The English Opens Doors Volunteer Program, coordinated by the Chilean Ministry of Education and the United Nations Development Programme-Chile, is looking for volunteers to assist with EFL instruction in Chilean public schools. In exchange for their help, volunteers receive training in Santiago, transport to their placement region, a host family stay, and a monthly stipend, Spanish lessons, and more. There are a variety of programs lasting from 10 weeks to 8 months. For more information, please email volunteers@mineduc.cl.

8, 6 & 4-MONTH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Volunteers are assigned to public schools in regions throughout Chile, live with host families in their community, and receive a monthly stipend. During the 8, 6 and 4-month placements, volunteers work as English-language teaching assistants to Chilean English teachers for 25 hours per week, and spend an additional 10 hours a week planning classes and leading extra-curricular activities for the school community.
English language instruction begins in the 5th grade and volunteers may be assigned to work with one or more grade levels anywhere from 5th to 12th grade. Volunteers are given their own classroom to work with groups of about 20 students on listening and speaking activities in conjunction with the Chilean English teacher. For many students and teachers, a volunteer is their only opportunity to listen to and practice speaking in English with a native speaker.

SUMMER PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Summer Program volunteers are university students, recent graduates, teachers, or professionals with experience and interest in education. Volunteers act as English-language teaching assistants in public schools in rural and semi-urban communities, which serve children from 1st to 6th or 1st to 12th grades. Depending on their age and teaching experience, volunteers will either work with the Chilean EFL teacher in the same classroom or run their own classrooms in conjunction with the Chilean teacher. Volunteers dedicate 25 hours a week to teaching and 10 additional hours a week to planning lessons and initiating extracurricular activities. During the schools’ two-week winter break in mid-July, volunteers organize and implement additional activities called “Winter School” in the community for interested students, teachers and/or parents.