ESL School Ministry Teams Coach
https://team.internationallink.org/opportunity/esl-school-volunteers-coach
Role Details
This information is not public, either because it is too detailed for the website role overview or because it has sensitive information not fit for a public webpage.
Instructions / suggested best practices for recurring tasks:
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Regularly pray for the volunteers you are coaching.
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Why is help needed?
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There is a lot to think for in serving the students, and there are two opposite errors a Teacher team can fall into: one is having too small of an idea (e.g. just limiting our ministry to showing up and stumbling through an ESL lesson). The other is that they realize the scope but get overwhelmed because they think they have to do it alone.
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Some of what is needed is training, some is encouragement, some is vision, some is modeling (e.g. prayer).
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The surface challenges are not always the root challenges. For example, a Ministry Team may not be effectively praying for their students. What may appear as a scheduling issue may really be a discouragement about prayer in general.
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To reduce volunteer attrition (e.g. try to ensure each volunteer is engaged meaningfully).
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Why is coaching the method of support?
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Serving in this context is very complex.
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Coaching (as we do it) allows for us to take time to really explore the root causes behind challenges each team is facing in each of the 5 goals.
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How is coaching done?
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Prayerfully – the Holy Spirit is the chief Counselor.
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With lots of exploratory questions. Use this Ministry Team goals planning worksheet to help in your coaching.
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The volunteer coach seeks to coach each team (not individual). There are two reasons for this:
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Practically, we do not have enough coaches. And the health of the team is better understood when the team is together.
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Biblically, it is closer to Christ’s model with his disciples.
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With respect. We are not trying to pressure anyone into sharing what they don’t want to. We’re “just setting the table,” so to speak.
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How frequently should they be scheduled?
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Once a quarter (at a minimum) for each team.
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Younger teams may benefit from more frequency (e.g. every 2 to 4 weeks).
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here’s notes from previous coaching conversations: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1ti_49sCxDoA1wp20_0s_7EJKDxfboPk9
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each min team needs do some questions from assist teacher form
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“Dear Missions Prayer Team,
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Please join us for the Missions Prayer Hour this Sunday, July 23rd, at 4:45 p.m. in the Eve Room (room 103) to pray for our missionaries serving here and around the world. The Wilson family will share about the recent MCO trip to Tijuana. Please pass this information along to others and encourage them to attend.
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In Christ, John Fender”
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Providing discipleship coaching for volunteers (Part 1)
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Hi Suzie and David,
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Thanks so much for being open to providing some discipleship coaching for some of our volunteers who have regular contact with internationals.. It gets me excited because two big desires I have for Link are:
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1. That we’d be a ministry of radical dependence on God in prayer
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2. That we’d be a disciple-making ministry, not just a programmatic ministry
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And the role of a discipleship coach will (I pray) help us to move the needle from programmatic to disciple-making.
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I thought I’d provide some more details as you’re praying and thinking about this role.
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The groups of volunteers who have regular contact with internationals are:
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ESL teachers, assistant teachers, etc.
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Bible study leaders
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Conversation partners
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I’m envisioning this is a one-time phone call (rather than calling the same person multiple times).. I would give a list of men (for you David) and women (for you Suzie) and you could call those on the list at your own pace.
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Here’s a <4 minute video I made for you that explains more:
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Here’s the document with draft questions:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/10zsMS05YTVavPog376rULauF7PauRmBzg49ZyVNRY_U/edit?usp=sharing .. Please feel free to make suggestions.
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Here’s the other document I showed in the video:
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As further context, this book and training course have influenced my thinking:
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And as a primary source, of course, I am trying to keep in mind the different ways Christ discipled.
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As you can tell, the cement is still wet on all this particular role I’m inviting you to consider.. I look forward to talking more but I wanted you to be able to thinking about this at a time that’s convenient for you.
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His, Jonathan Stamberg
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Providing discipleship coaching for volunteers (Part 2)
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Loved our conversation, Jonathan, and I very much I appreciate being able to speak with such directness! That’s not always the case, you know!
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Remember that I’m gone until after Labor Day. Tuesdays and Thursdays after 2 are usually the best times for me to schedule meetings.
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I look forward to getting started with my new role in serving the volunteers at Link! -Suzie <>
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Hey, we can meet later to discuss this. I have questions, of course. But the most pressing question I had when watching your video and thinking about all this is: If we are hoping that they will be disciples and that they will make disciples, how are we defining a disciple?
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How will we know when we are one and when we make one? I suppose this feeds into the question of the goal. Just my initial thoughts. -Suzie <>
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O3DR6Yt
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Conversation about gifts and interests.
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Hi Mark,
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So encouraging to talk.
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Here’s those draft coaching questions:
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And these are not written in stone.. And even this document is just a starting point for our conversation about what might be a good fit for your gifts and interests.
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In Christ,
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Jonathan Stamberg
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interview ESL students [talking to humans]