Effects of Short-term Volunteering on Qualified Teachers
The Society of Educational Studies (SES) funded VESL to undertake a research project looking at the effects on attitudes and practice of teachers undertaking voluntary projects overseas. ‘Global Educators’ Report Summary Schools and teachers are increasingly being asked to use a global outlook in the classroom, and to appreciate the issues of identities and diversity […]
Successful Thailand Teacher Workshops 2011
Congratulations to all the VESL volunteers who ran the teacher workshop programme in Northern Thailand this summer. The five volunteers, Dick and Dee Wardell, Sarah Greenwood, Laura Heathfield and Lisa Gornall all did a fantatstic job and were warmly praised by all the teachers they worked with. The team ran a series of two day […]
THAI TEACHER WORKSHOP SUCCESS
Our Teacher Workshop Team have just returned from our programme in Northern Thailand this summer and the feedback they received from the schools and Thai teachers who attended has been fantastic. We’d like to take this opportunity to send a huge thank you to the team for all the hard work they put into making […]
TEACHER WORKSHOP PROGRAMME GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT
We are extremely pleased to announce that a new Teacher Workshop Programme will take place inNorthern Thailand during August 2010. We have been working with the education authorities in Thailand to identify regions that would most benefit from a workshop programme in which UK and Thai teachers were given a forum to share teaching ideas and experiences. Two […]
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP PROGRAMME IN SRI LANKA
VESL would just like to thank all our teacher training workshop volunteers for running such a great set of workshops this summer. More than 700 Sri Lankan school teachers were able to attend the workshops and the feedback has been so positive that we have been asked to consider repeating the project next summer. All […]
ANOTHER WORKSHOP TEAM PLANNED
Next summer is shaping up to be an exciting one for us all. With December’s selection producing such a great set of volunteers we have high hopes for the March selection days and all of next year’s projects. (applications for next summer’s projects are open until 9th March so get your form sent in) The interest […]
RENEWED SPONSORSHIP FROM LIFECYLCE FUNDRAISING
Lifecycle Fundraising have agreed to help subsidise the teacher training workshop programme in 2007. This fantastic donation will allow us to offer subsidised placements on the teacher workshop team for qualified teachers. If you are a qualified teacher (PGCE, NQT or TEFL) and you are interested in receiving more information about joining our teacher training workshop […]
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Past Volunteer Feedback
- Travel Advice: Homesickness April 23, 2014
- Volunteer Co-ordinator: Dhanya April 15, 2014
- Teaching Advice: New Ideas April 14, 2014
- Volunteer Co-ordinator: Renata April 8, 2014
- Volunteer Co-ordinator: Ola April 1, 2014