You will begin your working day with breakfast
with your host family. Once you are ready, you will make your way to your
school placement. On your first day of work, a Beyond Child Smile member will
accompany you to show you the way to school.
You’ll work at primary schools and different
footballs clubs in our community. The schools we partner with are disadvantaged
with limited funds. This means you will need to get creative with your physical
education classes, as you may not have access to the equipment you’re used to.
Furthermore, most schools don’t have the resources to hire a physical education
teacher full time. This means that most of the time, children don’t have
physical education classes. You will also be assigned to teach other subjects like Mathematics, Science, English, and social studies.
Classes in Tanzania usually start from 8am,
and you will spend the morning running physical education classes and other subjects you will be assigned to teach the students.
When you are not teaching classes, use your time to prepare for future lessons
and come up with creative ways to get the kids moving.
After the school day ends at around 2.30pm,
you will spend the afternoon coaching sport. Football is the most popular
sport, but you may also get the opportunity to coach Basketball for secondary students. Use this time with the children to improve their sporting skills,
encourage teamwork and teach them about the benefits of participating in sport.
Your work day will end at around 6pm.
You will then have Public holidays and weekends free to experience Tanzania.
