Swimming Teacher

  Honduras

Cofradia

Description: We are looking for one or two people who have experience teaching children to swim. We have a pool that could be roped off into 2 or 3, 25 meter swim lanes and still leave room for water polo practice. We have a bilingual school with over 300 children, most of whom have never had a chance to swim. And, we have 1,000's of other children in our local community who we can draw enthusiastic students from if we find the teachers with the energy to take on the instruction and supervision responsibility. Swimming, like any experienced swimmer knows, is not only a great form of physical exercise, it is also both mentally and spiritually benificial to the individual who practices regularly. We can now give the children of Cofradia, Cortes Honduras a chance to experience the wonders of water sports. All we need is you!

Highlights: An amazing opportunity to help children to grow and realize their full potential while having a cultural immersion experience that could change your life.

Qualifications: Being able to teach children to swim. Camp counselor experience or supervision of group sports activities would be helpful. CPR, diving and water saftey training would all be applicable. Heaps of enthusiasm and energy is required.

Salary / Pay: CBS will provide accomadation and basic living expenses

Experience Required: yes

Strong swimming skills

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

Participants Travel to Honduras Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

Cofradia's Bilingual School's Mission Statement: Finding ways to make quality education a self sustaining enterprise in order to be able to offer poor children in developing countries a real opportunity to learn their own way out of poverty. We offer a Global Education to over 300 children and an incredible learning adventure to our annual team of International volunteer teachers. We bring a multi-cultural group of teachers together in a concentrated and mutual effort to help children some of the worlds least fortunate children, learn the skills that may help them make the difficult changes that will need to be made if they are to live in a world where equal opportunity and social justice are any more than slogans on political campaign posters.

Year Founded: 1997