What is a Gap Year?

A gap year is also regarded as one of the many important career development techniques. Most people take a gap year abroad before Uni to enhance their CV’s. Some people avail a break in mid-career to break away and do something different and build skills. It is a great way of learning by adding value to your personality and career experiences.

There are many benefits of taking a gap year from your studies, these include meeting different people and know diverse cultures. This will help you improve as a person and as well ensure your personal development.

The HQ Coaching Centre has developed links with several schools in Uganda and South Africa. 

The HQ Coaching Centre is offering exciting new opportunities for students looking at taking a gap year from their studies. Students have the chance to undertake 4, 8 or 12 week placements in Uganda and South Africa. These projects will include the chance for students to undertake a number of roles including:

• Coaching in a foreign school.
• Coaching in a foreign community.
• Teaching classes in a foreign school.

There are benefits for all parties for taking part in this project and the chance of an opportunity of a lifetime.

How does it benefit the schools/communities in these countries?

• High quality coaching.
• Bringing people from different cultures into their own.
• Learning English as a foreign language.

Benefits For Student

• Great experience to add to your CV.
• Learn skills that cannot be taught in a classroom.
• The opportunity to work within new cultures.
• The chance to perfect a foreign language.
• Time to personally grow and mature.
• A chance to reflect on your own personality, skills and desires before fully committing to a course or career.
• A chance to learn new skills.
• Opportunity to become qualified through TEFL.

What is TEFL?

Teaching English as a Foreign Language. TEFL programs offer certification in teaching English. Certifications are not always required to teach English, but job prospects (and pay) tend to increase with certification levels and experience.

When you have your qualification, you can go and teach English to children or adults anywhere there's a need and there are jobs available. Learning English can be a very valuable skill to many different kinds of people. Business people, for example, need good English to work with people of other countries (not just English-speaking countries of course). Children in poorer countries with a good command of English have better job prospects than those without.