8/14/2019 KAA Press Release Teachers-Curriculum Developers

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Korean American Adventures (KAA), an educational consulting firm based in New York, New York, isseeking five intelligent, insightful, and creative college graduates to function as Head Teachers andcurriculum designers for our pilot Winter Camp in Korea experience. Winter Camp is an Englishimmersion experience designed for Korean middle school students learning English as a secondlanguage; the three week camp will run from January 3rd through January 23rdat a university campus inSeoul, South Korea, with teacher training conducted in Korea from approximately the 31st to the 3rd.

Winter Camp is a combination residential camp and school; our 40 American teachers, selectedprimarily from undergraduate universities and colleges, will live with their students, eat with them, teachthem, and lead them in competitive and creative activities. The camp curriculum will consist of classes inthe morning, divided by grade level (5th and 6th, 7th and 8th), with a portion of each class devoted to drills.Lessons will focus on discreet topics, in particular giving students the tools they need to use Englishthroughout the camp experienceat the dinner table, during games, on the sports field, in discussions,and with their friends. Afternoons at Winter Camp are less conventional: electives will integrate Englishlessons into exciting activities--for example, crafting cookies might teach words for shapes, tastes, andnaesthetics, while snow castles might teach architectural words. After electives, students will participatein large games, many with stories, sets, and actorsthe games will again focus on teaching English,creating immersive imaginative experiences, and reinforcing and building upon the skills learned in theother lessons.

We are seeking five candidates with experience creating curricula, teaching classes, and/or creating

games. Our five Head Teachers will create lesson plans for the 15 morning classes, train, mentor, andevaluate our 40 teachers in Korea, and contribute to the design of large, educational/interactive games.Our Head Teachers will help shape the program and its curriculum in New York in the fall; they will thenparticipate in the program in Korea where they will work in tandem with our Academic and ExecutiveDirectors to strive to make the program a success.

Head teachers/curriculum designers will receive 25 dollars an hour for all work rendered in the fallsemester (in creating the camps curriculum) and then will receive a $4000 stipend for the month ofJanuary, in addition to room and board while in Korea, and flights to and from Seoul. We anticipatebiweekly group meetings to discuss curriculum development as well as individual projectswith apotential of about 40-80 hours of work per head teacher in the Fall. Interested candidates should sendcover letters and resumes to wintercamp@kaaprep.com, addressed to Max Rosen (Academic Director)and Marcus Kim (Executive Director).