American Village camps are linguistic immersion camps for French children, ages 8 to 17 years old. These camps allow for children to become completely immersed in a foreign language within their home country by creating a positive environment where it is necessary, natural, and fun to use English. We are not a language school, but rather a linguistic immersion camp. As such, we emphasize education through cultural exchange.

We seek creative, dynamic and energetic men and women from 19 to 30 years old. Applicants should be native English speakers. We prefer that our counselors have previous camp counseling experience. They should also be capable of teaching American English to non-native speakers. This said, a TEFL certification is not a requirement. Counselors are hired for up to three month periods, and our season extends from mid-March until the end of August.

*** We also have one camp for one week in February (12-21) If you’re available, please note these dates on your application form ***

The ideal American Village candidate should:
• be a native English-speaker of North American origin and have extensive knowledge of North American culture, customs and language
• enjoy working with children
• be capable of communicating to non-native speakers
• be outgoing, energetic and creative
• be prepared to work long days, generally from 8am to 11pm
• have little or no knowledge of French (since the official language of the camp is English)
• have experience as a camp counselor

Applicants should be prepared to teach songs, organize various arts and crafts, participate in skits and play sports. Musicians are very welcome to apply, and in an effort to balance our teams, we strongly encourage male applicants.

We have ten different sites throughout France. Our sites are located in small, quiet villages situated in the countryside, in the mountains or by the sea.

• Temporary work permit for North Americans, Australians and New Zealanders
• Full room and board
• Accident/liability insurance
• Two free nights at a hotel in Paris

NB: We are unable to offer financial assistance for plane or train tickets. However, we will provide as much information as possible to assist counselors with their travel arrangements to France.

Interested candidates can obtain application materials, either by:
• Downloading the application form in PDF format from our URL site: http://collegiens.nacel.fr/uploads/amv/beeing_a_counselor.php.
or
• Contacting us directly at american.village@nacel.fr in order to obtain the application form in MS Word format.


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