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ESC: Volunteer for a Democratic School CoLibri

Code: 43045 Copied

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About the project

ESC: Volunteer for a Democratic School CoLibri

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We are a democratic school where children are fully responsible for what they are learning and how. There is no curriculum or scheduled lessons. Children are free to play and follow their inner voice, their passions, goals and aspirations. Staff members act as facilitators, to help children achieve their goals. The school meeting makes all the decisions related to an everyday running of the school. The volunteer will become a staff memeber, who, as a non-Czech speaker, can encourage the motivation of children to learn English and other languages. S/he will most of the time be with children, help them fulfill their goals, whether it means to read a book or help them build a wooden shed. S/he will be prompted to organize workshops, hobby club, etc. based on her/his interests and expertise. They can help with organizing events for the children. They will help us with setting up processes and procedures, and will bring in their uniqueness and enthusiasm. More into at: www.skolacolibri.cz

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will have a bedroom in a house in town center of Tišnov. This house will be shared with other volunteers, together they will use the kitchen and bathroom. Good internet connection is provided. Meals will either be prepared at school with children or the volunteer will bring her/his meal. The meal in the morning, in the evening and during weekends will be arranged by the volunteer. The trip to and from school will be arranged for by bike, by walk or bus. There is good train connection to the city of Brno.

🎒 Leisure activities

The volunteer will be offered Czech or English lessons with an experienced lector. If s/he is interested, s/he can visit training, short time courses and seminars with other members of the school staff. At school s/he will improve her/his communication and language skills. S/he will gain insight into and a first-hand experience with running a democratic school, its challenges and beauties and thus will be able to comapre it to other pedagogical approaches.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The volunteer can be anyone who is interested in or has experience with unschooling and democratic schooling, who wishes to work with school aged children, and has an appropriate physical condition (the school involves outdoor physical activities during all seasons) and mental fitness (the children can be sometimes noisy and very active). Open-mindedness, playfulness, sense of humour and enthusiasm are appreciated as well as a good level of spoken english. If there are more applicants with similar profile we prefer a person who can stay for a whole year. The volunteer can stay 5 months.
Deadline: 30/11/2024 23:59

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

CZ43045

01/11/2024 → 31/05/2025

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 30/11/2024

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

Porta Coeli 1001, 666 02 Předklášteří, Czechia

Czech Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Czech Republic Koruna (CZK / Kč)

Exchange rate

1 CZK = 0.041274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:16 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Czech Slovak