Volunteer Professional English & Spanish Language Teachers Wanted!

Would you like to use your language teaching skills to help build a global culture of peace-while seeing the world at the same time?

Application for the 121st Global Voyage is open!

The Global English/Español Training Programme is Peace Boat's English and Spanish school. On our voyages, this programme is run by international teams of passionate volunteer teachers who inspire our students to use language to make connections with people from all over the world.

Peace Boat's language training programme, GET, is now accepting applications for English and Spanish language teachers for the 121st Global voyage. The application deadline for volunteer teachers is April 14, 2025. All interviews will be conducted online and will take place between May 7th to 13th JST. For more information, download our application pack or send us an email.

You can also subscribe to our mailing list below for updates, or send us an email at getprogramme@peaceboat.gr.jp.

Conditions of employment:

This position is for enthusiastic, highly motivated, dynamic individuals with a minimum of 18 months of full-time teaching experience. Applicants should be highly advanced speakers of English or Spanish, although it is not necessary to be a 'native' or 'first language' speaker. Certification, graduate degrees and/or multi-language abilities are highly regarded, though not required. Please note: this is a volunteer position, but voyage expenses are covered (valued at approximately 1.7 million JPY or 15,300 USD).

Learn about why you should apply for the GET Programme directly from past teachers: https://vimeo.com/320435083

To apply:

Please download the application pack available on our website: http://peaceboat.org/english/volunteer/GET-volunteer

• For Spanish teachers: Please note that all teacher-related GET Programme administrative activities and correspondence are conducted in English. All application material, with the exception of actual Spanish-language lesson content, should be presented in English.
• All successful applicants must be able to attend the pre-voyage orientation to be held in Tokyo roughly one week before the official departure date.