Student Host & Work Study

The Work Study program offers a unique opportunity to learn, volunteer, and participate in the Folk School community for an extended period. Sessions last for 9 weeks. Most participants spend work weeks contributing primarily on garden and grounds projects with occasional support given to the dining hall, programs, and events. Participants spend 4 weeks of their session taking classes and 5 weeks working in service of the Folk School. Work Study participants have roommates and share a house with up to 10 session participants. Locally based participants may choose to reside in their home and commute. There are many ways Work Study students immerse themselves in the community through dances, concerts, Brasstown carving, demos, and other social gatherings.

Applications are now closed for 2025 Work Study sessions.

Student Hosts hold a unique, key role at the Folk School for several months. They develop relationships with and often act as a link between staff, students, and instructors. Serving as ambassadors, Hosts help students feel welcomed and comfortable as they adjust to the housing, dining, studio, and community experience at the Folk School. They are responsible for: welcoming groups at orientation, setting up tables/chairs for events, giving announcements and serving at mealtimes, opening and closing duties in Keith House, and serving as after-hours contact who assists students and instructors on a variety of needs when staff are away. Student Hosts have a private room and share common spaces with their co-host. Hosts have the opportunity to take classes every week. The role is well suited for someone comfortable balancing daily work commitments while also engaging in the experience of being a student and community member.

Campground Hosts will work closely with other Hosts on a rotating schedule. Additional duties unique to Campground Host are verifying campers are in their assigned campsite, assisting campers with gate codes and bathhouse codes, reporting fallen branches and/or overgrowth cleanup to maintenance, fulfilling requests for firewood, and making certain fire rings are operated responsibly and that all campground fires are extinguished properly.

The Campground Host candidate will need to provide their own pop-up camper, van, or RV and reside in our Campground for the entirety of their program session. No tent camping will be allowed for the Campground Host.

Applications are now closed for 2025 Student Host Sessions