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We are a private school located in Gachancipá, 45 minutes from Bogotá D.C., Colombia. Our students attend grades 1 through 9 in ages 6 to 10 years old, with calendar school from february to June and from July to December. You can apply for 1 week teaching english to our kids. Our goal is the students improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a quiet and safe town. Those who apply have the opportunity to know and integrate into our culture. We are near to Bogotá D.C. the capital city but we are a rural town . You can improve your level of Spanish, participate knowing our traditions and the most important you can have the satisfaction of help in the formation our kids
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Volunteers who want to teach English to young people (co teaching). Ages 6 to 10 years old.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ 6 hours a day in the morning from Monday to Thursday
We have our main teachers and your help is supporting them as assistants in activities such as: dictate classes following the recommendations of the main teacher, participate in the games, do exams, participate in the conversation club and other educational activities
Requirements:
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Citizens of the USA, United Kingdom with native English, also people from another contries with not native English(C2 level of English minimum)
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ University degree (Optional)
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Excellent spoken / written English
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*️️️ Clean person and do not drugs and do not smoke (important)
* Wear code : clean and respectful
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There is no cost to apply for the project.
Required skills: responsibility, patience, enthusiasm, ability to communicate with children and young people
We are a private school so the students pay for their classes and your help is as assistant of our teacher.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Accomodation with host family near to school. It is possible you have a room at the hotel but it dependes of the availability.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner from Monday to Thursday day
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Internet included
We guarantee for whole time of your stay a pleasant, safe and clean stay
What else ...
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Project will be a small town called Gachancipá, 45 minutos from Bogotá DC.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Population: 15.000 people. 18° Celsius.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Town is near to mountains and a great natural landscape. ecological routes, old churches, handicrafts.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ Small villages very close such as: Suesca, Zipaquirá, Nemocón, Tocancipá, Sesquilé, Guatavita Villa de Leyva and others.
Suesca is famous for rocks and people can climb, Nemocón for salt mines, Tocancipá has ecological parks, paragliding,recreational parks, salt cathedral. and many interesting places very near to Gachancipá.
Finally, you can go to Bogotá D.C. 45 min far and visit many interesting places.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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We appreciate your participation and disposition with the students of the school, supporting in a satisfactory way the process of bilingualism doing writing and pronunciation exercises in the areas of social sciences and English, as well as sharing histories and cultural characteristics of your origin country and relating their experiences… read more
Thank you so much.
P.s. you will always be welcome
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We appreciate your participation and disposition with the students of the school, supporting in a satisfactory way the process of bilingualism doing writing and pronunciation exercises in the areas of social sciences and English, as well as sharing histories and cultural characteristics of your origin country and relating their experiences… read more
Thank you so much.
P.s. you will always be welcome
