HOW TO HELP
The qualification is something you already have.
Everything TEEI runs, runs on volunteers. Six ways to give an hour, all on video, all sized to your week.
“But I’m not a teacher.”
An hour and a language you already speak.
A video call when you both have time. No lesson plans, no grading, just conversation, the one thing a learner cannot practise alone.
A regular time
You choose
From wherever you are. You set the time together.
1 : 1
You and one learner
The same person, week after week.
Zero
Lesson plans
No grading, no curriculum. You talk.
Any
Language you speak
English, Norwegian, German, your own.
No teaching background needed.
CHARMAINE · VOLUNTEER
PENNY · MENTOR“Who would want my experience?”
Someone is rebuilding exactly yours.
CV reviews, interview practice, the parts of your industry nobody writes down, handed to a professional rebuilding a career in a new country.
See how it works
HEIDI · CAREER COACHOn interviewing for a new career in a new country.
LAURA · PROGRAM MANAGER, PMIOn coming back to work after seventeen years.
SANAM · PROGRAM MANAGER, AWSOn feeling good enough for the job you want.
NO TEACHING BACKGROUND. A FIELD, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO HAND IT ON.
“I’ve got nothing to teach.”
Neither does a friend.
A free evening and some warmth, woman to woman. Steady company for someone starting over, on video, wherever you both are. No expertise, just show up.
Whenever suits you both.
“Still not you?”
Three more doors.
Enough fluency to lead a class.
Lead live group lessons on a curriculum already built for you. Twelve weeks per course, on video.
See how it works
The job you already do.
Sessions on your everyday skills, data, design, IT, business, for someone training toward your field.
See how it works
A skill we’re missing.
Marketing, design, translation, research: the work behind every programme, project-based and remote.
View open rolesTHE OTHER SIDE OF THE CALL
Someone is already waiting to start.
They are on the waiting list now: studying alone, needing only a person to practise with. Whichever door you pick, someone like them is behind it.
IRYNA · LEARNERIryna is rebuilding her career in a new language.
OKSANA · LEARNEROksana practises for the conversations that matter.
“Fine. How?”
Smaller than you think.
01
Pick your door
The one keyed to something you already have.
02
Five minutes to apply
Name, language, when you are free. That is it.
03
We match you
With a learner, a mentee, or a buddy who fits your hours.
04
The first call
An hour, on video, from wherever you are.
OUT OF OBJECTIONS?
Pick the one that's you.
Still deciding? Email volunteering@theeducationalequalityinstitute.org and tell us what you have to give.