August 16, 2013

Form Filling 4Volunteer Feedback Form


James Wheeler, who will be 19, next month, lives in Birmingham, England at 12 Russell Street. Last year, during his summer vacation, he worked as a volunteer at a camp in France teaching sports activities to children age 9 to 11. Some of the children were form France so James had the opportunity to practise improve his French language skills. A small percentage of children came from Germany and Holland but the largest number by far were British. The camp was situated in a wooden area in the heart of the countryside but close to the local village and a long, sandy beach.
                                                                 The days at the camp were long and James had to get up at 6:30 a.m. and was not usually in bed before midnight.  He often had no time to eat lunch, except perhaps for a sandwich which he ate while he was walking, but neither of the these was a problem to James.

He spent a total of 35 days at the camp and taught swimming in the morning and basketball in the afternoon. He also spent his evening with young people, playing games, watching videos and singing. One of the reasons he was accepted for the post was because he can play the guitar very well and generally his happiest times during the day were after dinner when the whole group went to the beach and chatted and sang.
                                    It was his first experience of this type of work and he was impressed by the group size, where there was one teacher to eight children. He remembered his days at school when the class sizes were usually about 45 children for each teacher and he had considered it to be such a difficult profession

  There were two main disadvantages. Firstly, he had to work hard in his spare time in local supermarket to pay for his travel to the camp. He worked at least one evening per week and sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays to earn the money he needed, and this made him very tired. Secondly, when he first arrived at the camp he was homesick but he forgot than as soon as he started working with the children. Despite these problems, he would   like to return next summer but would prefer to teach water-sports and work with older children

                         The whole experience has made him think seriously about teaching as a job in the future. But, at the moment, his immediate priority is to a start his course of studies at university in England. After the summer camp, the organization that recruits the volunteers contacted James in order to find out his opinion of his experiences at the camp.



SECTION A
SURNAME:  …………………………………………  INITIAL: …………….………
ADDRESS:  ………………………………………………….………………
AGE: ………………………     

TIME SPENT AT CAMP (Please circle one)
Less than one month / one to two months more than two months

ACTIVITIES TAUGHT  (please underline)
      Water sports, Swimming, Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball

AGE GROUP TAUGHT (please circle one)
      Ages 7-9 / Ages 9 – 11 / ages  11 – 13

NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN GROUP ………………

MOST STUDENTS CAME FROM ……………………………… (Name the country)

DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS AT THE CAMP?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK AT THE CAMP IN THE FUTURE?  (Please delete one)
                        Yes / No

WHAT WOULD BE YUR PREFERENCES FOR ANY FUTURE WORK?
1…………………………………………………………………………………
2…………………………………………………………………………………
SECTION B
In the space below, write one sentence of 12-20 words about you experience at the camp have influenced your career plan.





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