Where There Be Dragons : Staff : Employment Opportunities : Employment Application

Employment application

Thank you for your interest in joining a growing community of spectacular and inspiring individuals!

Before completing our instructor application, it's crucial that you have carefully reviewed the qualifications, job description and responsibilities, and pay and benefits pages of our website.

Our hope is that the answers you provide in your application perfectly embody the depth and breadth of who you are. Dragons considers each application very carefully based on its content, so please respond as thoroughly and thoughtfully as possible. And don't worry: if you can't answer a question, or can't determine any relevant experience, that's fine. In forming our leadership teams, we carefully balance co-instructors' talents and skills, and we often hire certain staff based on a single quality, skill set or experience. We do not expect that every applicant will possess all relevant qualities, or that every applicant will be able to provide extraordinary answers to all questions.

Thank you and we look forward to learning more about you!

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Section I: Personal Information

*In which program area(s) are you qualified to instruct a Dragons course?

*Full Name:	(as it appears on your passport)
*Nationality:
*Passport Number:
*Expiration Date:
*Current Home Address:

Second Address:	(if current address is not permanent)

Home Telephone:
Work Telephone:
*Email:
*Date of Birth:
*Social Security Number:	(for U.S. citizens)
*Have you ever been arrested or faced criminal charges?	Yes No
If YES, please explain the offence, date and outcome:

Section II: Past Experience

*1. How does your educational and/or professional background specifically qualify and prepare you to work as an instructor for Where There Be Dragons?

*2. Provide a detailed list of experience you have had leading groups: course names and dates, or years employed by a guiding/education/therapeutic company. Also include any experience you've had working with groups as a facilitator (facilitating group dynamics and interpersonal relationships; working through conflict resolution and group process; etc).

*3. Dragons instructors often have their own contacts, friends and acquaintances that they incorporate into their courses to help the students become more engaged with the country. If you have any personal in-country contacts that might enhance the quality of your program, please identify them (e.g. contacts with NGOs, potential home-stay families, guest lecturers; or information on past retreats that you have done, etc).

*4. Do you have any personal interests or research experience (academic, artistic, spiritual, or cultural) that you feel comfortable incorporating into lessons for Dragons students? In what ways do you believe your teaching would enhance the student experience?

Section III: Teaching/ Interpersonal Skills and Leadership Style

*1. In working with adolescents and co-instructors in rugged environments within developing world, Dragons instructors are asked to fulfill many necessary roles, including teacher, parent, friend, guide, counselor and health professional. In which role(s) do you feel that you would be most competent? Where do you foresee the most challenges?

*2. Describe your personal teaching style.

*3. If friends and colleagues were asked to describe you as a role model, what would they say?

*4. Because we work in exciting, ever-changing, remote environments, the best-laid plans often change. Can you give an example of how in the past you have managed to remain a leader - with good judgment and energy - when things did not work out quite as you had planned?

*5. Dragons courses take participants to off-the-beaten-path places, exposing them to completely new and often challenging environments, consistently encouraging them to step out of their "comfort zones." Please give an example of how you would work with a student who was feeling particularly challenged due to being so far away from home, in such a different environment.

*6. What would you like your fellow instructors and the students to say about you at the end of the course?

Section IV: References

Please provide the contact information for one personal reference and two professional references who have known you for at least one year.

*Name	*Relationship	*Phone Number or Email Address
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Section V: Curriculum Vitae

*Please upload a copy of your CV:

* I hereby declare that the above is an honest and truthful representation of my skills and experience. I understand that if I have misrepresented myself in any way I am forfeiting my opportunity to be a Dragons instructor.

Please provide your electronic signature:

*Signature: *Date:

If you have any questions, please write to staffing@wheretherebedragons.com, or give us a call.

Thank you!