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16 people are interested
Assist with English classes, be part of an international community
ORGANIZATION: 8th & College Connections
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16 people are interested
Share your time and talents with newly-arrived Des Moines residents as a volunteer ESL teacher's assistant! Our volunteer ESL teacher's assistants assist with one two-hour ESL lesson one morning or one evening a week. Class times are Tuesday 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Thursday 6:00-8:00 p.m. We provide textbooks, teacher training, and some supplementary materials. Teachers assistants lead small groups, work on grammar points with individual students, bring in games and activities, and generally help the volunteer ESL teacher run the classroom. In exchange, our volunteer ESL teacher's assistants have the opportunity to interact with a diverse, welcoming community, and to pick up valuable tutoring, community outreach, and teamwork experience.
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About 8th & College Connections
Location:
1548 8th Street, Des Moines, IA 50314, US
Mission Statement
Eighth & College Connections, together with our River Bend neighborhood, seeks to create community in our extremely diverse neighborhood by generating, promoting and supporting programs and projects that bring together people of different ethnic racial, religious and language backgrounds, of varying ages, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations and any other differences which divide us. The ELL program, a project of Eighth & College Connections, is a multicultural, multilingual community that welcomes all people who wish to expand their English skills and form friendships across social barriers in order to enrich their lives and help shape a deeper and more welcoming community.
Description
Our primary project is English classes in four levels for immigrant and refugee adults, with a free childcare program to allow parents with children to attend. We emphasize relationship building between volunteers and students. We also have a community garden project and collaborate on a prison van project to enable neighbors to visit relatives and loved ones in distant state prisons.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1548 8th StretDes Moines, IA 50314
DATE POSTED
February 5, 2018
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Adult Education
- Literacy / Reading
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
GOOD FOR
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REQUIREMENTS
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