For Teachers: Be A Chaperone

  Brazil

• Salvador: 
Salvador

  Costa Rica

• North Western Region: 
Heredia

  South Africa

• Cape Town: 
Cape Town (Kaapstad)

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Chaperone Positions

Global Leadership Adventures (formerly Summer Academy at Cape Town) Chaperones accompany a group of students from their home country to their specific GLA program location site. Chaperones receive free airfare, lodging and food if they bring the minimum number of students. Chaperones who bring more than the minimum number of students have the ability to earn a small stipend or scholarship fund.

Chaperones are energetic, enthusiastic teachers who receive gratification from accompanying students through a life-changing international experience. Although not required to do so, chaperones are encouraged to participate alongside students in community service activities, partake in excursions and contribute to positive group dynamics during structured free-time activities.

Teachers have pointed out to us the many attractive benefits of participating as a GLA Chaperone.

These include:
* Meeting the staff and students, an exceptional and diverse group of people from renown schools around the world
* Having an amazing travel experience at a minimal cost
* Being immersed in a different culture, participating on intellectually stimulating excursions and meeting community leaders
* Building friendships with future leaders and sharing your knowledge through informal discussions
* Helping the local community through meaningful community service in sustainable local projects

Highlights: Global Leadership Adventures welcomes 15-18 year old high school students from around the world to join us through an exciting and profound 3 week journey in Brazil, Costa Rica, or South Africa.

The distinct GLA Experience allows these students to explore breathtaking locations in a meaningful way, improve lives through community service, develop friendships with exceptional people from around the world, and uncover new insights through thought-provoking discussions, all in a safe environment! The GLA Experience develops leaders and changes lives - We invite them to uncover this unique journey and live an experience unlike any other.

* Forming Minds
As a chaperone, you inspire high school students around the world seeking to explore the world and hoping to learn more about themselves. Since this is an important stage of their personal development, your presence will help shape students' minds and instill values of leadership.

* Share your experience
This is an amazing opportunity for you to engage students in experiential learning. You will not only challenge yourself and enhance your teaching versatility, but also apply discussion-based teaching methodology, which you can take back to your classrooms at home.

* Professional Development
Through GLA, you will meet remarkable people, including bright students from around the world, globally minded staff from prestigious schools, inspiring guest speakers and dynamic local leaders. Where else in the world will you get the opportunity to network with such a world-wide breadth of incredible individuals and experience a country's distinct characteristics in a meaningful way?

* Benefits of Being a Chaperone

The benefits of being a Chaperone are proportional to the number of students one brings. With a minimum of 4 students, Room & Board are included. With 6, free airfare is also included and each additional student after that will add to a stipend.

Room & Board: Free room and board is provided to chaperones. The accommodations are similar to the student accommodations and the meals are the same.

Airfare: Roundtrip airfare is included from the airport from which the Chaperone's group will depart.

Student Scholarship Funds: You may choose to allocate your scholarship funds in one of three ways: (i) distribute evenly among your entire group; (ii) selecting one financially deserving student; (iii) allowing GLA to distribute it to one of our scholarship candidates. Our goal is to bring students who may not otherwise be able to afford the program and thereby increase the diversity of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds of our participants.

Stipend: You will only receive a stipend in the event you do not opt for scholarship funding for students. Chaperones often use the stipend for spending money on the program or for student activities.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Global Leadership Adventures's Mission Statement: To empower students to be agents of positive change across borders.

Year Founded: 2004