📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our kindergarten is one of the biggest and the oldest in Kraków. It consists of fourteen department (group) which are located in the headquarters and in a branch. Our kindergarten is attended by almost 330 children at the age from 3 to 6 years. We have two integrating departments in which there are fifteen healthy children and up to five children with various disabilities. It can be mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities. Our aim is to help children in their individual development taking into account their abilities and talents. All activities offered our children are based on games and play. We do everything in order to prepare our pupils for school education as well as we can. In our efforts we take into account both mental and emotional children's development.
💼 What the programme involves
Our kindergarten consists of fourteen departments (groups) which are located in the headquarters and in a branch. Our kindergarten is attended children at the age from 3 to 6 years. We have two integrating departments in which there are fifteen healthy children and up to five children with various disabilities. It can be mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities. In regular groups work two teachers and a service worker and in integrating groups work three teachers and one service worker.
Our aim is to help children in their individual development taking into account their abilities and talents. All activities offered our children are based on games and play. Teachers organize various activities based on art, music (singing, dancing, playing instruments), sports. During play children learn to read and acquire mathematical skills. We do everything in order to prepare our pupils for school education as well as we can.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: Volunteer will live with other volunteers in the apartment. S/he will share the room with other volunteers (rooms for 2 sometimes 3 persons) close to the city center. The kitchen and bathroom will be shared with other flatmates. The room will be equipped with basic furniture and kitchen equipment. You don’t need to bring your own things, like cutlery, plates, bed-cloths etc.
Local transport: Volunteer will get the bus and tram card for all the lines accessible in Krakow.
🎒 Leisure activities
Taking care o safety in the work environment our kindergarten organizes, just after the arrival of the volunteer, special training about safety. The person who will be working for us will be controlled by the group teacher. We will try to avoid critical situations on a daily basis. The Director of the kindergarten and project coordinator will keep watch on this. The project coordinator will organize volunteers after a work time. Volunteers will be invited for workshops meetings on the pedagogical committee and meetings of the whole personnel of the kindergarten.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We would like to invite the volunteers who are interested in working with children at age of 3-6. Our kindergarten is attended by children with various disabilities so the volunteers should be aware of it and want to support teachers in working with children with special needs. The volunteer should be a responsible and communicative person. Their task will be to support teachers and service workers in their work so they should have cooperative skills. It would be appreciated if the volunteers have somepassion, interest or ideas of work with children that they are willing to share.
Deadline: Application deadline: 21/08/2022
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.