Volunteering in Baantrofun School, Thailand

Deadline: ongoing
Open to:  trainees willing to gain experience as  an English teacher to children
Venue:  Baantorfun School, Samut Sakorn – Bangkok, Thailand

Description

Baantorfun Kindergarten was founded in 1997  by Mrs. Naricha Vijittassana. At that time most Kindergartens in Thailand treated little children like small adults, (seemingly not knowing about principles of early childhood education). Mrs. Vijittassana began by rebuilding her home into a school. She called the school “Baantorfun” which means “a home to build dreams”.
The school provides trainersheeps (3 months minimum commitment) for candidates, interested to teach English in Thailand.
The traineeship is structured into three parts :
First Month
Getting to know the daily routine in a classroom and learn about the abilities and needs of children during a regular school day. The trainee will spend the first month of the trainee ship as an observer in a K3 class, spending time with the children from morning to afternoon.
Second Month
Introduction of English lessons for children of different ages. The trainee will spend the second month of the trainee ship with a professional English teacher as an observer taking on small parts of the English lessons towards the end of the month.The trainee will study teaching techniques, learn to prepare teaching material and do lesson planning.
Third Month
English teaching. The trainee will spend the third month teaching complete lessons under the supervision of experienced English teachers.
The trainee will get the assignment to teach one whole project with given vocabulary and structures. This project will include the whole lesson planning, preparation of teaching material (including flashcards, worksheets, homework, poster and some art or craft) and the drill of the taught vocabulary.

Eligibility

The objective of the traineeship, offered by Baantrofun School in Thailand to open an opportunity for the interested candidates to gain experience as an English teacher to children and to gain knowledge about learning behavior, classroom routines, teaching techniques and the Thai culture and language.Volunteers receive free accommodation and food plus many other benefits.

Benefits for the trainees

Housing
Baantorfun School provides a single fully furnished room to the trainee free of charge. The room is fitted with an air-condition, TV, DVD Player, Internet Signal, Towels, Bedclothes and a Private Bathroom with hot water. It is nice, clean and cool at night.
Board
Baantorfun School provides three meals on every regular school day to the trainee free of charge.   For breakfast you can choose either bacon or ham or sausage and eggs ( boiled, scrambled or fried), and bread and jam. Instead of this you can also request cereals with milk. If you fancy a Thai breakfast you can choose between Rice Soup or Rice Poridge. At lunchtime you will get a dish of our regular school lunch ( not spicy ). For dinner you can choose from a menu with thirty different dishes such as Fried Rice, Sweet&Sour, Suki Yaki or Fried Macaroni.
Visa
The trainee has to apply for a Non Immigrant ED Visa at a Royal Thai Embassy of his/her choice. Baantorfun School will support this application with an invitation and a letter of request to issue a Non Immigrant ED Visa. The trainee has to pay for the visa himself.

Application

If you should be interested in becomming the next Trainee at this school, please submit a proper resume, provide some information why you are interested in this position and send it to teach@baantorfun.com.If you want further contact, please use the Contact Form.
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