Summer Job

Keep the lines of communication open with your fellow tutors and camp directors. Listen to your fellow tutors when they are discussing an issue. Be flexible and work as a team! There is nothing worse than a miscommunication or something being lost in translation to ruin a great camp. If there is a problem discuss it at your camp meetings. If you feel you can not discuss the issue or an issue has arisen and you need to talk to someone then call the ACLE office and talk to your team leaders. We are here to help you.

Working for ACLE is not just about teaching children and then going home, starting work at 9am and finishing at 6pm. It is a 24/7 job. And there are a few things you need to be prepared to do or not to do. Some of these cultural differences in the eyes of Italians can be offensive. Here are a few tips to help you along the way, in and out of the classroom:
Make your bed every morning and keep your room tidy! You have been invited into someone else’s home. Please show respect at all times. Your host mother is not there to clean and tidy up after you. This also includes: using their phone, feet on sofa/coffee table, drinking from the bottle – all the things that may seem normal to you are not for Italians. It is a different culture – please respect it as you would expect foreigners, living in your country, to do the same.
Always keep a neat and tidy appearance. People wearing ripped jeans, barefoot and piercings might be in fashion but they do not fit the image of Tutors teaching English to young children.