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Pre-service trainees
Training Notes
Training Schedule
Language Training
Loyalty Oath
No person shall be assigned
to duty as a Volunteer under this Act in any foreign country or
area unless at the time of such assignment he or she possesses
such reasonable proficiency as his or her assignment requires in
speaking the language of the country or area to which he or she
is assigned.
-The Peace
Corps Act
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Training
starts in the United States during (Staging 2-3 days)
and continues once trainees arrive in country
(Pre-Service Training 8-12 weeks) and
during the entire two years of service (In-Service
Training). All training is
directed by The Peace Corps with participation of host
country organizations, former Volunteers, training
contractors and other staff. Peace Corps training,
especially in language training, is considered among the
most respected in the world and the skills learned are
highly valuable both during a Volunteer's time in
country and once they return home. |
Santa Lucia
(above) is the site of training in
Honduras
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Staging (2-3 days)
Staging
provides trainees with information they need to adjust
once in country and gives an idea of what to expect
during the first few weeks. It is also when initial
forms are processed. A sample schedule can be found
here.
Pre-Service Training
(8-12 weeks)
Pre-Service Training (PST) can be challenging. The technical,
language, cultural, personal health and safety skills
learned here are necessary to be a successful Volunteer.
More than 90% of Trainees successfully complete Pre-Service
Training to be sworn in as a Volunteer. |
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Voulnteers working with Police cadets during PST
As part
of PST, Trainees spend the first part of training
together as a whole group and then second part of
training broken into their projects to focus on more
technical and Field-Based Training (FBT).
A sample
schedule can be found here. |
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Language Training
Working in
Spanish is critical to the Peace Corps mission in
Honduras and so language training is critical to become
a Volunteer. Language trainers in Honduras have been
able to bring people who speak little or even no Spanish
at all to a passing level by swearing-in (11 weeks) and
fluent by Close of Service (27 months). In order to be
eligible to be sworn in all Trainees must achieve a
Spanish level of Intermediate-Medium -
conversational and able to work, live and function in
Spanish. If this level is not achieved the trainee may
be allowed an additional month of coursework to improve
or they may be asked to leave Honduras depending on
effort.
To view
details of the language training click
here.
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Sworn in Volunteers at
the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa |
The
Peace Corps provides all resources available to make
sure that every trainee has the ability to
complete training by offering extra tutoring hours
and private support. Trainees who successfully
complete Pre-Service Training are then required by
law to affirm an oath of loyalty to the United
States. |
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Check
out
http://www.fijateque.net
for Peace Corps El Salvador
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