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2010 -11
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 2010 and 2011

 Opportunities  Below:

China
Guangdong Province

Guangdong Factory EFL Teachers (2) - George Rose, Jack Finney 

Status - Team Full, Departure Sept. 2
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Area EFL Teacher

Program type:

EFL
Christmas Program

Location:

Cheung Chau outside Hong Kong

Arrival Date:

12-27-2010

Estimated cost per person

$2300.00

Job Duration:

 7 days + travel

Description:

An invitation from a high school principal to share American culture/history, with students during the holidays.  Each day you will describe American Holidays such as Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.  You will describe how Americans celebrate the holidays, the meaning of the holiday, and give historical background of the holiday.  Also, share how your family celebrates the holidays.  There will be interaction with twenty to thirty middle to high school students, their teachers and possibly their parents and siblings.  Teacher qualifications:  No ESL Degree required and no age limit.  For more information please email info@theedgeinstitute.org or call 704-598-6200.

Hunan Province
Shaanxi Province
Sichuan Province  
Yunnan Province
India

Lilstey, Ladakh, India  - Ted Miracle, Dick Pacetti Status - Completed

2011 Opportunities

Yunnan EFL Teacher

Program type:

EFL
Teaching University Teachers English

Location:

Yunnan Province

Arrival Date:

July 15, 2011

Estimated cost per person

$2500.00

Job Duration:

2 Weeks + travel time

Description:

Program offers a unique teaching opportunity on the University level, helping Chinese English teachers improve their skills and earn in-service credit.  Developing relationships create opportunities to share the good news.  Classroom size 20-25 students.  Interaction with indigenous people (e. g., personal relationships with students, opportune meetings (PW).   The city is a developing city with one western restaurant.   Accommodations are excellent; food is Chinese, but good and plentiful.  The University is a few miles from the town center, but bus and taxi are available and inexpensive.  Those joining us must be team players, committed to sharing the news in unique ways.  Since the course gives Chinese teachers university level recognition, team members should have at least a BA but MA preferred. 

Peace Connection ESL Teacher

Program Type:

ESL
General Evangelism
ESL

Location:

Africa and the Middle East 

Arrival Date:

Flexible

Total on field cost per person

$0 + airfare

Job Duration:

85 days

Description:

This is the short to medium term trip you have been waiting for. ESL teacher/teachers have the opportunity to join our team in searching out and identifying persons of peace by utilizing personal testimony and gospel presentation using a video tool developed by our team. ESL teachers will teach at an English institute. They will be equipped with contextualized evangelism tools and training to help us find persons of peace. Housing and a stipend are provided. 

Ice Hockey Volunteer Team

Program type:

Sports/Recreation
ESL

Location:

Bulgaria 

Arrival Date:

Flexible

Total on field cost per person

$350 + airfare

Job Duration:

4 days

Description:

Group will play four hockey games with local teams. A second option is that a team come and instruct various levels of ice hockey in how to play the game (basically put on an ice hockey camp). During the day the team can assist with ESL classes at a local orphanage and school. These classes are the platform for the local missionaries and essential for the team to continue receiving visas to stay in the country. 

Niger EFL Teachers

Program type:

EFL
Teaching University Students

Location:

Niger Republic in West Central Africa

Arrival Date:

Flexible

Estimated cost per person

$2300.00

Job Duration:

Long term or two week commitment

Description:

Long term volunteers who could go to Niger and lead classes in English, Computer, Agriculture, and Teaching techniques.  Niger is a hot place most of the year.  Volunteers would need to be in good health.  French speaking country but translators are available.   For more information email info@theedgeinstiute.org or call 704-598-6200.

English Teacher in Stara Zagora

Program Type:

ESL
Vision/Discovery

Location:

Bulgaria 

Arrival Date:

Flexible

Total on field cost per person

$2700 + airfare

Job Duration:

88 days

Description:

You would help with existing private English classes held in the foundation offices. You would teach English classes in the public and private schools where you would develop relationships with teachers and parents of the students. You would initiate outreach at the university with the students. You could also use any other talents, skills, etc. to do other outreach to people in the community through the foundation.