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ACLE is to thank for such a wonderful summer in Italy for many reasons. Not only did this experience allowed me to meet many wonderful Italian families (who I keep in touch with regularly), explore beautiful areas throughout Italy, meet other tutors from all around the world, and teach the most precious students! Each day was was full of laughter, learning, adventures, and a lot of fun.
While the weekends are mostly spent traveling from one location to another and spending time with your host family, Monday through Friday the majority of the day is spent at camp; The morning half consisting of English lessons in the classroom and the afternoon half consisting of games and activities to support English learning. ACLE truly does provide rich, memorable, and emotional educational learning experiences for the students, but I can also say that I learned so much from each person I came in contact with throughout the summer - from the students, families, camp directors, and other tutors. I can't imagine a better way to spend my summer!

ACLE was a phenomenal company to work with. They trained their tutors, provided transportation to and from assigned camps through Italy, had an amazing group teaching tutor training and an awesome admin staff that took care of any and all questions. I quit my job in IT to go abroad for a month. I never had the experience while I was in college and this program work so well. They provide one week of training and ask for a minimum of three weeks teaching, for a total of four weeks. I had the opportunity to stay with host families in Ariccia, IT and Cremona, IT. It was my first time staying with a host family and they were so wonderful. I can’t thank ACLE enough for the experience. Truly unforgettable and I can’t wait to come back to teach next year.

It is no secret that the ACLE program is life changing. If you are looking to broaden your horizons, meet people from all over the world and learn more about yourself and communication; JOIN. Becoming part of this wonder family has changed my internal compass and how I see the world and myself. The support in this program is overwhelming, someone always has your back. You are able to make life-long relationships and an important impact with children. I did things I thought I was never capable of. ACLE is professional, organized, caring and flexible. You must put effort into your relationship with ACLE, and they will do the same. The reward from doing this work is unmatched by any other job. You will learn valuable lessons about teaching and working around the classroom. I am so proud of myself for competing a summer of camps, and I already miss it. So if you are on a rollercoaster of emotions, thats okay! The beginning can feel a bit strange; but once you've reached the end, you will look back at what you have done and want to go for another ride. ACLE is ready for your questions! Do not doubt yourself; break from your comfort zone and bust into the warm-up circle.

Such an incredible opportunity working for ACLE. The orientation (training) week is one of the best weeks ever, so challenging yet so fun! Each and every camp I was placed at when I became a tutor was so organised and each camp director was so supportive. The office staff (Kieran especially) are so helpful and go above and beyond to make sure you are feeling safe, happy and confident when at camp, and when travelling between the camps.

The host families cannot do enough for you and are so kind, helpful and welcoming! They will take you into their home as one of their own and will do anything for you to make sure you have a pleasant stay.

Of course, you can't review ACLE without mentioning the beautiful places you will travel to! From rural northern Italy, to busier cities like Rome and Milan, you have so many opportunities to take in the culture and explore!

Cannot wait to come back next year!!

What an amazing way to spend my last three weeks of summer. At first I wasn't sure what to expect but I was excited about travelling and seeing Italy for the first time. Arriving at Orientation was nerve racking but within minutes of arriving I were welcomed be such friendly faces and the amazing team of workers at ACLE. Within the first week, not only did I grow as an individual but started to make friendships for live. Each day I found myself leaning more and more about more self as an individual and also expanding my knowledge about the course and how the programme works. All the training was delivered in such a fun, engaging, beneficial way making it easy to retain but most importantly so enjoyable. The staff was excellent at their job and I truly believe it wouldn't of being the same without their enthusiasm and support. I then started my adventure as a ACLE Tutor and headed to my first camp. This is were all the training and discovery of the first week at Orientation fell into place. My first week at Camp was AMAZING, and this continued in my last week at camp. Just when you think your experience can't get any better, it did, my last week at camp was the best! I had the best team of tutors to work alongside and the kindness host family. Just everything about the experience was exciting and worth every penny.

This programme is really life changing. For one summer, after one week of training, you can spend a couple of weeks each in places you'd never thought about going to in Italy, and have the most amazing time exploring with your host family who are locals in the area.
The training is intense, but more that prepares you for camp life. It's exhausting but rewarding working with loving Italian kids.
The team is so helpful, you can contact them with any questions, and they'll get back to you ASAP. There is tonnes of support going in to each week.
The people that you meet, both ACLE tutors and Italian staff and helpers, can grow in a few short weeks to become very close to you, and your host families consider you family for life.
A summer with ACLE is an amazing growth, learning and challenging experience.

I can honestly say my past summer working for ACLE was the best summer ever! I met such amazing people from all over the world and stayed with such beautiful, welcoming families. The job itself was so fun and I loved working with the kids! Orientation was fun and showed you what was expected when we left to go to camp. I stayed in many different areas throughout Italy and got a very authentic experience as I was hosted by itlaian families. You work in a camp for either one or two weeks teaching a your set class mostly using games, books, drawing and activity books. Activities are planned in the afternoons with the other classes all together which are always pretty fun.I was wondering going over how I would manage with no itlaian but it works well, usually (only one of my camps didn't) you have a helper who speaks both Italian and English so they help out if the kids are very confused. The kids I had were adorable and loved the camps.
It exceeded all my expectations!! This is a fantastic opportunity and I can't recommend more, but I would say you'd only enjoy it if you loved children, are an outgoing person and well able to talk to new people!

My time with ACLE was challenging at times - you get difficult kids or there's a bit of a language barrier - but it was really fun and rewarding. Because of this programme I went to places in Italy I would never have thought of and met tons of cool people. It'll be hard at times, but worth it I'd say for how fun and adorable and unique the whole experience will be. Teaching kids seems really daunting but ACLE provide material and you'll get a feel for what the kids are able for. Sometimes there's stuff in the books they aren't really able to understand but the other tutors will always help and I've always been able to think of something! The host families are always so nice and this is a great way to experience things and parts of Italy you never would have thought to explore otherwise