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Experience the local cuisine and lifestyle and teach English to Polish teenagers in Kołobrzeg, Poland

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We live on the Baltic Sea cost. 4 hours by car from Berlin.

We can host only in March, April, May, September, October and November.
Hello,
We would like to host native speakers of English. We run a small language school (really small, we call it nano school).
I am looking for helpers who can take over my English classes while they are at my place so my students can talk to a native speaker. I do not expect you to teach grammar unless you really want to try your luck.
This year's timetable usually starts with lunch at my place at about 2:30 pm and then you will have to teach 3-4 hours till the evening meal so there will be plenty of time for you to enjoy the city and the area in the mornings.
Your English conversation classes will consist of two or three students. There will be no need to change the location. The students come to your place which is on the same floor as my flat so you will be staying at a totally independent studio with a toilet, shower and kitchenette. I will provide the teaching aids.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop me a line.

To sum up, a traveller is asked to help up to 20 hours a week (Monday-Friday).
I ask the travellers to teach English (I provide the materials) and with some classes I ask to provide conversation classes without any books (hadnouts with topics to be discussed can be provided for every class).
I teach English and my wife teaches Spanish.
The minimum period to stay with us is 3 weeks. We can only host people who are at least 24 years old.

There is also a broadband WiFi to connect to the Internet. The WiFi is free and unlimited.
I also provide a full board. If we are away at the weekend, you will be provided with food to cook on your own. So while you are here you will not have to spend any money. You will be taken a good care of in terms of lodging, food, social life and extra activities. If you want to spend time with us during the weekend you are more than welcome to join me in my weekend activities.
I do not smoke and we do not have any pets at home.

Take care.
Maciej and Ewa
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Full insight into Polish way of life. Frequent visits to local clubs and concerts.
We provide our visitors with a bike to discover the area.
You take part in our family life as much as you want (swimming at the pool, roller skating, sauna, cinema, art exhibitions, filharmonic orchestra concerts and many many more).
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Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.
Help
In general, a traveller is asked to help up to 20 hours a week (Monday-Friday).
The only task is to teach English.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
I offer an independent studio next to my flat. This is the studio where my students have English classes. There is a broadband WiFi to connect to the Internet.
The WiFi is free and unlimited.

We provide full board to volunteers teachers so you will not have to spend a penny while staying with us.
Volunteer teachers will be taken a good care of in terms of lodging, food, social life and extra activities.
If you want to spend time with me during the weekend you are more than welcome to join us in our weekend activities (if we go to the concert I will expect you to pay for your ticket).
We do not smoke and we do not have any pets at home.
What else ...
I do not provide food (or money equivalent for your food) if you decide to go away for the weekend or you give up on lunch or the evening meal during the working days.
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- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Unlimited high-speed Wi-fi Internet connection 24h/7
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 2-4 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 989279548762

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15 Jan 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Sara)

We hosted Sara for a bit over a month -October-November 2022. Her only task was to provide conversation classes to my teenage pupils who come to my language studio in the afternoons. 2-3 hours a day. Monday-Friday. Sara was provided with full board and lodging in a private studio next to our apartament. Sara did her hours with repsect and we never… read more

(Excellent )

13 Nov 2022

Left by Workawayer (Sara) for host

I spent a little over a month in beautiful Kolobrzeg and it was an amazing first Workaway experience.

I taught Maciej's English tutoring classes with the idea that the students have a native English speaker to help improve their speaking skills and pronunciation. The classes were on weekdays usually 2 sometimes 3 hours of classes per day with… read more

(Excellent )

1 Jan 2019

Left by Workawayer (Fernando) for host

He pasado 1 mes con la familia en Kołobzreg y ha sido una experiencia Excelente!! A month with them and it was excellent! I helped with the Spanish lessons and the rest was fun and fun!
You have your own flat and everything is near. Maciej and Ewa invited me to the sauna and swimming pool and it was so relaxing!! The meals were fantastic and… read more

(Excellent )

4 Nov 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)

Dear Workaway hosts,
we hosted Nate and Melanie for one month in Poland. We do not own a farm or run a business. It supposed to be a homestay visit so my kids could improve their English. It worked so well that we wished they could stay longer.
We did not mean to find any work for the family. We asked Melanie to conduct a few lessons for our… read more

(Excellent )

14 Aug 2018

Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host

Our family of six spent three fun filled weeks with Maciej, Ewa, Janek and Marianna in beautiful Kołobrzeg. I can’t believe that it has already been two months since we were there. Unlike many Workaway options, we were provided our own flat with a kitchen. The flat has easy access to the city center where Maciej and family live and is walking… read more

(Excellent )

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The sea shore of the Baltic Sea. 15 min walk from our flat.

That's us in France during our one-year bike journey around Europe.

We are keen accordion players. If you can plany an instrument, you should bring it with you.

Mat from New Zealand teaching some Polish kids English.

Katelyn from Australia during a lesson.

My movie club cinema at my local high school.

This is my language studio and your independent accommodation.

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15 Jan 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Sara)

(Excellent )

13 Nov 2022

Left by Workawayer (Sara) for host

(Excellent )

1 Jan 2019

Left by Workawayer (Fernando) for host

(Excellent )

4 Nov 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)

(Excellent )

14 Aug 2018

Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host

(Excellent )

16 Oct 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (ROMINA & MAXIMILIANO)

Info notice: Workawayer cancelled stay or there was a no show at the last minute

(No show)

9 Oct 2018

Left by Workawayer (Tavia) for host

Six months ago Maciej contacted me about hosting, teaching his kids English and also a couple hours in his home language studio.

I arrived on Sunday September 30th and we went over the schedule for the week. I noticed that the schedule was mostly afternoon classes even though his profile (which has changed since my visit) stated that “Our son is… read more home schooled so you will have to spend 2 hours with him in the morning teaching him English and then you will be asked to give our students English conversation classes for two more hours in our private language studio in the afternoon.”

My first class was scheduled to begin at 2pm however, on Sunday night he texted to say he added one more class for my first day and asked me to start an hour earlier. I did not have a problem with this. (Another class, was also added to the schedule later in the week, leaving me with a scheduled lunch break of 20 minutes, which became only 12 minutes in reality because lunch was late.)

For the rest of the week, the start times ranged from 11:15am to 1:30pm, with the bulk of my time spent teaching in the private school. Over the course of 5 days, I taught 22 classes/lessons including teaching his children and I did receive positive feedback from Maciej verbally and at least once by text stating that "I saw Marianna's (his daughter's) piece of writing. Good job. Well done. This is the direction which you should follow".

It should be noted that if the schedule is from 1:00 to 7pm it will be counted as 5 hours (lunch and the breaks between class change overs are not counted as working hours). You will be taking over the schedule for Maciej's private school clients plus an hour or so with his son or daughter (his kids are wonderful, so no problems there), but you will spend the majority of you time teaching in the private school. Since the interacting is mostly with the students, this is more like working for a business than doing a family homestay.

The profile states that meals are provided Mon - Fri. I was told lunch would be at 2pm and dinner at 7pm (the times did change depending on the days activities). For lunch (lunch is typically 30 minutes) you get a hot meal but dinner is only a salad. On my first day, they asked if I liked salads, I said yes, but I didn't realize that it would only be a salad for dinner everyday, Monday through Friday. As a result I ended up purchasing 4 dinners out of the 5 days. To be fair, when I told Maciej he did state that even though they only have salad for dinner, I could have asked for more food. Since you eat breakfast on your own, he does give the equivalent of $8 USD per week for breakfast (he gave me a total of $16 and when I tried to return it before leaving, he told me to keep it).

One of the days, I purchased dinner because after finishing class at 7:30, the salad wasn't ready so I decided I would order a meal when I returned to the apartment since it was dark outside and the volunteer apartment is about a 10 minutes bike ride away from their home. Additionally, on this particular night, due to dark and slippery conditions on the road I did not see an object in the road and I fell off the bike and injured my shoulder. This was one of the factors in my decision to leave early; I didn't want to ride a bike in the dark after a late class. The other major factor was internet.

Since I was first contacted 6 months ago some things have changed for me, I began taking online classes and conducting meetings/trainings requiring the internet. I had issues with the internet but I let them known about it every time it happened. The internet offered on his pervious profile was “The WiFi is free and unlimited but must be logged in every 30 minutes with a CAPTCHA code. If you want to skip CAPTCHA code then you must pay 8 Euros per 30GB for a 30-day period”. (The profile has since been updated to state “slow” as well). The interest does have a limit of about 5GB and after 30 minutes it times out/disconnects and you have to wait for some time until you are given a new CAPTCHA code to enter, so the actual downtime is longer and you could actually be offline for awhile before being able to access the new CAPTCHA code to get back online. I discussed this with Maciej and he stated that the internet is free but the requirement of the CAPTCHA code is meant to discourage use. I shared the reasons why this would be a problem and he let me know that the majority of his Workawyers are older, retired or families and don’t use internet as much, but that I could purchase additional internet. Since the internet was actually free and unlimited I declined to spend the money to purchase it.

Given the changes through the week with the schedule, working more with the business instead half the time with the kids (as stated in the original profile), the salad only for dinner and the slow and sometimes inaccessible internet, I decided to leave early.

(Neutral )

5 Oct 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Tavia)

We contacted Tavia 6 months before her visit to our place. She agreed to come and teach at our place for 3 weeks. She came on Sunday, stayed with us and taught English for 5 days and on Friday she told us she had to do more online job because she was contacted by one of her clients so she could not stay with us any more and that she was leaving… read more

(Neutral )

27 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Lynn) for host

In April, I accepted Maciej’s invitation to come to Kolobrzeg in September, which is a hectic month for the whole family shifting from vacation mode to school mode.

My schedule varied from day to day. My time was spent with Janek and Marianna facilitating Math Kangaroo practice, coaching letter writing, and playing games all in English. In… read more

(Good )

16 Aug 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (randandbelle)

We hosted Rand and Belle in November 2017.
This was our first negative experience with Workaway visitors.
They left us without any notice 12 days before the agreed date of deprature.
They left the key to the flat under the doormat and just run away.

(Negative )

28 Apr 2018

Left by Workawayer (Betsy & Greg) for host

We had a very interesting time in Kolobzreg, Poland with Maciej, Ewa, Janek and Marianna. They invited us to join them on their family outings including visits to Gdansk (which is a fantastic city!) and a performance of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Koszalin. We enjoyed many walks by the beach and learned a great deal about this part of the world… read more

(Excellent )

27 Jun 2017

Left by Workawayer (Shay) for host

The praise I could give for this family doesn't fit on one page. I stayed with the family for a short week, but it was a powerful one. The love that they have for each other it is so rare. I wish I could bottle it up. I was greeted at the train station with open arms. I ate breakfast lunch and dinner with the family every day! I adored the… read more

(Excellent )

21 May 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Casey)

Casey stayed with us for almost a month. She was very patient with our kids and made my little daughter speak more English. She was very clean and polite and interested in our culture. She is a good option for those who would like their kids speak English and spend time with a native Engish speaker. Good luck Casey with your future hosts.

(Excellent )

21 May 2017

Left by Workawayer (Casey) for host

Maciej, Ewa and the kids are a lot of fun and very interesting! I spent three weeks with them and they were very welcoming. Ewa kept me well fed the whole time with yummy traditional foods. I even had a traditional Polish Easter lunch with Maciej's family which is an experience I will remember forever! I had my own flat which was very nice, but… read more

(Excellent )

6 May 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Paz & Mauricio)

We hosted Paz, Mauricio (and Ulises) for two months in winter 2017. They came to stay with us to teach our kids Spanish. They both proved to be excellent helpers with a lot of ideas, skills and willingness to help. Kids loved their company and activites that Paz and Maurico provided them with. Just to name a few-Magic Cards, nail painting,… read more

(Excellent )

2 Mar 2017

Left by Workawayer (Paz & Mauricio) for host

We were with Maciej, Ewa, Janek and Marianna for the course of a month and a half and it was an amazing experience. They are excellent people and professionals. Ewa is a super woman and super mom and Maciej is a cute crazy who gives everything for his family. Thanks to their efforts we had the tremendous possibility of teaching classes in the… read more Kolobrzeg public highschool, as well as doing many other fun activities. We were able to share time and talk with other family members too and we felt right at home. Two Chileans felt at home in Poland!! We will always carry all of them them in our hearts.

They allowed us to have independence and at the same time, to feel welcomed and cared for (Paz got a strong cold and everyone was very kind and understanding. They took her to the doctor and they acted like a family to us). The apartment they had for us is very large, absolutely comfortable and well located, Kolobrzeg is lovely and you can walk on foot to every place of interest.

We taught Spanish and English classes to kids from about 10 years old to teenagers to adults who were learning spanish for the first time or practicing their skills. We also played card games with Janek including Magic cards, and did lettering with Marianna. The children are very talented and charming and they have this beautiful energy.

We ate deliciously, we drank and shared unforgettable moments. This experience opened our heads and hearts to a lot of new and spectacular things. We hope to see you again!!

Estuvimos con Maciej, Ewa, Janek y Marianna por el transcurso de 1 mes y medio y fue una experiencia increíble. Son excelentes personas y profesionales. Ewa es una super mujer y súper mamá y Maciej es un loco lindo que da todo por su familia. Gracias a sus gestiones tuvimos la tremenda posibilidad de hacer clases en la escuela pública de Kolobrzeg, además de hacer muchas otras actividades muy divertidas. Pudimos compartir con otros miembros de su familia también y nos sentimos como en casa. Dos chilenos se sintieron como en casa en Polonia!! Los llevaremos siempre en nuestro corazón.

Nos permitieron tener independencia y a la vez, sentirnos acogidos y cuidados (Paz se resfrió fuertemente y todos fueron muy amables y comprensivos, la llevaron al médico y actuaron como una familia con nosotros). El departamento es muy grande y absolutamente cómodo y bien ubicado, Kolobrzeg es encantador y puedes moverte a pie a todos los lugares de interés.

Hicimos clases de español e inglés para chicos y chicas desde 10 años hasta adolescentes e incluso adultos que empezaban a aprender español o que practicaban sus habilidad. Además jugamos juegos de cartas e incluso cartas Magic con Janek, e hicimos lettering con Marianna. Los niños son talentosísimos y encantadores, tienen una energía preciosa.

Comimos delicioso, bebimos y compartimos momentos inolvidables. Esta experiencia abrió nuestras cabezas y corazones a un montón de cosas nuevas y espectaculares. Esperamos volver a vernos nuevamente.

(Excellent )

6 May 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Marité)

Marite stayed with my family for a month. She had her own flat and came to my place to have Art classes with my two kids one of whom is homeschooled. Kids really enjoyed her classes. Marite tried hard to make the classes fun and interesting. She used many techniques and ideas. We were really impressed with what they did. Marite is a strict… read more

(Very good )

24 Apr 2017

Left by Workawayer (Marité) for host

I am very grateful to Ewa & Maciej for inviting me to come and teach their two children about Art ; in our increasingly technological society where culture and the Arts are more and more marginalised it is encouraging to get the support of open minded parents and help prepare two young people for intellectual achievement and human expression… read more

(Very good )

24 Oct 2016

Left by Workawayer (Jesse) for host

I had the privilege of staying with the family for 3 weeks in October of 2016. I quickly got to know the family and spent most of my time off with them. I mostly taught Janek Math and how to solve a Rubik's cube. I also helped with English for both Janek and Mariana. Plus helped with English for other students as well. The fun parts were just… read more

(Excellent )

2 Jan 2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Adam)

Adam is full of beans. He likes telling lots of stories and can keep the party or a meeting alive. He is very good with conversation lessons with teenagers. A good bloke to teach speaking skills.

(Excellent )

8 Apr 2015

Left by Workawayer (Adam) for host

I had a great time in this small city with such wonderful hosts. They are well traveled and make sure you are taken care of. There are plenty of stories to share and things to see. I spent two weeks with them and enjoyed the teachings and meeting the locals. Would highly recommend if you want to break away from the tourist areas and meet some… read more

(Excellent )

2 Jan 2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Rachel)

Rachel spent a couple of weeks with us. SHe was responsible for English lessons of my son and my daughter. She took an active part in our daily and weekend life too. The lessons were fine and kids liked her peaceful personality.

(Excellent )

1 Sep 2015

Left by Workawayer (Rachel) for host

I spent a great couple of weeks with this family. They are energetic and full of interesting tales and keen to make the most of new experiences. Great fun!

(Excellent )

2 Jan 2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Jeremy)

We hosted Jeremy for two months. Our son is homeschooled so we need an English teacher. Not only does Jeremy do well with teaching English but also he is very good at teaching Maths. Our son Janek liked his lessons a lot and he eagerly spent 2 hours a day under Jeremy's supervision. Jeremy has an interesting type of personality too. He and his… read more

(Excellent )

12 Nov 2015

Left by Workawayer (Jeremy) for host

What a wonderful two months. I was welcomed and treated as a member of the family not only by Ewa and Maciek and their children but also by members of their extended family including Maciek's Mum and Dad. I was given the use of a flat of my own which was very comfortable and ate with the family. Ewa and Maciek were very flexible. In exchange I… read more

(Excellent )

28 Feb 2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Katelyn)

Kate is a great person to host if you want sb to talk to in English. She is very responsive and takes every opportunity to make the most of her trip. She had a solo polar dip in the Baltic Sea in February and took a ride in a tank with us. She takes it easy and is willing to help you more than originally asked to do.

(Excellent )

25 Feb 2015

Left by Workawayer (Katelyn) for host

I spent a lovely two weeks with this family! They were very welcoming and always wanting to make sure I was enjoying myself and telling me to 'take it easy, take it easy!' I taught 1 hour classes of 2-3 students, 2-4 classes a day. I also had the opportunity to join Maciek's school classes and help teach English in school, which was a great… read more

(Excellent )

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