Training

Information about PST
You work from 8:40am to 5pm with three breaks and lunch. You will soon find yourself sick of soup especially on the really hot days. You will go on a field visit where you will learn how the current PCV’s live their lives and interact in their communities. Also, try not to worry too much about the language try and learn what you can but you will get three hours of language training every day. Time goes fast for us, it has already been three weeks and our practicum starts on the 22nd and it is the 21st. After two weeks of that we have an hour site interview and the counterpart conference comes that weekend. After that we have five weeks before the end of PST and the start of two years of living on my own in Romania.

A Word on Practicum
Sometime around week four all TEFL will have Practicum where you will teach one week either secondary or primary school and then switch the next week. I am about a third of the way through and all is well. This is not really a trial by fire and most of us are not certified or trained teachers. Take a deep breath and you will be fine.