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GYC1148 - Schools and caring placements Country: Brazil Cost: £1300.00 Please note: Those on teaching placements take a one-week Teaching Skills Course before departure which costs £168. Volunteers also take a one-week Portuguese course in Brazil. Cost Includes: The price includes accommodation, food, pickup from airport and visas but does not include flight, insurance or kit      Duration: 3 months (A second, full placement can be arranged at a discount rate) Company Rep Nearby: All the time 0845 344 7500 or

 

	This placement would suit... People with a can-do attitude who are willing to make the most of their placement and above all enjoy it. Those who enjoy teaching English as a foreign lanaguage, are sensitive to the predicament of under privileged children, are interested in poverty and development issues and are interested in music and culture of Latin America As a Lattitude volunteer, you will teach English in a local state school. There are three sessions – morning, afternoon and evening. Each child only attends one session, but teachers are required to teach in any of them, so you may have some evening classes The students are usually teenagers. In most placements volunteers will have the challenging and rewarding task of having their own class and also supporting other teachers as a teacher assistant. Some volunteers have been asked to help with social projects as well. The state schools are very under resourced. Standards in Brazilian state schools are extremely low. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize that English teachers speak English. It is immensely valuable if you have the opportunity to help teachers with their English – maybe organize workshops. The state of Parana is almost the size of the UK. You may be in a small town of 18,000 inhabitants in a small school, or you may be in a town of 150,000. You will be on your own but with another Lattitude volunteer a bus ride away Few Brazilians speak English, so there is a compulsory week’s introduction to Portuguese in Sao Paulo and a teaching skills course. 0845 344 7500 Lattitude Global Volunteering is a charity specialising in Volunteering for 17- 25 year olds. We have a global vision and aim to provide unique experience of voluntary work placements for young people from around the world. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. We are passionately concerned about the world and the issues facing us all. Above all, we are concerned about having a positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Responsible........................ Exciting.............................. Different.............................