TEACHING OPPORTUNITY

American Councils in Southeast Europe (SEE) seeks PDO Teachers to prepare U.S. State
Department FLEX and YES exchange program scholarship winners for the 2018-19 school
year. Under the guidance of American Councils, PDO Teachers and FLEX/YES alumni
Teaching Assistants will orient finalists to American culture and family life at PDOs to be held
June-July 2018.

Job Description

PDO teachers will be requested to:

 Attend the entire four-day training of trainers (ToT) to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine in
(March or April-TBC) 2018 to learn about the FLEX/YES goals and objectives and the
PDO teaching methods and materials.
 Collaborate with FLEX/YES alumni Teaching Assistants to prepare sessions and
teaching materials.
 Team-teach sessions at PDOs to be held in June-July 2018 in Southeast Europe
 Assist American Councils staff with occasional non-classroom responsibilities at the
PDOs.

Qualifications

PDO teachers must:

 Be American citizens, with native English language skills.

 Have attended a U.S. high school in the USA.
 Have teaching experience, preferably high school level.
 Have recently lived or still live in at least one of the SEE program countries (Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia).
 Have a profound cultural understanding of Southeast Europe (preferably, candidates
need to be living in the SEE- candidates from outside the region will be considered on
a case by case basis)
 Have interpersonal skills and ability to work with staff of different ages and cultural
backgrounds.
 Be available to teach two to four PDO cycles between June 15 and July 15, 2018 (as
determined by Program Hub Director)

This teaching opportunity is compliant with Peace Corps guidelines for volunteer activities.
Previous PDO teachers are welcome to apply.

PDO Teacher applicants should email

 statement of purpose,
 resume, and
 passport copy (pdf)
to: pdoteacher@americancouncilssee.org by January 20, 2018.

Questions about the position can be directed to the same e-mail address (subject line: PDO
Teacher 2017 query)

1828 L Street N.W., Suite1200, Washington, D.C. 20036 T 202 833 7522 F 202 833 7523
www.americancouncils.org