Classroom Assistant in an NGO

Description

Support our English teachers in real classrooms, morning and. You'll co-teach elementary and middle school students from 7:30am to 12:30pm. You will support teachers with worksheets, collaborate with them on classes, and help improve children's educational experience. No teaching certification needed, just reliability and a willingness to get in the trenches with a classroom full of 20 kids who are counting on you showing up. If you've got a skill to bring (art, music, sports, a second language), even better: NDG actively encourages volunteers to build on it.

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 3 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!