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ESC: Lernwerkstatt im Wasserschloss

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Austria European Voluntary Service Social work Culture Sport European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Lernwerkstatt im Wasserschloss

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Our school is a private school, organized by the parents of our students. We are the biggest and oldest alternative private school of Austria. Our school was founded in 1990 by a group of parents. At the moment we have about 80 students who are between 6 and 15 years old. The students can choose where they want to be, who they want to be, work and play with and for how long. Children from 6 to 12 are called the Primaria and Children from 12 to 15 are called the Sekundaria. Our school is situated in one part of the water castle in Pottenbrunn. It is situated directly in the center of the village, so the volunteer can walk to the next bus station, to the supermarket, the doctor, the coffeehouse,…

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will have free accommodation for the duration of your stay in St. Pölten or nearby. You will have your private apartment or private room in a shared flat. In addition, you will receive 150€ pocket money and 8,5€ food allowance per day which are approximately 250€ per month. Furthermore, you will receive a bicycle and the ÖBB VorteilsCard which allows you to travel on trains at a discounted rate during an entire year.

🎒 Leisure activities

In school, you will be supported by mainly three people: Your tutor, who will be in charge of organising your voluntary work, your mentor, who will take care for your wellbeing during your stay in Austria and a project coordinator responsible for adminisatrative issues. You will be offered a German language course according to your needs. Further job related training opportunities are possible! If you are interested send your CV+motivation statement linked to the description above +PRN code to [email protected].

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: You are very interested in our padeagogical concept based on Maria Montessori and the experiences of Rebeca and Maricio Wild and in working in a team. You are interested in working together with children and youngsters. You are creative in at least one of these fields: playing music, singing, painting or playing theatre, etc. You mature and highly motivated. For the communication it`s important that you have at least good English skills and is willing to lern German and visit course. You are open minded and act independently.
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/11/2021

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.

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📅 Available sessions

AT621

15/08/2022 → 23/06/2023

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 26/11/2021

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Josef Trauttmansdorff-Straße, 3140 St. Pölten, Austria

Austria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:13 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German