English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
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JVS of MetroWest
East Orange, NJ, US
Summary
The instructor will conduct ESL classes for 12 hours per week, focusing on life and work skills to meet student needs. They are responsible for monitoring attendance, tracking student progress, and utilizing educational technology to enhance learning.
Job Description
What we are looking for Candidates should have knowledge of ESL teaching methodologies and College and Career Readiness standards. Candidates should understand that the most important part of the program is to be student-centric and relevant.
Essential Functions
• Conducts classes for 12 hours per week, per class
• Utilizes a variety of approaches to maximize the learning of a range of students
• Incorporates learning on such issues as workplace skills, health literacy, and financial literacy, into the program
• Motivate students
• Recognizes student achievement
• Assures that teaching is relevant to student needs
• Participates in established CARF Standards
Planning and Performance Measurement
• Monitors and reports attendance
• Assures that essential topics related to life and work skills constitute the major portion of class time
• Prepares students for post-tests which delineate progress
• Maintains contact with department staff to address attendance concerns
• Utilizes SmartBoard, computers and/or iPads with students on a regular basis
• Excellent organizational, communication, and computer skills
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
Minimum BA degree
TESOL Certification (preferred)
Minimum two years of experience teaching adults
Experience teaching Beginning English language learners (preferred)
Salary
$35.00 /hr
JVS of Metrowest is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to excellence. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age veteran status, or sexual orientation or other protected classes under the State and Federal law.
Using the slogan “Helping People Help Themselves,” JVS repairs the world, one person at a time; allowing our program participants to achieve the highest degree of independence and dignity. Our staff of more than 50 skilled professionals work with a diverse range of individuals in need of employment, education, corporate training, rehabilitation and other specialized services—from the unskilled single mother receiving public assistance to the entry, mid and executive level job seekers; from the sixteen-year-old high school dropout in trouble with the law to the recent college graduate; from the non-English speaking refugee to American-born adults seeking to earn their GED; from the high school freshman with autism to the corporations that are seeking training for their employees. JVS fulfills its mission each and every day by living our adopted credo: “The highest degree of charity is to take hold of persons who have been crushed . . . to find work for them and thus put them on their feet so they will not be dependent upon others.” (Moses Maimonides, 1135-1204)
Founded
1939
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
East Orange, New Jersey
Using the slogan “Helping People Help Themselves,” JVS repairs the world, one person at a time; allowing our program participants to achieve the highest degree of independence and dignity. Our staff of more than 50 skilled professionals work with a diverse range of individuals in need of employment, education, corporate training, rehabilitation and other specialized services—from the unskilled single mother receiving public assistance to the entry, mid and executive level job seekers; from the sixteen-year-old high school dropout in trouble with the law to the recent college graduate; from the non-English speaking refugee to American-born adults seeking to earn their GED; from the high school freshman with autism to the corporations that are seeking training for their employees. JVS fulfills its mission each and every day by living our adopted credo: “The highest degree of charity is to take hold of persons who have been crushed . . . to find work for them and thus put them on their feet so they will not be dependent upon others.” (Moses Maimonides, 1135-1204)
Founded
1939
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
East Orange, New Jersey