Support Ministry Teachers for Missionary’s Children (MKs) Applicants seeking to serve as teachers are required to be professionally certified, have at least two years of acceptable full-time teaching experience, hold a master's degree, and be actively involved in a local Alliance church. Teaching personnel are usually appointed for a four-year term with a two-month mid-term home assignment. Limited opportunities exist in some of the following settings: MK Schools: C&MA staff currently serve in MK schools in Ecuador, Malaysia, Gabon, Philippines, Germany, Taiwan, and Africa. These settings offer education in a traditional classroom setting. International Schools: In some large cities around the world where we have missionaries serving, MKs are able to attend a local International school. We occasionally staff these kinds of schools. These openings vary and require the approval of the school and of the C&MA. Schooling Cooperatives: In some settings, the C&MA is establishing schooling cooperatives where elementary-aged children can remain at home with their parents and be educated in a cooperative using home schooling materials with the assistance of a coordinator who has educational training and experience. The cooperatives are generally related to an MK school to provide for assessment and resourcing. Schooling cooperatives presently are operating in Guinea, Russia, and Mongolia. Dorm Parents In our efforts to reach some of the most unreached places and peoples in the world, some C&MA missionary parents continue to find the boarding school option to be both helpful and supportive. Being a dorm parent is a demanding responsibility. It is a vital ministry and requires people who are committed to children and youth. Dorm parents must love children and be able to give direction to them in all areas of their lives: spiritual, social, and physical. They must be able to create a home-like atmosphere in a "home away from home" setting, serving in a caring, sensitive, adaptable, and fun-loving way. In short, dorm parenting is a full-time job that requires a lot of energy! We also need dorm parents who can understand the struggles of parents raising their children in a culture different from their own, and who are willing to learn how to meet those special needs. It is important that dorm parents be role models who teach healthy family values and concepts. Couples serving as dorm parents need to be the caring, stabilizing force in the lives of children living away from home. A minimum four-year term is preferred. For more information about qualifications and process of becoming a dorm parent couple click here. Dorm Assistant A dorm assistant is usually a single person who works with a dorm parent couple to assist in the care and nurture of MKs in a dorm. Being a dorm assistant is a demanding responsibility. It is a vital ministry and requires people who are committed to children and youth. Dorm assistants must love children and be able to give direction to them in all areas of their lives: spiritual, social, and physical. They must be able to help dorm parents create a home-like atmosphere in a "home away from home" setting, serving in a caring, sensitive, adaptable, and fun-loving way. In short, being a dorm assistant is a full-time job that requires a lot of energy! We need dorm assistants who can understand the struggles of parents raising their children in a culture different from their own, and who are willing to learn how to meet those special needs. It is important that they be role models who teach proper family values and concepts and who work well with the dorm parent couple. A minimum two-year term is preferred. Currently dorm assistants serve with the C&MA at the Dakar Academy in Senegal, Africa; the Morrison Academy in Taiwan; and Black Forest Academy in Germany. For further information click here to read the supplemental sheet on dorm parenting. Business Manager This kind of work requires a background and experience in business. It is a position that entails expediting mission business matters and helps missionaries with much of the red tape that is encountered in an overseas setting. This may include serving as a purchasing agent for missionaries, dealing with visas, handling incoming outfits/baggage and getting them through customs, procuring the right kinds of papers for government approval of projects or purchases of property, insuring mission vehicles, meeting people in transit, etc. The work varies depending on the needs of the particular mission field. Some fields need a couple to operate the guest house and manage field business as well. A minimum four-year term is preferred. Guesthouse Manager Guesthomes that the Alliance operates are usually in major cities and operate as a kind of multipurpose stopover for missionaries and other travelers going to or coming from our various fields. Most of the guesthomes are busy places where the guesthome manager serves as hostess, sometimes providing meals for guests (not in every situation), and cares for the upkeep of the rooms in the guesthouse. In some cases, the host and hostess may serve as tour guides for visiting North American guests. It may also mean facilitating airport travel. Often missionaries come to the guesthome tired, in need of rest, or come because they are sick and need the medical attention they can get only in a city. The guesthome serves as a place where soul and body can be refreshed. Seminars, prayer conferences, or retreats may also be held at the guesthome. Personnel in this type of ministry need to be people who want to meet the needs of guests and are willing to go out of their way for them. They must be gifted in providing hospitality, enjoy entertaining, and be capable of handling the guesthome finances. Most of these roles are ideally filled by self-supporting, semi-retired individuals. A minimum two-year term is preferred. CAMA Services Worker The purpose of CAMA Services is to provide relief and refugee services to people in emergency situations. CAMA Services personnel earnestly seek to minister the gospel and assist in building the Church while engaged in the project. Because of the uncertainty of relief situations, CAMA Services personnel are normally contracted for at least a two-year term of service. CAMA Services staff are involved in the following projects: ESL (English as a Second Language), refugee programs, water development, famine relief, self-help crafts, medical programs, mother/child community care, and others as needs arise. ESL teachers must have training and experience as well as certification in ESL. A two-year commitment is required. (For more information, visit the CAMA Services Web pages.) English as a Second Language Teacher Personnel are needed for teaching English as a Second Language. Teachers are Missionary Associates. They must have training and experience as well as certification in ESL. A two-year commitment is required. Secretary/Bookkeeper On many of our fields we need to supply a secretary, a bookkeeper, or in some cases a person who can fill both of these roles in the mission office. Office personnel must have specific skills and experience in order to carry out office responsibilities and must know how to use a computer, as well as other office equipment. Depending on the particular situation, one may need to have bookkeeping/lower level accounting experience, as they will be handling mission finances and allowances for missionaries. Ideally, people serving in these roles will be involved in church ministry as well as office duties. A minimum four-year term is preferred.