Letónia

3962

Data de início: 01-09-2014

Data de fim: 01-07-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 09-01-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: One of the differences between the school and other schools is the main lesson which starts every day and this means that studying is organized in cycles. Every morning for about a month during the main lesson children are acquiring one subject. The length of the lesson is 120 minutes. Other lessons are 40 minutes. During the learning process we use methodology which reinforces the students' interest and encourages them to use not only one textbook but to search materials in encyclopedias, literature, fiction, journals, the internet. We also encourage them to make their own textbook.

The rhythm of kindergartens day, week, month and year is carefully planned and coordinated with educational and physiological aspects.

The city is a fast growing and active region. It consists of 12 villages. The administrative center of the village is located in the village which has 4 thousand inhabitants.

An active cultural life is implemented in the region. Both young and old people take part in various circles, collectives and interest clusters. Different concerts, theater plays, holiday evenings, lectures, exhibitions and other events are organized in the region. There are different amateur groups in the cultural house: choirs, ensembles and dance groups of various age-groups. There is a sport center. There one can visit pool, gym, aerobics and martial art trainings, as well as play table tennis.

Perfil: Volunteers in our kindergarten/school will have an unique chance to find out what our pedagogy is. They will be able to find out its nature and teaching methodology. The knowledge of this pedagogy and its principles will help the teenagers to work with themselves and in teams. They will also get to know Latvian culture.

We would like to host 2 volunteers per one school season which lasts for 10 months because this period is long enough for getting to know people and their life philosophy. We would be glad if this particular work season would be combined with the youth-volunteer national traditions. We would like to gather information about autumn activities, Christmas celebrations and winter activities, about spring and Easter celebrations and summer activities, etc. which come from his country.

Kindergarten

The most important work for volunteers in the kindergarten will be - creating contacts and lasting relationships with children. It means, spending time with the children during games and activities, as well as during free time. Voluntary obligations will be both pedagogical and practical:

- The volunteer will help the kindergarten staff to prepare for different celebrations, for example, s/he will search songs and games of certain themes, s/he will make different decorations, etc. S/he will be involved in the preparation of daily games. We would appreciate if s/he would also offer his/her ideas.

- The volunteer will go outside together with the kids, will look for variety of interesting materials that could be used for decorating or making various objects etc. It is important that the volunteer would have some creative ideas about creating different things - s/he should think what and how nature materials could be used to make something interesting and new.

- S/he will be involved in the kitchen work, preparing meals, washing up and cleaning, because according to the our pedagogy all the duties that are done in the kindergarten should have an educational aspect because the children learn from everything they see.

- S/he should be supporting during various children's activities - painting, singing with the children, telling fairy-tales. The volunteer should also help to put the children to sleep.

- In order to tidy up the surrounding the volunteer should engage together with the parents and staff in talc that are organized by the kindergarten

School

In school the volunteers will work with children of all ages (7-18 years). In the morning the volunteer will spend his/her time in the classroom where s/he will help class and subject teachers in their teaching and educational work, s/he will assist teacher during lessons, organize active rest during breaks, and also the volunteer will perform individual teacher-assistant functions. In the afternoon the volunteer will be involved in activities that suit his/her own interests. S/he will be able to take the initiative and share his/her ideas, for example, about art, dancing, singing and craft. The volunteer will participate in the student parliament, where s/he will express her/his creative imagination and organizational skills. S/he will also participate in teachers' college work, where s/he will help to organize various activities and s/he will participate in the school life's and the daily event's planning.

If the volunteer will want to teach her/his native language, games, music or sports to the children then we will support him/her. The voluntary's opportunity to teach his/her native language and cultural activities will serve as a cultural exchange (we will ask the volunteer to prepare information about his/her country, which he will present in various creative ways).

The volunteer will work 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week. The work and leisure time schedules will be discussed together with the volunteer. The volunteer will have 2 free days a week - either a weekend or during the middle of the week - it will depend on the activities in which the volunteer will be involved. The possible work schedule: 2-4 hours of work the students in the morning, in the afternoon the volunteer will be involved in hobby groups, the school parliament, organization of various activities.
age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: There are no gender, age, race, religion or political affiliation limits for the volunteers. We would like to admit volunteers who:

- Are interested in working with children aged 3-18 years,

- Have a desire to work in a team,

- Are interested in the Latvian language and culture,

- Have knowledge or are interested in the our pedagogy.

The information about the project and volunteer's opportunities to participate in the EVS will be inserted in the international database on the Internet.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês