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Volunteer · Skills Academy
What you know could change someone's next chapter.
Adults 18 and older: teacher, engineer, craftsperson, accountant, marketer, chef, community organiser or something else entirely. Every subject is welcome for consideration. Still working or retired, you can share what you know in a live session or help develop learning materials.
Apply to teach an hour LinkedIn or email application · Reviewed by a person
What you'd do
Teach from what you know, not just the job you hold.
One live session at a time on TEEI's own platform. Bring the examples, methods and lessons you know from work, a trade, community life or years of experience. Teaching qualifications are not required.
Teaching your own product? Welcome, as one option. The session says so on its page, and teaches the skill, not the sale. Participants' details are never shared with your employer.
0 MIN15304560 MIN
One lit hour. The rest of the week stays yours.
What you know
The campaign brief you wrote this week
Her first marketing plan, read by someone who writes them.
The CVs you screened last month
The other side of the hiring desk.
The lessons you learned before retirement
A shortcut for somebody entering your field today.
The workshop, kitchen or community group you know by heart
Practical know-how another person can put to use.
Someone needs exactly what you know.
No lesson plans · Your field, spoken out loud
Your field
Any subject you know well.
These twelve fields help organise sessions; they are examples, not limits. Your subject could come from a job, a trade, voluntary work, a hobby or a lifetime of experience. People who are retired are welcome.
Marketing and Communications
Marketing strategy · Content strategy · Professional communication · Presentation skills · Social media marketing
HR and Recruitment
Recruitment · Talent acquisition · People management · Performance development · Workplace inclusion
Finance and Business
Financial literacy · Budgeting · Business planning · Entrepreneurship · Business analysis
Law and Compliance
Legal writing · Employment law · Contract literacy · Compliance · Regulatory risk
Leadership and Management
Leadership · Team leadership · Stakeholder management · Strategic planning · Change management
Project and Programme Management
Project management · Programme management · Agile delivery · Risk management · Process improvement
Product and Design
Product strategy · Roadmapping · User research · Service design · UX design
Career Development
Career planning · CV review · Interview preparation · Professional networking · Job search strategy
Education and Facilitation
Teaching · Workshop facilitation · Curriculum design · Assessment design · Learning design
Languages and Intercultural Communication
Language facilitation · Intercultural communication · Cross-cultural teamwork · Local labour market guidance · Professional writing
AI and Data
AI foundations · Prompt practice · Responsible AI · Data analysis · Data visualisation
Software and Cloud
Software engineering · Web development · Cloud infrastructure · Cybersecurity · Technical support
Your subject is not on the list?
Then propose it. Every field is welcome for consideration.
- Crafts
- Cooking
- Hotel and tourism
- History
- Art
- Literature
- Economics
- Health administration
- Mechanics
- Agriculture
Examples only. Anything you know well enough to teach can be proposed.
Or teach a course that’s already built: 60 ready-made courses, mostly technical
The curriculum, exercises, labs and assessments are done. You pick one that matches your expertise and add what a course library cannot offer: a person who knows the subject, live in the room.
Every course in English · Free for every learner
You write code
The first script that runs, and the review that makes the second one better.
- Python Essentials 1
- Python Essentials 2
- JavaScript Essentials 1
- JavaScript Essentials 2
- HTML Essentials
- CSS Essentials
- C Essentials 1
- C Essentials 2
- C Advanced
- C++ Essentials 1
- C++ Essentials 2
- C++ Advanced
You work in security
What an attack looks like, from someone paid to catch one.
- Introduction to Cybersecurity
- The Cybersecurity Landscape
- Cybersecurity Essentials
- Understanding Threats and Attacks
- Security Operations and the Defense Analyst
- Data and Tools for Defense Analysts
- SOC Essentials: Introduction to Threat Hunting
- The Art of Investigation
- Ethical Hacker
- Industrial Cybersecurity Essentials
You work in IT support
The job that hires without a degree, taught by someone who holds it.
- IT Essentials
- IT Support Essentials
- IT Customer Support Basics
- Computer Hardware Basics
- Hardware and Upgrade Support
- Operating Systems Basics
- Operating Systems Support
- Security and Connectivity Support
You work with data or AI
The tools every job ad now assumes, shown by someone who uses them daily.
- Introduction to Data Science
- Data Analytics Essentials
- Introduction to Modern AI
- Prompt Like an Engineer
- Apply AI: Analyze Customer Reviews
- Apply AI: Update Your Resume
You teach English
Not textbook English. The English spoken on an engineering team, in the meeting she has to survive.
- English for IT 1
- English for IT 2
- English for IT: Advice and Time
- English for IT: People and Quantities
- English for IT: Describing and Comparing
- English for IT: Needs and Responsibilities
You have built or run a business
The plan she has been carrying in her head, written down and pressure-tested.
- Discovering Entrepreneurship
- Launching a Business Venture
- Managing a Business Venture
- Engaging Stakeholders for Success
- Creating Compelling Reports
You run networks
How the internet actually holds together, from someone who runs a piece of it.
- Networking Essentials
- Networking Devices and Initial Configuration
- Network Addressing and Basic Troubleshooting
- Network Support and Security
You run Linux and servers
The terminal stops being a wall and starts being a tool.
- Linux Unhatched
- Linux Essentials
- Linux 1
- Linux 2
You are fluent with everyday tech
The confidence to apply for work that assumes a computer.
- Digital Awareness
- Digital Safety and Security Awareness
- Using Computer and Mobile Devices
- Create Digital Content, Communicate and Collaborate Online
- Introduction to IoT and Digital Transformation
The shapes
Four shapes of the same hour.
Every live format brings together someone willing to share a skill and people learning it. You choose how to contribute, from a single webinar to a recurring class.
01A webinarOne session · Live questions
060
Once. That is real too.
One expert, one hour, live questions from people training toward your field. The smallest real commitment on this page.
02A classSame small group · Weekly
WK 1WK 4
The same faces, week after week.
A small group, live on video, building your subject across a season. You watch the same people get visibly better.
03A one-off sessionSmall group or one person · Booked once
060
A portfolio review. An interview rehearsal.
One knowledge session, once: a small group on a topic from your field, or one learner and the thing she cannot practise alone, her CV in your industry, the interview for the job she wants.
04MentorshipSame person · Months
MONTH 1MONTH 4
Hours you set, between the two of you.
The same experienced person, across months of her rebuild: the long version of sharing what you know. Big enough to be its own programme: TEEI Mentorship.
You pick the shape when you apply, and change it any time. There is no fixed number of hours here: the shape you choose is the commitment you make.
Apply to teach an hour →Not on camera
Course materials: lessons others can teach from.
Prefer writing to being on camera? Write exercises, guides, slides or reading for Skills Academy courses, in your own time. No live teaching.
Tell us your subject and what you would like to make. A person on the team reads every message.
Email us about course materials →The other side of the hour
She studies through the power cuts. Displaced professionals, most of them women, retraining into marketing, HR, finance, design, data and code: your field, from zero footing in a new country. What is missing is you.
The proof
260,158
learning units completed by TEEI learners on DataCamp. The studying is already happening, every night.
Figures: DataCamp partner dashboard, 21 September 2026
77,660Hours on the DataCamp platform, 12 October 2026
8,000+Language learners on the live platform
2,000+Registered mentees, TEEI Mentorship
400+Volunteers across TEEI
Live figures: the shared TEEI platform that carries the language and mentoring programmes. DataCamp hours: the partner dashboard, dated in the row
The room
You teach the hour. We build the rest.
Skills Academy runs on the platform TEEI built for its language and mentoring programmes. You bring the field; everything around the hour is handled.
The matchWe fill your room. Learners find your session by field and level; you never recruit an audience.
The bookingScheduling is ours. You give windows; the calendar and time zones are handled.
The live roomTEEI's own video room, in the browser. Nothing to install, nothing to configure.
The first hourYou are not alone in it. A coordinator sets up your first session with you and stays reachable.
How it starts
Four steps, one of them ours.
01
Apply
About five minutes: import your profile from LinkedIn or type it in. Your field, your experience, the shapes that fit.
02
A person reads it
Not a filter. A real review, and we will be in touch.
03
Pick your shape
Webinar, class, session, or mentorship, and your first date. Change the shape whenever your life changes.
04
The room opens
Your field, live, to the people who need exactly it. A coordinator is in the wings for your first hour.
Before you ask
Questions volunteers ask.
Do I need teaching experience?
No. You need something useful to teach and a willingness to share it. The formats give each session structure; TEEI reviews proposed subjects and supports the first session.
What could I teach?
Anything you know well enough to teach: languages, practical trades, history, finance, business, science, crafts, arts, technology and more. The twelve fields above organise sessions; they do not limit what you can propose.
Does every subject get published?
Not automatically. A person at TEEI reads every application and decides whether the subject fits what learners on Skills Academy need right now. Some subjects may be published later, and course materials can be another way to share them.
Can I teach if I am retired or not currently working?
Yes. Your experience may come from a former career, a practical trade, a community project or years spent developing a skill. You do not need a current job title. We review each proposed subject, and you can also help create course materials instead of teaching live.
What platform does it run on?
TEEI's own. The same video rooms that carry our language and mentoring programmes carry Skills Academy sessions. For you it is a browser link; there is nothing to install and no account to buy.
Can my company send a team?
Yes. Companies place their specialists as teachers through skill volunteering: one page for that is here. If your organisation is a partner, your hours also count in its report.
What if I can only do it once?
Then teach one webinar. One hour, once, is a real contribution here, and nobody will chase you for a second one. Most volunteers decide the shape of their next hour after they have given the first.
Out of reasons?
Teach the hour only you can.
Share what you know, from wherever you are. Your experience does not expire at retirement.
Prefer one-to-one conversation? TEEI Language needs speakers →
Questions first? volunteering@theeducationalequalityinstitute.org