ESL Lesson writing for Casa San Jose's Adult ESL Program - Volunteer opportunity for former/current

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ORGANIZATION: CASA SAN JOSE

Current/former teachers, Education majors in college or grad school, and/or those with TESOL/TEFL backgrounds,

Join us at Casa San Jose as a volunteer lesson plan writer! If you like, you may also help with volunteer teaching!

Casa San Jose is a non-profit serving the Latino community in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas and it offers adult English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to Spanish-speaking adults, 18+, in Allegheny and Beaver Counties in four evenings a week, 7:00 to 8:30pm. Classes are offered in East Liberty, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon and Ambridge (in Beaver County).

The volunteer team has taken on a curriculum writing project to enhance their learners' experience, however we could use some help in completing the lessons for all four levels in the program. Someone with experience writing lesson plans and a background in language teaching / language learning would be an ideal candidate! (We have folks with this experience, but just not quite enough of them :)

Lesson writing can be done remotely and during our curriculum planning meetings which happen several times a year.

If you'd also like to help with ESL teaching, you can do 1 to 2 nights per week in one of our locations that is closest to you. Casa San Jose offers three sessions a year: a Spring session from January to May, Summer session in June and July, and a Fall session from Sept. to November, with no classes in December.

Stay with us for just one season, or stay as long as you like!

While previous teaching / ESL experience is not required, it's always welcomed! You will be able to observe classes before deciding if you'd like to volunteer with us. You may choose to co-teach a class with another volunteer or teach on your own one to two nights a week.

Knowledge of Spanish is also not required, but of course, it's welcomed! It's certainly helpful to know some basic Spanish (or Portuguese) when teaching the beginner level, but it's absolutely possible to teach it without.

If you express interest in this opportunity, Trisha Powell, ESL Coordinator, will reach out to you to set up a brief one-on-one meeting on Zoom to learn more. Thank you for reading!

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About CASA SAN JOSE

Location:

2116 BROADWAY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15216, US

Mission Statement

Casa San Jose connects, supports, and advocates with and for the Latino Community.

Description

In 2013, The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden opened a resource center for Latinos and named it Casa San José (House of St. Joseph). The Sisters created Casa San Jose as a nonprofit 501c3 with an independent board of directors in 2014. It currently has a staff of 24 people, three Sisters of St. Joseph, and more than a 100 active volunteers. This welcome center was opened to support the ongoing and important work of Sister Janice Vanderneck, who has worked with the Latino community in the Pittsburgh region for 20 years. Her vision has been to create a community center for Latinos and to deliver the services that are needed as Pittsburgh attracts more and more Latinos to the Pittsburgh region. Her countless hours of support and commitment over many years has culminated with the founding of Casa San José as the trustworthy, go-to source of support to help underserved Latino immigrants access the assistance and services they need.

It serves as a base of support for the Latino community where we provide a variety of resources such as weekly clinics, food pantries, Adult English as a Second Language classes, summer camps, community meetings, Know Your Rights sessions, and much more.

For more information, please email info@casasanjose.org

CAUSE AREAS

Education & Literacy
Immigrants & Refugees
Women
Education & Literacy, Immigrants & Refugees, Women

WHEN

Wed Nov 06, 2024 - Mon Mar 31, 2025

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

DATE POSTED

November 6, 2024

SKILLS

  • Tutoring
  • Mentoring
  • Teaching / Instruction
  • English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
  • Adult Education
  • Spanish

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 21
  • Orientation or Training
  • 2-4 hours / week
  • Lesson planning experience (highly preferred) Teaching experience (highly preferred) ESL teaching experience (nice to have, not required)

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