[JOB OPPORTUNITY] Summer Opportunities for Cambridge Students/Graduates with Adventurous Education
Want to inspire Chinese teenagers over summer in Cambridge? Join us at Adventurous Education and lead our uniquely-Cambridge summer camps!
What can you get:
- Generous scholarship to help you fund your accommodation and food.
- Lifelong friendship with the students. You might potentially be the most inspiring teacher in their life!
- An internship that truly stretches you to help you gain not only teaching skills, but also leadership and teamwork skills.
- A good reason to stay in Cambridge!
Adventurous Education
Who we are: We are a team of Cambridge alumni and students with the vision of a world in which high quality educational resources are accessed and shared freely across the borders. As the first step, we have organised and run our first series of Summer Programmes for secondary school students from China in 2015 and received passionate feedback from the participants and their parents on our excellent Mentors and programmes.
More about our camps: Our top priority is the quality of our participants’ educational and cultural experience. We strive to design programmes with a balance of life-coaching, academic lessons and cultural experience, including day trips to nearby cities in the UK. We also unique in providing truly Cambridge experience, with all the Management and Mentors being current students/alumni of Cambridge and Cambridge-style lectures, supervisions, activities such as formal dinner, punting, and graduation.
We are currently recruiting for the following positions:
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Mentor
Job description: You will work with other Mentors to design and lead activities and lessons in a 2 or 3 week summer camp in Cambridge. You will be given freedom to edit existing activities and lessons from last year or creatively design new ones. For your chosen lessons and activities, you will also be responsible for preparing other Mentors for the sessions. You will interact closely with the students and report their feedback at daily meetings.
Skills required: You should be a current student or a recent graduate of Cambridge University. You should have a strong passion for education and be willing to spend much time with teenagers. Team-work and organisational skills are essential, and teaching experience is also highly appreciated. Both native English speakers and mandarin speakers are welcome.
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Secretary
Job description: As one of the three members in the management, you will help to keep the summer camps running smoothly. You will be in charge of the logistics, such as food, accommodation and transportation before and throughout the camps, as well as liaison between the management and teachers.
Skills required: You should be meticulous in nature, have good communication skills, and excellent planning and organisation skills.
Job starting date: early July
Duration: 2 or 3 weeks
Application deadline: 10th Feb 2016 Here is the link to the applicatino form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZcnW5CCC4P4k4OdUX2FmqQO-FTrDY50rAhw5SpzwL9U/viewform.
Welfare: Generous scholarship intended to help you fund your accommodation, and a bonus, depending on your specific role
Updates and further information will be notified on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/adventurousedu/
Post any questions on this page, or email Haijing or Kayeon at hx236 or ky259
