Teaching at UIS
Benefits
to Teaching at UIS
- Christian context
- Professional environment
- Supportive families
- Committed students
Is
there a need for teachers?
YES! Not only is there
a need, there is a desperate need. UIS is a very unique school among
mission and international schools with a tremendously difficult challenge
in recruiting teachers. Here’s why:
UIS has
the accreditation of academically excellent international schools and is
large enough to need a sizable faculty. It is not, however, located in a
large city with a commercial population to draw from like many schools that
use commercial fees to pay teacher salaries and subsidize mission rates.
Most mission/international schools who work with volunteer teachers have
multiple organizations responsible for recruitment of their faculty. Though
UIS also serves non-mission families, the primary responsibility for
recruitment of faculty rests with WBT.
Do
teachers contribute to Bible translation?
"My husband and I are translators. We
have a family and the educational needs of our children are a very high
priority for us. Here in PNG, UIS has a vital role in the education of the
children of language teams as well as support workers for those language
teams. The village program enables families to teach their primary age
children in their villages. Having a curriculum and plans prepared by a
professional makes it so much easier for those of us who are not teachers
to do a credible job. At the middle and high school levels, the students
receive an academically excellent education in the loving, nurturing
environment of UIS. This allows language teams to concentrate on the work
God has called them to while their children are being well-prepared for
their future.
"Most of the time, UIS has a
teacher shortage somewhere. When this happens, some language teams are
asked to stop their language work to teach if they are qualified to fill
the need. This slows down the work and leaves people groups without the
Word in their language for an even longer time. Do teachers contribute to
Bible translation? YES!" -- Debi Condra, former EDA
