R2E Teaching Team

Teacher applications for the 26/27 fall semester are open!

Right2Education's classes are taught by a team of volunteer teachers, many of whom are students from universities in Amsterdam. Teachers work in pairs, teaching a class of a maximum of 25 students. Together, they plan and run the classes, with the help of trainers and our Teacher & Academic Coordinators.

The teaching semester is 16 weeks long, divided into two blocks, September/October and November/December.

Classes take place twice a week at Amsterdam University College, and are three hours each.

Apply to be a teacher!

FAQs

  • Teacher applications are now open! To apply, you can send your CV and motivation to info@right2.education or apply through the form

  • Experience is not always needed. You do not need to have completed any professional experience, but any work in languages, NGOs, teaching, tutoring, or education can be helpful. We consider every application on a case-by-case basis

  • Classes are three hours long, twice a week. Alongside this, there are around 2-4 hours of preparation for classes. We have many lectures from previous semesters, which you can use if you want to spend less time planning, but you are also free to plan your own lectures and activities

  • Our teaching positions are all voluntary (unpaid) but some of our teachers are part of a course/university degree that includes an internship or volunteering project. Where necessary, we will fill in all the supervisor forms for this project. For students at Amsterdam University College, the (16-week) experience can be counted towards the Community Project/Internship requirement

  • No, we consider all applications on a case-by-case basis

  • We also have a system of ‘floating teachers’ who step in when others are unavailable. The floating teachers also work on extra academic projects, such as academic resources. If you have ideas for extra academic projects or resources, please contact us

  • We are always happy to have extra input on teacher-training, or new volunteers to run workshops and training sessions for our teachers. If this is something you would be interested in, please contact us

Testimonies

  • "Participating in the Right2Education project has been one of the most challenging yet rewarding things I have done so far here at AUC. Admittedly, initial conversation was occasionally quite hard. But as the weeks passed by, my fellow buddies and I overcame the barriers between the guest students and us, and realized more and more how truly unique this exchange was between these young men and women, who come from regions torn apart by war, conflict and poverty to a degree that is unfamiliar to us, privileged Westerners. What I ultimately found the most valuable was their improvements over time: seeing the smiles growing, the conversations lengthening, and the Dutch eclipsing that of most of AUC's foreign students... all of this I doubt I will ever forget."

    ARENT
    DUCH TEACHER

  • "I'm really glad that I was a part of this project. I loved to be able to teach these guest students my language and see them study motivatedly and progress well in the classes. But it was so much more than that; they became my friends too. As this project is not only focused on teaching the students Dutch but also to help them integrate, there were buddies involved that showed the students around and spent some leisure time with them. The best part was, friends of mine were buddies with my students so we had dinner together a couple of times and that was a lot of fun."

    MARIT
    DUTCH TEACHER

  • "Being a teacher at Right2Education has been a very enjoyable experience for me. Knowing that many refugees have not received a warm welcome from everyone in the Netherlands, it is nice to do something for them to make them know that they are wanted, and that a lot of people are willing to help them. I believe that learning the language is key in the integration process. Not only because it improves communication, but also because it signals the will to integrate and to learn about the host culture."

    PACO
    ENGLISH TEACHER

Contact our Teacher and Academic Coordinators

Deadlines for teacher applications each semester will be posted on our website and social media accounts.