Volunteer opportunities to teach chess to kids/ beginners.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to volunteer as a chess teacher for kids just learning how to play. I just started playing chess recently so I would only be able to teach beginners. Does anyone know any online companies that hire volunteers to teach chess? I'm applying to schools and volunteering looks good on applications. 

I would teach just the basics of chess, I haven't really thought about how I would teach. 

Very true

Let me be honest here: if all you can teach is basics, you might as well not bother. There is plenty well-presented information on the internet that covers the basics. If you want to be a chess teacher, you would need to give something more of value to your students than what is available to them already, easily accessible and completely free.

Thank you for the feedback 

Hi am interested to volunteer as a teacher for kids who are beginners!

Evaluate the advice given here carefully. Most of it is just the opinion of someone who has never taught chess and has no intention of doing so. Being actively taught something in person is vastly different to passively watching a video on Youtube, no matter what others (with no experience) here say.

Teacher here, btw.

Hi, I have been playing chess for a long period of time and I am quite good. I would love to volunteer to teach children at an intermediate or beginner level. As long as I can have someone from Chess.com write a small paragraph every month as proof that I have volunteered every week. This is because I am doing it as a part of my DofE. Thanks.

Sorry to burst people's bubbles here, but 3 digit elos shouldn't be teaching chess. I'm barely a four-digit elo but I shouldn't be teaching chess either.

I started as a co chair parent volunteer at my kids elementary school. Ended up being the actual coach with another parent and two kids on the high school chess team. I’m following the curriculum from ChessKid.com. I’m under 1000 rapid, but the engagement from the kids has been amazing. Each week we have a lesson/watch a video, do some exercises/drills to reinforce, then play a game or two. We went from 6kids last year to 22 this year. We have two groups. Advanced and beginners. I teach the fundamentals and the assistants teach more Dvanced stuff.

At that age, teach the fundamentals and reinforce the love of the game.

the ChessKid curriculum is designed for anyone with a basic knowledge to teach it. It’s awesome !!!

Lets not troll over here, if all he could teach is the basics, then that means he can contribute to the community. But what do you do? You troll? Instead, the worst kind of people are you, who does nothing to encourage others but to does harm to the community as a whole.

If I am a Mod, I'd ban you from the forum.

Oh hey, Im in the same boat here, but I created my own chess club where I teach chess, I know its 3 years and you are probably off to college or a job or something, but you can create your own chess club, server on discord, or you can join my club and teach chess and contribute to the society as a whole.

Do you want to do that? You can help me contribute to the chess community.

Let me be honest here: If all you do is troll, discourage and shame others(adding on to that you don't play chess very well, 2000 seems pretty bad to me), then you aren't the kind of people that is helpful to the chess community. Thats why you should leave.

👍It's nice to volunteer to teach chess to children.