Claire Counsell, taught English and to primary children with special needs in South Africa . Septmber 1996 - August 1997. A placement gives you the opportunity to share and gain experience in an overseas location or within the UK for 6 - 18 months. After the selection process, involving two sets of interviews, successful candidates attend a 10-day residential training course. CMS also provides a debriefing process when you return.
Placements are self-financed.
Personally, I feel I have gained much from the experience. Living in another culture like this can give as much insight into yourself as into that new culture. Jeremy Woodham , worked translating and editing for a school of religon and theory in St Petersburg, Russia . January 1997 - June 1997.