Educator for the Deaf

Job Description
Can you see yourself presenting a reading lesson in Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) to a class of eager students, or sipping chai (tea) with a group of Kenyan colleagues as you share lesson plans in the teachers' room? Can you envision walking to the local market to buy beans, corn, and peanuts to make nyoyo and meeting a group of youth from the Life Skills Club you co-facilitate, who sign greetings to you in KSL? If the answer is yes, the Peace Corps seeks applicants like you who have the passion, flexibility, and resiliency to support Education for the Deaf (E4D) initiatives in Kenya.
E4D Volunteers support teachers to increase knowledge and transfer innovative and effective techniques and methods for teaching reading and early literacy skills and KSL. In collaboration with counterpart teachers, Volunteers develop teaching and learning materials and resources to provide high-quality literacy instruction and use these to support students' increase in literacy levels. ...