📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
TZAMA est une association à but non lucratif. L'association a un objet éducatif et de promotion des méthodes de l'éducation non formelle par la création d'une école alternative et d'une ferme pédagogique écologique. Tzama permet également aux personnes de tout âge de se rencontrer et de partager des compétences et des connaissances.
💼 What the programme involves
The purpose of this project is to offer children a place to grow and develop in a stimulating environment using the Montessori and Freinet approaches combined with outdoors learning in a forest school The ecological aspect is a strong part of the project in every initiative we start. Our volunteer will be part of the educational team. The school welcomes 60 children from 3 to 14 years old. Volunteers will support our teaching team for outdoor/nature activities, organize activities in english or german under supervision of the teaching team, help our nature educators for garden or farm activities, be actively involved in the management of lunch breaks such as warming up the lunch box, helping and interacting with the kids, watching the kids during their freetime in the garden before school re-starts. Potential side project in “L’Archipel de Kembs” by supporting our pedagogical farmer.
Link to learn more about us :)
http://tzama.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/growtogetherTZAMA
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will be accommodated in a shared apartment provided by our association partner Tambour battant in the city center of Mulhouse, 30 mn by train + bike from the work place. A monthly train card and a bicycle will be provided. For food needs, a monthly allowance will be given to the volunteer. This is in addition to the monthly pocket money.
🎒 Leisure activities
There will be opportunity to attend personal development training sessions.
Being on a daily basis with teachers, Montessori guide as well as with nature educators is already a wonderful training opportunity which might be valuable for the next step in the volunteer career.
You will be provided with a mentor from the education team as well as from the association.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for a 21 to 30's volunteer. We expect from our volunteer that he/she loves children and has a level of sensitivity to work with children. School activities will be guided by French educators. Members of the team speak English or German but French will be the common language within the team. French, English and German are expected to be used with the kids in the school. In addition, we would like to find a volunteer interested in ecological initiatives and in the development of a pedagogic garden. It is important for our volunteer to be an outdoor person.
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.