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Substitute teacher for Remote or hybrid ESOL Instructors: Beginner – Advanced levels

YMCA of Greater Boston

Responsibilities

  • 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 content and language objectives to students for each class.
  • Collaborate with Education and Career Advisor to ensure that all students are progressing with their personal, education, and career goals.
  • 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 Position

  • Substitute for our General English Classes to adults of diverse linguistic, cultural, religious, socio-economic and educational backgrounds
  • 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)
  • Incorporate digital literacy skills into class content and coursework.

Description of Administration

Keep accurate and timely attendance records

Attending teacher meetings (for long-term subs)

  • Document weekly lesson plans in Google drive.
  • Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • Bachelor’s Degree required; Education background preferred

TESOL, TEFL, TESL certificate preferred

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and Zoom
  • 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
  • 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

Compensation

$27.58 / hour