Support Adult Immigrants With English Conversation: Become a Group Co-Facilitator! Training Provided

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Thank you for your interest! Would you like to help adult immigrants and refugees develop confidence in their speaking and listening skills? Are you a good listener with great cross-cultural and interpersonal skills?

This is an opportunity to co-facilitate an English Conversation Group for adult ESL/English language learners (ELLs) with the Sacramento Public Library (California). This is currently a virtual-only opportunity, but there may be future opportunities for in-person groups at different library branches.

These groups are open to the public but include many of our Adult Literacy ESL learners from our tutoring program.

The conversation group sessions have a basic structure with a specific theme or topic (food, holidays, etc.) but are otherwise informal.

Volunteer facilitators are trained and guided by an Adult Literacy staff person with TESOL* expertise, so previous experience is not required. As a co-facilitator, you can contribute discussion ideas/content, facilitate discussion among adult ESL participants, and assist in particular with breakout room discussions.

The preferred number of co-facilitators per session is 3, to help manage virtual breakout rooms.

We currently offer 3 conversation groups. You may commit to facilitating one or more sessions.

• Thursdays, 1:00 - Beginner/Intermediate
• Thursdays, 5:00 - Intermediate/Advanced
• Fridays, 1:00 - "Make-up" session, tailored to average level using Thursday's topic(s)

Due to the time it takes to train volunteers and for volunteers to become comfortable, we ask volunteers commit to 6 months or longer, but there is some flexibility. Longer-term volunteers also help build a sense of community and trust with participants for better persistence and outcomes.

Potential facilitators are welcome to observe a session and volunteer planning session before committing to the opportunity! Please contact us for more information.

*TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages