Teaching Creative Art

  India

Cochin

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Flexible Start Dates

Description: Are you ready to get mucky with some paint in front of wide eyed children with gleaming smiles?

Volunteer Art Teaching Placements Positions - Flexible Start Dates- Just turn up and Volunteer!

All children need a variety of experiences to assist them in exploring their environment. Through art, children learn to value their own uniqueness and to appreciate the individuality of others. This is very applicable in the rural communities we work in where children come from very poor backgrounds and activities like drawing, sketching, colouring and painting provide a wonderful opportunity for children to express themselves.

Year Out India teaching programs in rural communities focus on teaching ART to the children of the many rural schools we work with. Year Out India volunteers help in conducting activities like clay modeling, painting, drawing, singing, art & drama, dancing, group work, games or other similar activities. Your help and assistance will be greatly appreciated in these rural schools and will be a refreshing change to existing curriculum. These schools typically have limited resources, both infrastructure and staff.

Highlights: As a volunteer art teacher, you can also involve children in doing art project in the classrooms and around the school. On some days, you can also meet your students for informal English language training. Volunteers also accompany students to local art festivals and inter school arts competition. At other times, you can involve children and teachers by arranging field trips, audio visual programs, games or other organized events. You could also teach various other disciplines according to your choice or ability. All our partner rural schools welcome your participation in their programs. All resources required for these activities will be provided by Yearoutindia which is where part of your program fee is used.

You can be a valuable resource in the classroom teaching students from elementary through to high school. With most programs you can volunteer as an "Art Teacher" / "Teaching assistant" which are enjoyable, fun and activity packed intensive projects. These can be customised according to the need of the host school and the individual volunteer.

Volunteers can also host discussions about their homelands, including culture, history, lifestyles, sports and school systems. The emphasis of the classroom teaching, art activities and teaching English is to encourage creativity and allowing children to express themselves. You'll usually teach 4-5 hours a day, Monday through Friday, and have sometime each day to collaborate with your team mates and prepare for classes. The rest of the day and weekends are free for you to explore the breathtaking surrounding and experience the colourful culture of rural India.

Come and volunteer your time and energy to this worthwhile project and take back memorable and unforgettable experience.

Airfare or other travel to the site, visas, free-time expenses etc are NOT covered in the program fee. All additional free time travel outside the work program, accommodation and food expenses are to be borne by the volunteers themselves.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Year Out India's volunteer programs in South India offers students and young people, a unique opportunity to volunteer with worthwhile teaching, conservation programs and experience the beauty, glorious diversity and enchanting mystery of India from among the people. Whether you're looking to take a year out, a few months break, have recently graduated or currently between jobs Year Out India volunteering programs give you the chance to take some time off and to spend meaningful time travelling, living, working and exploring India.

Age Range: 17-30

This Program is open to American, Canadian and European Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to India Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2 - 4

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Year Out India's Mission Statement: Year Out India aims to represent, support and facilitate, teaching, child welfare, community development and wildlife conservation programs in south India through professional and well planned volunteering programs. We are committed to direct involvement in local communities and environment conservation programs. We aim to assist volunteers to come together for a common purpose, to promote and develop local volunteering and voluntary action and to enable local people to benefit directly from such activities. We constantly strive to develop our strategies and methodologies to ensure harmony between visiting volunteers and local social, culture and natural environment.

Year Founded: 2004