Volunteer Opportunities

ESL Overall Pedagogist

Ministry area

ESL Welcome Team

Gifts / interests

Administration, Discipleship, English language, Leadership, Teaching, Tutoring

Time investment

0-3 hours / week

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Purpose statement

This technical expert must have formal ESL training. They work with the ESL Program Lead to help us ever work toward a quality level of English instruction. We are not primarily a secular English school, however, we do want to provide excellent value to our students.

Summary of goals

Ensure teachers have adequate training for our ESL teachers (this can be outsourced to PCA MNA if necessary or you could teach it). Our normal procedure for this is a weekend course over 12-14 hours.
Assess / choose curriculum & get approval of ESL Ministry Leader (e.g. if we are going to change). Consider both print & electronic availability, including overseas.
Get student feedback on value they receive from English instruction (could be in person or with an in-frequent survey).
Observe & encourage existing teachers in their English pedagogy (key word is encourage).
Substitute co-teaching to model different ways of teaching.
Optional: suggest resources that Teachers can provide for their students, for
- English learning (interactive and free apps, Grammarly, etc.)
- Local & US cultural learning (e.g. Master’s, spring allergies, summer travel, etc.)
Support & encourage teachers in English instructing. For example…
- Visiting in classroom
- Leveraging carefully crafted and timed student feedback forms. Work with School Leader to craft them.
Try to increase student retention
- Ask ESL professors

Details

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Prerequisites

Fill out volunteer application form (see "apply" in the main menu), Be approved as an in-person volunteer, Complete ESL teacher training (14 hour), Formal certification / degree in ESL/TEFL/TESOL/etc

Training

Others you would serve with

Led by

ESL Overall Ministry Leader

Alongside

Leads

ESL School Teaching Coach

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