Anonymous ID: 9d871c Aug. 9, 2024, 5:21 p.m. No.21382379   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2389

Seems ol' Timmy boy was a teacher in China for a year.

 

After graduating from Chadron State College in 1989, Walz accepted a one-year teaching position with WorldTeach in Foshan No.1 High School in Guangdong, China.[19][5][20] After returning, Walz took a job teaching and coaching in Alliance, Nebraska, and in 1993 he was named Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Junior Chamber.[21]

 

While working as a teacher, he met his wife, Gwen Whipple, a fellow teacher, and in 1994 the two married. Two years later they moved to Mankato, Minnesota, his wife's home state,[12] where he worked as a geography teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School.[5] The team had lost 27 straight games when he joined the coaching staff as a defensive coordinator.[22] Three years later, in 1999, the team won its first state championship.[23][24]

 

In 1999, Walz agreed to be the faculty advisor of Mankato West High School's first gayโ€“straight alliance.[25][26] He and his wife also ran Educational Travel Adventures, which organized summer educational trips to China for high-school students from 1994 to 2003.[27][28] Walz earned a master of science in educational leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in 2001, writing his master's thesis on Holocaust education.[18][29] In March 2006, he took a leave of absence from teaching to focus full time on his congressional campaign.[30]

Anonymous ID: 9d871c Aug. 9, 2024, 5:24 p.m. No.21382389   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>21382379

WorldTeach

 

WorldTeach is a non-governmental organization that provided opportunities for individuals to live and work as volunteer teachers in developing countries. It was founded in 1986 by a group of Harvard University students, including economist Michael Kremer. Approximately 300 volunteers were annually placed in year-long and summer programs, with more than 7,500 placed.

 

In April 2019, WorldTeach ceased its volunteer operations to continue exploring how best it could champion its work in serving the global community with education.

 

All volunteers for year-long programs must be enrolled in or have completed four year college programs, with most volunteers being recent graduates.[1]

 

Most volunteers teach the English language, and some teach information technology, mathematics, science, accounting, and HIV/AIDS education. Typically WorldTeach partners with Ministries of Education, who identify the needs that WorldTeach volunteers can help them address.

 

Volunteer placements vary widely in the size of the community (300 people to 7 million), age of the students (elementary to adult), and living situation (homestay or apartment). Like the Peace Corps, volunteers may go to a wide range of countries, and WorldTeach volunteers apply to and are accepted to particular country placements. [2] WorldTeach currently has year-long programs in American Samoa, Ecuador,[3] the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

 

For year-long programs, which require a four-year college degree, costs are shared between the hosting educational organization and WorldTeach volunteers. Included are housing placements, visa sponsorship, health and emergency evacuation insurance, 24-hour field staff support, three-four weeks of in-country orientation (including language and teacher training) and a monthly stipend roughly equal to a local teacher's salary.

 

Summer programs are in Ecuador, India, Morocco, Namibia, and South Africa. Volunteers need not have a college degree, although most are current college students. These programs are not funded by WorldTeach's in-country partners and students usually pay for them through scholarships, out-of-pocket, or obtain college credit.[4]

 

In April 2019, WorldTeach's board of directors voted to cease in-country programs, a model that proved to be unsustainable given the scale, cost structure, and the current market.