Community ESL Teacher and Leer Solentiname Assistant
This ESL internship will be an assistant to the Director, and you will be teaching different levels of English (to adults and children), creating class resources and materials, developing new activities to use during the lessons and give conversational classes. Lessons will focus on basic grammar and as a native speaker, you will concentrate on conversational English. In addition, you will participate in other community development projects.
The focus of your teaching project is determined by your skills and the needs of the local children. Our philosophy is that we teach English, and only speak English in the classroom, so extensive knowledge of spanish is NOT necessary. While you don't have to be a certified teacher to be a volunteer-teacher, but ideally, teachers should already have a bachelor's degree and be willing to make a minimum commitment of three months. Learning will be in as varied and fun way as possible with games, songs and activities to really interest and motivate the students
Leer Solentiname is probably our most important long range program -- working with pre school and primary age children to expand their reading ability and general literacy in Spanish to create a firm foundation for life-long learning. Most volunteers will spend some of their time working with Leer Solentiname, as a reading coach, or as a monitor.
This volunteer opportunity is designed as an Internship; the ideal candidate will be able to commit for 4 to 12 months.
