📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Freiraumschule Kritzendorf is an alternative school based on the concepts developed by Rebeca and Mauricio Wild. Stimulating environment, Montessori equipment and intensive support by teachers allow for open and self-determined learning. The curriculum includes among others also intercultural learning and foreign languages. With opening hours from 8:00 to 16:00 the school offers day care for 40 children aged 6-15 years. Leisure activities are in line with the philosophy of the school. The main motivation to host international volunteers is to promote the tolerance between different cultures and traditions, to encourage young people to learn about cultural differences, to develop the understanding what it means to be a 'European', and to deal critically with nationalism.
All involved benefit from EVS: volunteers, pupils, teachers, parents. Since 2001 our school has hosted volunteers from different countries, including France, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Turkey, Italy, Ukraine, Greece.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: To start with, we organise a room for the volunteer near the school or with a school family in advance. Later during the project, te volunteer either stays with this family (which happended the last years) or we are also happy to support the volunteer if he/she wants to move (eg to a shared flat...)
Food: The volunteer gets a monthly food allowance and on his/her work days will have lunch with the children and teachers at school. Sometimes, volunteers are invited by school families on week-ends.
Transport: We provide an annual public transport ticket from home to school.
🎒 Leisure activities
On Arrival Training (end of September): Volunteers get to know other volunteers, share first impressions of Austria and their EVS projects, talk about EVS and Austria in general, talk about expectations and fears concerning their time in Austria.
Mid Term Meeting (March): Personal reflection of the EVS till then (What happened so far? Did you expect something else?); common work on possible solutions for problems that could occur during the project; setting of future goals for your EVS (How should your EVS project continue? What can be improved?)
German lessons.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The volunteer supports our teachers' team in accompanying the children on their learning journeys. He/she should:
- be interested in working with children/young people, open to alternative forms of learning and able to approach people.
- have experience with cultural activities such as sports, dance, music, cooking, languages,and like to share them.
- be prepared to react to the curiosity and creativity of the children rather than confront them with a ready-made program.
- be willing to treat the children with respect and as self-reliant personalities.
- be able to communicate in English.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/04/2022
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.