Volunteer Citizenship Exam Preparation Teachers (Remote) 

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Volunteer Citizenship Exam Preparation Teachers (Remote)

YOU MUST BE AN ILLINOIS RESIDENT IN ORDER TO APPLY!

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights is a service-based, human rights organization that provides housing, health care, human services, and human rights protections to the most poor and vulnerable people in our society and uses its 118 years of experience to advocate for social justice.

Heartland Human Care Services' (HHCS) Adult Volunteer Literacy (AVL) Project provides English as a Second Language instruction, emphasizing language fluency and competencies that are relevant to the daily lives of the adult students served. The AVL project is an essential component of HHCS' Refugee and Immigrant Community Services (RICS) department. Classes and tutoring sessions are held online. Volunteers provide classroom and small groupinstruction for adult learners.

RICS is currently seeking Volunteer Citizenship Exam Preparation Teachers.

RICS offers a Citizenship Preparation class to help prepare students to take theNaturalization Interview and Test provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. We are looking for volunteers to support individual students who would like additional help with the exam content.

Volunteers could teach our participants one day a week Monday through Thursday for 2.5 hours. All volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of one day a week throughout the duration of a 6-month quarter.

The volunteer citizenship exam teachers will be supported by lead teachers (staff) and volunteer coordinator via email, Zoom or Google classroom. Lead teachers and volunteer coordinator provide resources for classroom and small group instruction. Volunteer citizenship teachers are expected to inform lead teacher and the volunteer coordinator if they are not able to teach an online class.

Responsibilities:

• Teach 3 to 8 students during a class
• Provide individual assistance and instruction as needed (Staff will provide materials but volunteer teachers are encouraged to use outside materials and/or create lessons that fit their own teaching style)

• Communicate with lead teacher and volunteer coordinator to convey his/her students’ needs
• Keep accurate attendance at the close of each session

Qualifications:

• Available 2.5 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months
• Computer proficiency and/or willingness to learn apps like Zoom, Google Classroom, Kami, or other online learning tools  

• Must have reliable internet connection
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be flexible, creative, and dependable
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Patience and flexibility

• Interest in working with immigrants in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic environment
• Some knowledge of ESL tutoring and Naturalization process is helpful
• Language proficiency in Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian is helpful, but not required