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About Us
Welcome Message from Carol Jenkins, CEO
World Learning believes that the best hope for peace, justice, and sustainability lies in bringing people together. Through cultural immersion, experiential learning, and information sharing, our programs equip others to collaboratively address the most pressing issues of our time.
Throughout my years at World Learning, I have had the fortunate opportunity to meet with many of our participants, partners, and alumni—a global network of learners. Our programs help them understand other cultures, master new skills, and cultivate networks. Our teaching and training methodologies empower them to find locally relevant, sustainable, and implementable solutions. Our approaches emphasize flexibility and adaptability that help them tackle real-world problems. They, in turn, make extraordinary changes in their lives and communities.
Please join us—and those we work with and serve around the world—in our pursuit to create a brighter and better future for all.
Carol Jenkins | CEO, World Learning
Allen Cutler | Chair, Board of Trustees - Get Involved
Become a Youth Program Leader
Responsibilities
Candidates with exceedingly high degree of motivation to work with youth are encouraged to apply. These highly competitive and demanding positions require a significant amount of stamina, positivity, teamwork, flexibility, diplomacy, initiative, as well as extensive cross-cultural experience. Responsibilities of these multifaceted positions include teaching and facilitation, as well a great deal of behind-the-scenes support work. Responsibilities and tasks include the following:
Education and Facilitation
- Teach workshops on a wide range of topics including arts and leadership;
- Facilitate small-group discussions and dialogue groups;
- Co-lead teambuilding activities;
- Co-facilitate and participate in large-group simulations and role-plays;
- Speak with confidence and clarity in front of groups of 75 or more on a daily basis;
- Prepare workshops, simulations, and discussions in short amounts of time;
- Design new program components on the fly to accommodate student interests;
- Facilitate “Leaders of the Day” groups.
Student Life
- Pay close attention to student needs, group dynamics, issues and problems;
- Monitor student health needs, and facilitate medical attention if required;
- Nurture and foster the development of positive, supportive relationships among the students;
- Live on campus, in the dorms with students, during Vermont program weeks, or at various program site locations in other locations;
- Maintain positive, harmonious, and healthy living conditions;
- Gather students into their own dorms 15 minutes before room check;
- Conduct room checks each evening;
- Ensure that all dorm and program rules are respected by all participants;
- Mediate and diffuse roommate and other participant disputes and tensions;
- Facilitate student’s timely arrival at activities;
- Travel on planes and buses with participants.
Outdoor and Physical
- Spend significant time outside – in sun, rain, mud, storms, buggy areas, woods, rivers, etc;
- Instruct and supervise sports electives;
- Accompany students on all off-campus activities and community field trips;
- Leaders may be asked to swim in rivers, paddle a canoe, and kayak on flat water.
Administrative
- Attend all program components as described in weekly staff schedules;
- Attend regular staff meetings;
- Do supply runs to the store at all hours of the day and night;
- Maintain timely and accurate petty cash accounting;
- Drive 8 or 12 passenger vans and pick-up trucks, and do airport runs;
- Take pictures with digital cameras, help manage photo storage, slideshows, etc.;
- Complete and submit a travel expense report;
- Complete and submit a program evaluation;
- Provide voice, text and photo updates to program team while traveling in host community;
- Other duties, as assigned.