Bona Fides Association and Kölner Freiwilligen Agentur are looking for Polish volunteers or residents in Poland to join their European Voluntary Service projects in Cologne, Germany. To apply please fill the application form and send your Curriculum Vitae with photo and cover letter, detailing in which project you want to participate, to the following emails: mariachiara@bonafides.pl, k.zychowicz@bonafides.pl and ulla.eberhard@koeln-freiwillig.de. Please, write in the title ”EVS in Cologne– application”.
- Location: Cologne
- Deadline: 26/08/2019
- Duration: 11 months
- Mobility period: 01/09/2019 – 31/07/2020
Supporting work in a Jewish kindergarten – Die Roonis
DIE ROONIS is a Jewish kindergarten for children of 1 to 3 years of age, comparable to the ‚Pe’uton’ in Israel. 10 to 12 children are being taken care of from Monday to Friday 7:30 am until 4 pm by 3 nursery school teachers. The „Roonies“ aim is to support children in addition to their own families through everyday life and the turn of the year with all its events, Jewish celebrations and festive days. There is a strong focus on free play and social learning. In this age the children learn substantial things about their surrounding world and about themselves. The kindergarten is closely connected to the Synagogue and participates actively in events and festivities. The rabbinate gives support to the ROONIS.
Activities
Pedagogical tasks
– support in nursing
– support during outings
– support during the daily pedagogical activities
– support in designing the daily program
– teaching about Jewish life, traditions, festivities
– teaching Hebrew
Housekeeping
– support in preparation, helping and cleaning around meals
– support cleaning and clearing
– support doing laundry
– support in shopping
Maintenance
– take care of the garden
– sweeping floors
– support small repairs and maintenance
Food and Accomodation
Food: some meals will be provided (kosher kitchen); the rest will be handed out in cash.
Accomodation: Furnished room with access to bathroom and cooking facilities
Volunteer´s profile
Empathy.
Joy and interest in the work.
Organizational talent and flexibility.
Capable to work in teams.
Ability to work independently.
Communicative.
Cooperative.
Open for personal growth and learning.
Trustworthy.
Able to keep confidentiality.
Openness.
Languages: Hebrew and English.
Basic knowledge of Jewish religion and its traditions (festivities, Kaschrut, etc.).
Driving license (desireable).
Certificate of good conduct.
Assistance in the classroom
In the International Peace School School in Cologne-Widdersdorf, pupils are already literate in the primary school in two languages, the best prerequisite for the acquisition of two languages at native language level and the learning of other foreign languages. They learn in an international context, both in terms of curriculum content as well as classmates and teachers from over forty countries and all cultures in the world.
The International Peace School Cologne is a school with lessons from the 1st to the 12th grade. It is the only international school in Germany that offers school education in secondary school, through which pupils can pass the Mittlerer Schulabschluss and the Abitur. In the international branch, they can acquire the International Middle School Certificate (IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB).
In elementary school, the students learn bilingually in German and English, accompanied by German and English-speaking class teachers.
This is where the typical instructional preparation and follow-up tasks arise: creating materials, collecting, organizing, assisting in lessons, preparing and rehearsing media, and taking over parts of the lessons under the supervision of teachers.
According to the different age groups, the tasks in the different grades are different in academic terms.
Activities
The volunteers assist the teachers in daytime operation, e.g. by
- assistance in the preparation and follow-up of lessons
- assistance during the lesson
- taking on special tasks in and around the classroom.
- Volunteers with scientific knowledge can assist in equipping the laboratory as well as preparing and post-processing experimental environments.
Accomodation and Food
Accommodation in a shared room in boardinghouse
Meals in the school canteen and in the canteen of the boadinghouse.
Interest in educational work.
Volunteer´s profile
Desirable knowledge of science or other technical knowledge and interests.
German language skills (at least between B1 and B2) and English (at least between B1 and B2).
Helping in the boardinghouse
In the International Peace School School in Cologne-Widdersdorf, pupils are already literate in the primary school in two languages, the best prerequisite for the acquisition of two languages at native language level and the learning of other foreign languages. They learn in an international context, both in terms of curriculum content as well as classmates and teachers from over forty countries and all cultures in the world.
The institution is a boardinghouse, affiliated to the International Peace School Cologne. The pupils who attend the boarding school are of international origin and attend the secondary school, there either the gymnasiale or the international branch. The boarding school therefore speaks German and English.
The target groups for the boardinghouse are students between the ages of 15 and 18 years. They are located in apartments that are equipped for three to four students. A total of 16 teenagers can be accommodated in the boardinghouse.
There is a group room with a kitchen, where boarding students can have meals together, watch TV, play games or just meet up to talk.
The full-time employees of the boardinghouse accompany the students in everyday life away from the school, but also support them in school matters. Above all, the young people are supported in their independence, for example domestic skills are learned together, so that the students can live alone after their schooling. For example, they cook together, order and structure are worked out together and hygiene education takes place.
In addition, the boardinghouse is also about learning social skills. In an international setting with young people from different countries of origin and different socialization, this is essential. On a recreational pedagogical level, activities are therefore regularly undertaken in order to increase acceptance and tolerance for one another and to facilitate a cultural exchange.
Activities
The volunteers should be involved in the daily life of the boardinghouse. The volunteers help with the daily routines: prepare meals, support the students in everyday activities (homework, tuition, household issues, etc.) and support the full-time staff.
The volunteers should contribute and carry out their own projects in the field of leisure time activities. Here the volunteers have the opportunity to contribute their own interests or talents and to integrate the boarding students. These can be sports activities, artistic hobbies or excursions. With the support of the full-time staff, such projects can be carried out, especially on weekends or during school holidays.
Accomodation and Food
Accommodation in a shared room in boarding house
Meals in the school canteen and in the canteen of the boarding house.
Volunteer´s profile
Enjoy working with young people.
Tolerance to different cultures.
Inventiveness in terms of leisure activities.
Reliability.
Helpfulness.
German language skills (at least between B1 and B2) and English (at least between B1 and B2).
Technology- and Facility-Management
In the International Peace School School in Cologne-Widdersdorf, pupils are already literate in the primary school in two languages, the best prerequisite for the acquisition of two languages at native language level and the learning of other foreign languages. They learn in an international context, both in terms of curriculum content as well as classmates and teachers from over forty countries and all cultures in the world.
The administration area of the International Peace School does all the central tasks for the school and the boardinghouse, e.g. personnel administration, financial administration, building and technology management, quality and process management as well as marketing, student acquisition and general administration.
In the field of building and technology management, three employees are working on equipping the classrooms with the appropriate furniture and refurbishing them if necessary, or – in exceptional cases – making small repairs. In addition, they manage around 500 notebooks, 75 iPads, 40 interactive whiteboards and printers, copiers and monitors. Especially with the terminals, there is always a need for spontaneous support of teachers or students in dealing with the devices.
Activities
The volunteers support the full-time employees in the technical and building management
The tasks of volunteers in technology management:
- distribution, preparation and repair acceptance
- first technical support for PCs, notebooks and iPads
- tasks in network management (as far as knowledge is available)
The tasks of volunteers in facility management
- coordination of admission controls
- postal and package acceptance and distribution
- support for spatial alterations
Accomodation and Food
Accommodation in a shared room in boarding house.
Meals in the school canteen and in the canteen of the boarding house.
Volunteer´s profile
Interest and knowledge of IT.
and / or interest in craft-oriented tasks.
German language skills (at least between B1 and B2) and English (at least between B1 and B2).