If you’re like most people in the teach abroad world, you’ll have both a passion for education and a need for international travel. Why not apply for a job that emphasizes both business and pleasure? Teaching English abroad is an incredible way to see the world and to connect with individuals and communities of other cultures.
With so many locations to choose from, figuring out how to narrow down your destination can seem like a daunting task. Popular locations to teach abroad, like in Europe or Southeast Asia, are great, but this article focuses on five amazing teach abroad programs throughout Africa.
If you choose to teach in Africa, you won’t be disappointed. You’ll be able to see some beautiful places along the continent, learn about all its different cultures (and maybe one of its 2,000 languages), and forge incredible relationships with your students and host communities alike.
1. Projects Abroad: Teach English in South Africa
This program is open to all who want to teach English in South Africa and contribute in maintaining and facilitating a sense of hope that is already present in South African students. Unique in that they bring on volunteer teachers (to counteract the loss of great teachers to private programs), these volunteers teaching English in Africa will be stationed in Cape Town and will primarily teach literacy and basic math skills. On the weekends and after school days, teacher volunteers are encouraged to explore, travel, learn, and engage in the beauty of Africa around them.
Africa is waiting to show you the teaching experience of a lifetime
2. International TEFL & TESOL Training in Egypt
This program, located in cosmopolitan Alexandria, Egypt, is designed to award prospective teachers in Africa an international TEFL and TESOL certification. Availability for certification and jobs is year-round, and gives teachers the opportunity to live and learn in one of the most classically ancient locations in the world. Say hello to the Nile River and the ancient pyramids on your free weekends away as you teach English in Africa.
3. The Language House: TEFL/TESOL Courses in Morocco
A North African country that boasts over 32 million people, there is no shortage of teaching opportunities in Morocco. The Language House TEFL program in Marrakesh states that they “provide the unique opportunity to experience evolving from student to teacher.” With the help of a hands-on approach designed to engage the trainee with active participation, student teachers in Africa are teaching right away. Upon completion of this four week course, teachers are able to find teaching jobs in Morocco (and the rest of the world, too).
Rise to the top when you teach abroad in South Africa
4. GoEco: Physical Education & Sports in South Africa
Don't want to spend all of your time teaching in a classroom? This may be the only program that will allow you to spend more time outside then inside while teaching abroad. Join GoEco in South Africa and you can spend up to 12 weeks bringing physical activity back to schools in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, which is unfortunately plagued by numerous social problems. Physical education teachers can create a range of lessons and activities, giving students the chance to get healthy, get outdoors, and learn how to play popular sports.
5. International TEFL Academy: Teach English in Mauritania
The International TEFL Academy program in Mauritania enables you to work abroad teaching English in Africa. For the first few months, participants will earn their TEFL certification at an international location or on an online forum. The International TEFL Academy offers materials and support throughout the certification process, and once you have it in hand, teachers travel to Mauritania to begin teaching English in Africa!
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These are only five programs out of a seemingly endless list of available opportunities to teach in Africa, but they show a great range in opportunity for anyone looking to travel and teach. If you didn’t see a teaching program here that suits your needs or you are wanting to entertain the idea of another location, visit GoAbroad’s Teach Abroad in Africa page to further your research on teach abroad programs in Africa.
Teaching in Africa means new experience – big AND small!
No matter which teach in Africa program you choose, you will undoubtedly be challenged in the best way possible, expand your horizons (all the way to Africa), and see how you can take part in the incredible work of international education.
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