Classroom Assistance

[Level of Spanish: basic]

Monday to Friday: 7:30 am - 12:00 pm

Description

Being a classroom assistant will give you the opportunity to deeply engage with a classroom and a teacher. This program will make you understand how life in one of our NDG school works. Volunteers will be paired with a class and aid one of our teachers in any way that is useful, whether it is to cut and glue paper into notebooks, handing out soap or toothpaste, helping kids with in-class worksheets, or homework.

The long-term international volunteer program at Niños de Guatemala will be at least 6 months, and up to 1 year. You will be working directly at our office in Antigua Guatemala or in one of our schools (2 primary schools and 1 middle school), it depends on your volunteer project preferences and also your level of Spanish.

Volunteer Requirements

● Be flexible, motivated and willing to change children's lives.

● A positive attitude

● An appreciation of new cultures that will help you settle in Guatemala and enjoy all of

the new experiences;

● Be 18 years old or older .

● Commit to at least 4 weeks of volunteer work, and a min of 20 hours a week.

Experience

Once you get to Antigua, be prepared to totally fall in love with this vibrant but peaceful colonial town and most popular destination in Guatemala, due to being a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is full of fun activities to do during the day and night, as well as being surrounded by three volcanoes and beautiful mountains which afford for many connections with nature and hiking adventures. The NDG office, as well as all accommodations we offer, are located here in Antigua. Our schools are placed just 20-30 minutes away from Antigua, in 2 different towns, one is called Ciudad Vieja and the other one is called San Lorenzo El Cubo.

Your volunteer experience with Niños de Guatemala will start with a warm welcome to our family by the “Volunteer and Groups Team” and we will go through a full 2 day orientation, in which we will answer all the questions you have about us, and we will explain thoroughly everything about our organization and we will give you a full tour of our office and schools, all this to make you feel at home.

Then is time to start your volunteer work, the volunteer and groups team will have short weekly meeting with you, as well as weekly visits to the schools. There will also be a Mid-term Evaluation meeting with the purpose of following up and improving your volunteer experience. We will plan activities for you every Wednesday. The volunteer and groups team will be by your side to support you throughout your volunteer experience in NDG. But in order to get the most of this experience we recommend coming to volunteer with an attitude of learning, of open mindedness, flexibility and positivity. The volunteer work can get a bit monotonous or strenuous, and in this case we always encourage volunteer to use their own initiative and put into practice their talents into something that can be wonderful.

Together we will make your time in Guatemala life-changing, while changing lives!