Student welfare and supervision is an important part of our summer schools, and all members of staff are required to take an active part in supervision duties. However, we also take on residential Welfare Supervisors to ensure that these duties are carried out, and that the needs of all students are catered for.
Transfer Coordinator (at selected centres only)
The Transfer Coordinator is responsible for arranging the transfers of groups from the airport and their return. This is a supervisory role and involves organising coach or taxi bookings, meeting groups or arranging for them to be met, and leading student inductions on arrival at the centre. They will also act as Welfare Supervisors when necessary.
Your involvement in the Activity Programme will be restricted to a half day excursion every week, if time allows. This still needs energy, enthusiasm and commitment on your part as a good activity programme has a direct effect on the students' enjoyment of their stay.
The type of study programmes offered at the centre affects
the types of work offered. We offer several types of programmes:
Classic Programme
This is the traditional summer school programme, where students have
classes in the morning and activities in the afternoon. They also have
one or two half-day excursions and one full day excursion per week.
This programme represents the majority of courses sold.
Double Banked Programmes (AKA Zig-Zag)
It is sometimes necessary to run classes in the morning and the afternoon.
In double-banking, if a group has classes in the morning one week, the
next they will have them in the afternoon. This means that the same
activities will run both morning and afternoon.
Closed Groups
Sometimes the programme is designed specially for the group. Some government
contract groups operate as a closed group e.g. INPDAP courses at selected
centres.
Homestay Programmes
Homestay students generally follow the Classic programme, except that
they live with selected host families off-site. Homestay students only
come in for evening activities twice per week (usually for discos)