Commitment in Practise

After School Program
The pedagogical methodology of Tanoda: individual personality development, the possibilities of differentiation in learning, the project methods, the technics of co-operative learning. The differences amoung our children are diverse, they can be described on a wide scale. They cannot be defined for only the differences among school results. That is why the definition of differentiation must be interpreted in a wider context as it cannot be referred solely to catchimg up or talent training. We define differentiation as assuring the optimal development for everybody considering the structure of the whole personality.
Thus we apply the following methods during Tanoda education:
Teachers’ attitudes (social susceptibility, empathy, the acceptance of discrepancies.
The teachers’ professional competence (a wide range of methodical knowledge, appropriate supplementary materials and time for treating diverseness).
A supporting atmosphere inside and outside the Tanoda.
Co-operative teaching: multidisciplina teachers’ and experts’ teams.
Co-ooperative learning: students supporting each other, learning in groups.
Co-opeartion is problem solving: clear rules based on agreements.
Heterogeneous groups: flexible organization of learning, alternative methods.
Effective teaching: assurance standards, efficacy-orientation, continuous measuring and feedback, individual study-plan and follow-up.
Tasks of the volunteer :
The volunteer will have the opportunity to develop actions, workshops for the local community and to be involved in the actual youth projects of our organization and in the everyday life and tasks in the office. The volunteers would work basically in the 3 workplaces of our hosting organization (we have been maintaining 3 After School Program in Mátraverebély, Lucfalva and Bátonyterenye settlements) and similar activities.
The proposed tasks are the following: The volunteer would be involved in the After School Program projects dealing with socially disadvantaged younsters, organization of cultural events for mainly youth come from the most vulnerable enviroment, improving them in social skills, promotion of European programs.
Also he/she will be involved in our youth related projects in which we cooperate with other organisations. We have been cooperating with several other NGOs for years. The tasks there are mainly about animation, making movies, taking photographes, delivering artistical workshops working with disadvantaged teenagers through non-formal educational methods, leading free time activities, workshops, English classes etc.
The volunteer will be also involved in our program for disadvanted yougsters of vocacional schools, which consists of sending them abroad with a long term Erasmus + mobility program to make their professional practises abroad.
A typical week is made of:
- supervision and activities leading in different places where the pupils are participated in the After School Program
- leading workshops
- extracurricular participation
- a time for consultation and team meeting
Requirements :
We would prefer hosting an open-minded volunteer who is also motivated to present his home country. It is also important that the volunteer has a good sense of responsibility and is outgoing (especially with young people). Personal skills like artistical for istance taking photography or making movies would be appreciated.