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This beautiful American International School, located in the Bernese Alps and 90 minutes from Geneva, is looking for staff for their summer school program that runs from June 19 - August 15 2010.
**Due to recent changes in Swiss Immigration laws, ONLY holders of Swiss, EU, UK and New Zealand passports may apply for these positions**
All living expenses are taken care of (housing, food, etc.) and you do get some days off! Usually 3 per session full days off (during our weekend schedule) You will be housed in either a staff studio apartment, or a student room with a bathroom (on your own in almost all cases) All taxes etc. are paid. However, there is no travel allowance, this is total take home pay, and you have to make your own way to Geneva. (Easyjet has good deals on 1 way flights) You will get 325-400 Sfr (195 - 240 GBP) per week in your pocket (2600-3200 Sfr for the 8 weeks), depending on qualifications and experience.
Positions available are as follows:
**Program Assistant (PA) Coordinator:
Supervise, organize, mentor, guide and discipline the PAs for the entire summer. There will be 5-12 PAs, aged 18-21. PAs are staff in training, who will learn how to work alongside staff, how to plan and implement a program event, how to work with students in different situations, such as bullies, scapegoats, homesickness, disrespect, violence, etc. There may be an additional position added to the PA Coordinator's job description. Not a member of the Administrative Staff. Reports to the SIS Director.
**Assistant SIS Office Manager:
Assists Office Manager in all duties.
**Specialized teachers:
A teacher will teach 4 classes (45-50 mins each) each morning in their subject area. They will also have 1-2 afternoons available for prep time, and will do afternoon activities or excursions with students 2-3 afternoons a week. They will be on dorm duty up to 3 times each week, which includes some afternoon time and the evening hours. Each evening they will be part of the Evening Activity, as are all SIS staff. They will be on duty a maximum of 1 day each weekend plus all opening and closing days and weekends.
**Subject areas taught are:
ESL, French, German, Spanish, English Literature, Journalism, Creative Writing, Mathematics, Computers, Art, Music (guitar, piano and voice), Theatre (various aspects), World Cultures and Religions, SAT and TOEFL preparation, and Leadership skills and outdoor living classes including First Aid and CPR. This list is subject to change.
**Outdoor Leadership Adventure Staff:
Largely with group of students that enrolled for special 3-week program, teach classes in the mornings relevant to Leadership and also lead trips such as overnight hiking, canoeing, white water rafting, and climbing. Will also lead some afternoon activities for general SIS students. May do some dorm duties also.
**Yearbook editor and Photography teacher:
Responsible for taking or collecting as many photographs of the summer as possible, and preparing the SIS Highlights "yearbook". For this we use Adobe InDesign and Photo Shop on an iMac. This should include individual pictures of each students, family photographs, and images of all major events and general SIS life. Also responsible for teaching Photography in the mornings, and if necessary, useful and possible, supervising student yearbook activity in the afternoons. Also prepares PowerPoint presentation at the end of each session for the last night of session celebrations.
**Dorm Head/Assistant Dorm Head:
Will teach or do recreation half schedule. Will supervise a dorm and ensure that there is a positive environment for all students. Organizes evening activities for the dorm. Works with the Coordinator of Student Life to accomplish this.
**Nurse:
Supervise all Health issues at SIS. Maintain Health records, and review all Health forms from students, suggest changes to minimize injuries and poor health for SIS students and staff, organize two nurse duty rota to ensure 24 hour coverage.
**AE and AC Recreation Staff:
Plan, design, organize and supervise all afternoon and evening activities. Recreation staff will have one afternoon and one evening free each week. They will be on duty a maximum of 1 day each weekend plus all opening and closing days and weekends. There may be a need for 1-2 evenings of dorm duty each week, and the recreation staff will also be responsible for the Red Frog, as a group.
**Alpine Adventure Elementary teachers:
Teach classes all morning, with class sizes 5-15, in specialized subjects (French, ESL, Drama/Music, Computers, Environment, Arts & Crafts). Some afternoons, evenings and weekends will be supervising the students on excursions and activities. The Director of AA assures at least a full day off per week, and other free time.
**Alpine Adventure Recreation staff:
Primary job will be to design and supervise afternoon and evening activities, and day and half day excursions. The Director of AA assures at least a full day off per week, and other free time. Some recreation staff may be specialist teachers also, meaning teaching one period in the mornings, of Computers, Environmental Education, French, ESL or Drama.
**Driver:
Primary job will be to drive the stick-shift 17-seater school vans (no buses!) transporting students to and from the airport (1 1/2 hours each way) and other events as needed. When no driving job is needed, the person will be part of the recreation staff. Must have relevant driving license, such as CDL in USA or D1 license in Europe. Most probably will have to have a EU passport.
**Intern or Aid:
For 20-22 year olds who want to work at SIS, without any experience or certifications, Aids will help other SIS staff more often with activities or Alpine Adventure students. Most probably will have to have a EU passport.
These jobs and positions are being constantly reviewed and updated. This list should be used as a guideline only.
Because of the work permit situation, Aids from outside the EU will be very difficult to take on. It means that staff need to be at least 20, and most will be out of university.
Be sure to check out the website, as that explains the program more. As an SIS staff member, you need to understand that you will be working very hard to make the program what is considered the best in Europe. It means that every staff member has to work hard, and by the end of summer, you will be very tired. However, the benefits of working with neat kids from around the world, great staff, in a beautiful setting, and seeing parts of Switzerland and maybe Europe, makes all the hard work worthwhile. While I know you all need money to get by, please realize that a summer at SIS is not the best way to make a lot of money for the summer, but you will get much more than cash in reward for a summer at SIS.
Application forms will be provided to you upon online application.
http://www.las.ch/summer/
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