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Data de início: 01-09-2021

Data de fim: 01-07-2022

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 25-05-2021

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: (children – non-formal education)
The Michaëlschool is one of the 20 Steinerschools in Flanders, hosting a kindergarden and primary school. The aims of the school are the education for children between 2,5 - 6 years old (kindergarden) and children between 6-12 years old (primary school) based on the Steiner pedagogy. The Steiner pedagogy is focused on the personal and social development of children in a well-balanced and free environment. It takes into account of the needs of the the child as a whole – academic, physical, emotional and spiritual. The education is based on an understanding of the relevance of the different phases of child development whereby the development of the love of learning and an enthusiasm for school are central.

Benefit from the volunteer:
The Michaëlschool sees education its widest context. Having an EVS volunteer is therefore rewarding to all parties involved. We want to educate our pupils to become able young people who have a strong sense of self and diverse capacities that enable them to become socially and economically responsible world citizens and this with respect for other cultures. A foreign volunteer helps to achieve this goal.

Perfil: Age: 18-30
Specific skills volunteer should have:
• be open minded
• patient with children
• motivation and determination to learn more
• communicative and sociable
• interest in Steiner philosophy: we advise volunteers to read more about the Steiner education method before arrival

Level of language skills:
Intermediate knowledge of English and strong motivation to learn Dutch

Tarefas: We are looking for a volunteer to be part of our staff in the kindergarden (2,5 - 6years) and more specifically in the first class of kindergarden (2-3year old). The volunteer will be actively involved during 10 her/his whole stay. The tasks will all be related to the follow-up and supervision of the children during their school day.

The following tasks will certainly have to be performed:

• taking care of the preschoolers getting (un)dressed for the outdoor activities (we do a lot of outdoor activities even under bad weather conditions - in order to be able to do so, we've rain & mud equipment that our smallest children gradually need to learn to put on themselves, this is one of the skills they learn in the first class)

• Recess duty: We have moments of free playing and directed playing, during both moments not only supervision but also observation of the development of the children is an important task of our staff. If interested it could be a possibility for the volunteer to prepare some directed play moments (with coaching of the class teacher)

• Helping to prepare the fruit and soup meals: healthy food is part of our education, Therefore our day starts with a fruit plate where the fruit is brought by the children and then peeled and shared between the pupils. 3 times a week we also prepare soup with fresh organic vegetables in our kindergarden classes together with the children.

• Preparing and supervising the after lunch nap: we're enthusiastic about the positive impact of a resting/sleeping moment for our kindergardners. Therefore until 6 years old they all have a moment of rest on their mattresses after lunch.
The volunteer could start a personal project under coaching of the class teacher. E.g. a possible project: prepare and supervise a directed play moment where his/her culture is integrated in order to be able to share and transmit some of this to the pupils. This could be on a regular base (e.g. weekly), in order to create interaction and interest with the children towards this specific intercultural play moment.
Of course all the tasks described above are performed under the guidance of the class teacher.

For the volunteer it'll be a rewarding to observe and co-work the way our vivid community of teachers do coach the children and their responses to it. For our teachers it's also a plus to be able to share their experience and to be in contact with other backgrounds and life experiences. We have worked with volunteers for over more than ten years. Therefore our school is used to welcoming foreign volunteer member to its staff and is very much willing and looking forward continuing these exchanges.

Horário: The volunteer will voluntarily work 5 days a week. Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 8h00-15h10 and Wednesday/Friday 8h00-12h40. School-holidays are free. Obviously, during the summer holidays the school is closed, but we offer the volunteer ongoing activities that are linked to the tasks that he or she will have done during the school year at Speelpleinwerking Wollebos (Turnhout). Speelpleinwerking is a common setting in Flanders, where children can attend holiday activities under the supervision of experienced monitors. Those summer activities include outside group games, art workshops, playground visits, games, …

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application Form

Download: Application form European Solidarity Corps (2021).docx