Date posted:2023-02-22 | Writer: The English Experience | Email: [email protected]
Applications now open! - English Experience CampsWe are looking for well-qualified and enthusiastic people to work on our English Camps abroad – mostly in Italy, but also in Germany, Slovenia and France. Normally based in local schools, these English-language holiday courses (tailored for ages 7 to 14, and 13 to 18) run from Monday to Friday over one or two weeks, generally at the beginning or end of the European school summer holidays. Our full-immersion, fun approach to learning focuses on giving every child a chance to get involved, and integrates structured classroom sessions with sports activities and art and drama workshops. So for each camp – managed by a senior team member who has worked with us before – we need to recruit both EFL teachers and activity leaders who have experience of working with children.Camps are well organised, offer great opportunities for professional development, and are good fun to be a part of (our retention rates are currently over 60 per cent!). We offer the following benefits:• competitive rates of pay• travel to and from the camp, from a UK airport (or from a location abroad)• full-board accommodation with a friendly host family• evenings and weekends free: all planning done in working hours• bespoke resources and a like-minded, encouraging team• support throughout, both from the UK office and a camp coordinator• the opportunity for returners to be promoted to a coordinator role• possibility of working back-to-back camps depending on your availability• a great experience that could be put towards building a career in EFLWhat we need you to offer us• enthusiasm and experience of working with children• teachers: qualifications to teach English as a foreign language• activity leaders: relevant experience working with children• to be available for one or two weeks either in June, late August or September• the capability to be in sole charge of groups of up to 15 students• willingness to work as part of a mixed team of teachers and activity leaders• willingness to help organise all-camp activities and the final performanceSalary and benefitsEvenings and weekends free.No pastoral duties are required.Travel to and from the camp from a London airport (or from a location abroad).Full board host family accommodation.A competitive rate of pay.RequirementsAll teachers must have an appropriate teaching qualification.All activity leaders must have relevant experience working with children, ideally in an EFL setting.Thinking of applying?In order to apply, please complete our online application form (http://eeplanner.co.uk/staff/external/application/newApp/new). You will be able to save the form and return to it later before selecting ‘Submit’. Please note, to do this you will need to copy and paste the link provided at the time of saving. Once you have submitted, you will not be able to make any changes.If your application is successful, you will be contacted by phone or email and invited for interview. Phone or Skype interviews may be offered to those outside the region of East Anglia, UK.If you have any questions or would just like an informal chat about what working on a camp involves, please contact the email address in the job heading.
