Job Description:
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Assignment Includes:
- Teach in a bilingual junior/senior high school or elementary school. Emphasis is for conversational English teachers but math, science, and geography teachers are needed also. All instruction is in the English language.
- Interpret and implement national and school mandated curriculum through personalized lesson plans
- Prepare students for the end-of-school comprehensive final exams in the fifth year.
- Participate in a academic year review to assess performance
- Interpret the mission and ministry of our companions back to the ELCA through newsletters and blogs to ELCA congregations and members.
Site Information
ELCA Global Mission volunteer teachers serve in Central Europe in partnership with the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic and the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland. These national churches, as well as their national governments, have set English language learning as a high priority. In partnership with the national churches, the ELCA volunteer teachers prepare the students for a future in the church and in society as well. Typical class size can range from 8 to 20 students. There are currently 3 small-town sites and 2 urban sites in Slovakia, and 1 small-town site in Poland.