(Record of Planning – SECTION 1)

During the summer break last year, Jemma, Lisa and I contemplated the idea of going abroad for our Learning from Life placement in second semester. We found a website called ‘workaway.info’ where organisations, employers and hosts create profiles explaining the work they can offer. Volunteer make profiles in return to apply and communicate to possible hosts.

We made our profile in August and found Global Find soon after. Daniela was keen to accept 3 trainee teachers to assist in the running of her private English language school. (A fuller description of Global Find can be found on the post ‘Italy’ published on 19/3/19)

Lisa and I’s Profile:

“Hi!

We are both currently at university studying Education – to become primary school teachers (5-11yrs). As part of our second year placement, we must volunteer, somewhere of our own choosing, for 6 weeks to further our professional development. This is between the months of March and May. We are interested in gaining experience within different school settings and curriculums, while immersing ourselves in another culture.

Before university, we both completed a HNC certificate in Childhood Practice and are qualified nursery teachers (birth – 5yrs).

As you can see we have linked with our friend Jemma, who is also studying education. We would love to experience this opportunity together. As a group we have discussed ‘workaway’ and decided it would be most beneficial to us. We believe it would also benefit the host, if we could be placed together as we have a great working relationship as well as a friendship. We showed this last year during our placement as we supported each other and were able to bounce professional ideas off each other.”

Pictures of Global Find’s WorkAway profile:

“We are a Language school in the South of Italy. We are a Cambridge English Exams preparation centre and a CELI certified centre (Italian for Foreigners) accreditated by the university of Perugia.

We are a team of four professionals whose mission is to plan and deliver professional and professionalizing training courses. The objective is gaining a high position and high quality in teaching of foreign languages in our local area. It is aiming at becoming a landmark for all those who want to learn and become fluent in languages that are not their native one, with a specific attention to the English language and the Italian language for non-native speakers.

The Association aims to reach the objective in terms of results and brand equity in order to equal the investment in the first three years. The mission is to offer a teaching methodology that aims at the real learning of a foreign language. The Association wants to fill the still existing gap in the Italian public/private schools, through the communicative method. A method believed to reach the goals in a short time and give the students the possibility to become fluent in the foreign language they are studying, thanks also to specialised teachers and innovative teaching methods.”