ESOL Instructor

Branch: Education and Training  

Position Title: Remote or hybrid ESOL Instructors: Beginner – High Intermediate levels available, YMCA International Learning Center (ILC) Woburn 

Position Type: 15 hours/week 

ESOL Instructor position: DESE Level 1 (Beginner) 

5:45-8:45pm, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays September 2022-June 2023

15 hours of paid teacher time per week: 9 hours teaching, 6 hours lesson planning and prep

Teaching remotely/hybrid using Zoom and Google Classroom  

Paid bi-monthly staff meetings

Paid professional development 

Come and make a difference in people’s lives!  The YMCA ILC Woburn has been helping immigrants learn English and develop employment skills to improve their lives for over 24 years.   We need a dynamic evening teacher to support new immigrants to this country.  Our Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) funded program is a highly rated adult ESOL program which offers both morning and evening English classes to a diverse group of adult English language learners.   

  Description of Position:

• Teach ESOL to adults of diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
• Survey and incorporate adult learner goals into coursework for a student-centered and goal oriented ESOL class
• Develop lesson plans and deliver engaging and contextualized lessons which integrate academic and employment skills utilizing the Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)
• Provide a safe and inclusive classroom environment that fosters students’ language production. 
• Select and adapt materials, educational apps, and web resources for Google Classroom and Zoom.
• Present clear objectives and agendas to students for each class.
• Incorporate digital literacy skills into class content and coursework.
• Collaborate with Career Advisor to ensure that all students are progressing with their personal, education, and career goals.
• Conduct formative and summative assessments regularly to evaluate students’ progress
• Work collaboratively with peers on curriculum review, common planning and program improvement 
• Communicate classroom/student issues to Program Director in a timely manner

 Description of Administration:

• Keep accurate and timely attendance records
• Provide progress reports to students twice a year.
• Attending bi-weekly staff meetings
• Document weekly lesson plans in Google drive. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Education background preferred
• TESOL, TEFL, TESL certificate preferred
• Eligible to live and work in the US
• Sensitive to socio-economic and ethnic minority issues
• Strong communication skills, inter-personal skills, and classroom management skills
• Able to participate in paid Professional Development
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and Zoom
• Comfortable learning and using web-based file storage i.e., Google Docs, SharePoint, etc.
• Eager to contribute to a collaborative working environment
• Bilingual a plus

Physical demands:

• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear
• The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities of this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.