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Requirements & Job Descriptions

Financial Requirements at Participants Expense:
All accepted Study and Work program participants will be required to provide the following at their expense
  • Round-trip air transportation from country of origin to Chile
  • All transportation costs while in Chile
  • Proof of emergency medical insurance
  • Dinner meals two nights per week (Saturday and Sunday), and lunches seven days per week.
  • Cost of a tourist visa, payable to Chilean government upon entry into Santiago airport ($131 USD at this time, subject to change)

Personal Requirements:
All accepted Study and Work program participants will be required to meet the following criteria:

  • Intermediate conversational Spanish
  • At least three years of university completed
  • Minimum age of 20 years at time of entry into Chile
  • Strong passion to assist, teach and be a role model for Chilean youth

Job Description:
The work practicum will involve assisting existing local Chilean teachers and school administrators with a specific focus on less-privileged youth acting as a role model.Such work will include, but not be limited to:

  • assisting in classroom setting for teaching informal English classes,

  • acting as a role model to formerly troubled “kids from the street” who have recently recovered from various family, drug and/or alcohol abuses,

  • maintaining a responsible cultural representation of your country,

  • sharing stories, magazine clippings, music recordings and other that represent your home country,

  • conducting craft, sports, games, and other activities designed for youth

  • Additionally, participants should have an ability to embrace, rather than be annoyed by, various conditions which may not be similar to their environment in the home country,

  • dedication to the purpose of the program:to study and work in a language practicum at local schools;Participants will have fun, but the program is not designed

  • a commitment to be punctual to all Spanish classes and work assignments at the Chilean school.


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