Volunteer Opportunities

ESL School Leader

Ministry area

ESL Welcome Team

Gifts / interests

Administration, Care, Discipleship, English language, Hosting, Leadership, Planning, Prayer

Time investment

4-10 hours a week; minimum of one semester; a year (August through May) is preferred
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Purpose statement

ESL is the primary means by which Link connects with and serves internationals in our area. The two ESL School Leaders lead the morning & evening ESL schools, supporting volunteers and leading them to serve the students well, for their salvation, our greater joy, and God’s greater glory. As leader of a school, the buck stops here for all areas of ministry. Assistant School Leader has only some of the responsibilities as School Leader.

Summary of goals

Note: there is a separate ESL school leaders at morning & evening schools.

  • Pray continually.
  • Humanly speaking, “the buck stops here for this ESL School.
  • Provide vision / encouragement for volunteers in the School.
  • Our ESL ministry goals are:
    • Prayer… as our first and main work.
    • English… this is why they come to us.
    • Relationship… building bridges for trust and understanding.
    • Spiritual Intentionality… our purpose in all this.
    • Coordination / administration… to love well and tie it all together.
  • Two groups that the School Leader leads in order to try and achieve these goals are:
  • Do strategic planning
  • Coordinate break times.

 

Details

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Prerequisites

Fill out volunteer application form (see "apply" in the main menu), Fill out volunteer interests form (see "apply" in the main menu), Be approved as an in-person volunteer, Complete ESL teacher training (14 hour), Complete Ministry Safe training, Pass background check, Be an active participant of a local church

Training

Understand how to do the essentials of each role in the school in case you need to do it in their absence.

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ESL School Welcome Team

Our ESL Schools are our most important venue for demonstrating the love of Christ to new international friends. It requires many different functions to support the small groups (ESL Classes) that meet. The members of the Operations Team provide that.

The ESL School Support Team is unique in that there are a variety of roles or “hats” that need to be worn if the School is going to be sustainable and students and volunteers are not going to fall through the cracks. Each team member will wear more than one hat and may take them on and off even during the course of one session of School on a given day.

Functions / goals the ESL School needs in order to love well. This does not include overall ESL ministry roles that cover both Schools such as mobilization, pedagogy, training, etc.

We all long to see our halls and classrooms filled with students. But before we run out to try and find new students, we need to steward well the ones God has already entrusted to us.

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