• Teaching English
  • local government schools
  • temples
  • onsite at the foundation
  • English camps
• Educational activities
  • Hospital, with long term sick children
  • Village childcare centres
• Lesson planning
  • Develop and write up lesson plans
  • Evaluate lessons and write up, post-class
• Resource development
  • Creating flash cards and other teaching resources
  • Treating the resources with care and attention
  • Cleaning where applicable

*Other duties are involved such as cleaning dorms, and very occasionally, some manual labour, so there is a need to be flexible and understanding.

It is important to note that we rely largely on donations of resources for teaching. If volunteers can bring resources with them, or buy them locally, this is very helpful. If photocopies are wanted for teaching, we ask that volunteers pay for these copies themselves, as the fee paid does not cover extras such as this. It is also much more fun to make/draw/paint your own resources rather than photocopy them.

Your duties can include running educational and learning activities, maintaining the classroom and helping with the children at mealtimes. Volunteers will run activities for approximately 90 minutes in a morning and then required to assist with resource development in the afternoon, prior to assisting with a class the next day.  Tuesday and Thursdays - After lunch on these days, volunteers will help with childcare related activities, which may include such tasks as: gardening, agricultural project, painting and metalwork preparation for painting and resource development at the school.

Activities using:

• songs (CD / DVDs)
• arts
• crafts
• games
• alphabet
• simple vocabulary

English language*

• provide some language building blocks
  • sounds
  • basic words

*Children learn their native tribal language first, then Thai language.

We are required by schools, hospital and temple to maintain a certain standard of dress.

Teaching dress code

• Plain coloured long trousers/pants
  • Must be down to the ankles
  • No leggings or yoga pants
  • No skirts, shorts or dresses
• Volunteers are supplied a T-shirt and traditional top for class
• Clothing must be smart, clean, plain colours, no rips
• Shoulders must be covered at all times
• No cleavage to be shown
• Always wear a bra
• Tattoos must be covered
• No earrings and other facial jewellery

Additional information

Age ranges

• Childcare: 2-5 yrs
• Kindergarten: 4-6 yrs

Class sizes (approximate)

• Childcare: 35+
• Kindergarten: 15+

Lesson length

• 1.5 hours per class

Childcare Activity Guide 09.30 – 11.00

Sing a song (10 minutes)

• 5 Little Monkeys; Alice; Banana Song; Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
  (choose from above, or another song)

Question Ball (25 minutes)

• Sit in a circle (Throw the ball, and the catcher must answer a question)  

i.e. What is your name? What animals do you like?What colour do you like?

Visual Game (25 minutes)

e.g. Teach animal names (an example only)

• Use a jigsaw, and get the student to repeat: dog, cat, chicken, duck, cow, monkey, pig, sheep… etc
• Let the children mimic animal sounds 
  (nb Thai animal sounds are not always the same as western animal sounds)
• Separate jigsaw, say an animal name, and let the children find the correct piece

Alternatives: Games, Puzzles, Photos, Blocks/Lego (Try to be creative)

Drawing (30 minutes)

• Draw the same image for each child
• The children tear coloured paper into small pieces, and stick them to the drawing

Separate into 3-4 small groups, if necessary

Yes, but there are certain periods when there is less, or no teaching at school. Effectively, all of April and October - all Childcare Centres are shut for holidays, so other placements will be organised during these periods.

There are also national holidays and regular teacher days, which means the Childcare Centres are shut or engaged in other activities, with the result that we cannot teach. During these periods we expect childcare volunteers to be flexible in their attitude, be proactive, and sometimes help on the indoor or outdoor programmes.

Yes, our childcare programme is more flexible than our Indoor teaching programme. However, we still recommend a minimum of 2-3 weeks to fully benefit from the programme - from your Monday arrival, and Tuesday orientation, you won't begin the work until Wednesday; and if you're only here for a week that means you get 3 days (Wed/Thu/Fri) in class.

As long as you complete the full programme (Monday-Saturday) you will receive a certificate which can be downloaded from our private website when logged in.

Yes, childcare volunteers are required to run learning activities, songs, games and crafts with the children, so a low level of English is acceptable. However, the staff will assess this upon your arrival and may change your programme to outdoor.

Yes, if the programme is completed, and there are no problems. 

Please click the link here for full details about the awarding of certificates.

Sometimes, but this isn’t guaranteed. Certain periods of the year are more popular, so in the low season, the numbers of volunteers registered can drop, which could mean that you may be teaching alone, with intern students, or with staff.

Example of a standard week for Childcare volunteers

Because of the age of the children, Childcare is a programme which leaves more spare time for the volunteer - after the volunteers have left (usually around 11.00, the children will spend some time calming down, then have lunch, and sleep in the afternoon for a couple of hours before going home.

Volunteers go to the childcare centre in the morning, and return for lunch. The first part of the afternoon is spent preparing for the following day's class, as well as a debrief of the morning's activities.  Tuesday and Thursdays volunteers will also participate in childcare related activities based at the school, such as gardening, painting (metalwork preparation for painting), agricultural project or Thai or English resource development.

• 1 week: 19,550฿
• 2 weeks: 20,700฿
• 3 weeks: 21,850฿
• 4 weeks: 23,000฿
• 5 weeks: 26,450฿
• 6 weeks: 29,900฿
• 7 weeks: 33,350฿
• 8 weeks: 36,800฿
• 9 weeks: 40,250฿
• 10 weeks: 43,700฿
• 11 weeks: 47,150฿
• 12 weeks: 50,600฿

Notes

• Includes 5,000฿ registration fee
• Does not include Paypal admin fee (+6%)