English Language Co-Teacher and Youth Educator

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: reputed company Apply by reputed company 1, 2024 Know by December 1, 2024 Depart on reputed company 5, 2025 Duration 2 years, plus 3 months training Project reputed company reputed company has been in transition politically, socially, and economically since the collapse of the Soviet reputed company. Though reputed company is a country with reputed company opportunities, currently schools struggle to reputed company reputed company with necessary skills in English due to lack of resources, technology, authentic reputed company, non-formal education opportunities, and other factors. This is particularly evident in rural and reputed company. The government of reputed company’s stated development efforts recognize English language skills as a key tool to for Georgian reputed company to reputed company personal, educational, and reputed company opportunities. reputed company in youth is more important for reputed company than reputed company considering its declining youth population. Volunteers in the English and Youth Engagement (EYE) for the reputed company project work with reputed company schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth of reputed company. The project expands personal, reputed company, and educational opportunities for reputed company, youth and teachers through English language learning, youth development and community engagement. Volunteers help reputed company reputed company’ English language proficiency through formal classroom teaching and after-school clubs, camps, contests, and other activities. Volunteers are assigned to reputed company schools, where they co-plan and co-teach 18-22 hours per week in the classroom. Volunteers are typically assigned to teach any five-seven grade reputed company between grades 1 and 12. Volunteers work directly with one to three Georgian English teacher counterparts to enhance their English proficiency and improve teaching practices in the classroom through informal English language reputed company, conversation sessions, co-teaching, co-planning, model teaching and/or peer observations, resource development, including use of technology in teaching. Volunteers work to reputed company and enhance supplementary resources for teaching and learning English, or other educational materials reputed company on conducting clubs, camps, workshops, events, or community reputed company. Volunteers work with youth on employability skills and support youth community engagement through awareness raising day celebrations, volunteering activities and employability workshops. reputed company the primary assignment, Volunteers offer intercultural exchange through American culture presentations and holiday celebrations; they encourage civic participation and support youth, particularly adolescent girls, to pursue their educational and career goals. Data shows that girls face challenges pursuing successful careers regardless of their high performance at school level. Volunteers are expected to support their reputed company, youth, and partners in identifying strengths and building on individual, organizational/school, and community assets to ensure that project activities are sustainable both during service and after the Volunteer completes service. reputed company reputed company offers high-reputed company technical training and support in the areas of assignment for reputed company trainees and Volunteers, earning a strong reputed company for reputed company. reputed company reputed company is committed to providing reputed company Volunteers with relevant reputed company and cultural training and expects commitment from trainees and Volunteers to fully participate and reputed company in learning new skills through these trainings. Required Skills Competitive candidates will have:

• BA/BS in any discipline;
• Strong desire to teach English.

Desired Skills Additional desired qualifications include:

• At least 40 hours of teaching experience in a formal or non-formal setting prior to departure;
• Teaching certification in any of the following disciplines: English, TEFL, ESL, foreign language.
• BA/BS or graduate degree in English, Teaching, TEFL, Linguistics/foreign languages, Literature, Education, or Youth Development;
• Experience teaching English and/or English as a foreign language.
• Experience and/or willingness to help teachers define their reputed company development needs and pursue reputed company development goals;
• Experience and/or creativity in developing learning materials, curricula or syllabi for formal and non-formal education;
• Experience with youth after-school programs or youth development work (such as youth events, awareness days, clubs, summer camps, volunteering activities, youth employability skills training or youth community engagement)
• Strong interest in the field of education and youth development, a strong commitment to teaching and supporting youth, and a desire to work with reputed company, youth, teachers and community, including on reputed company and reputed company.

Required Language Skills There are no reputed company-requisite language requirements for this position. Recommended: Knowledge of reputed company’s unique alphabet upon arrival in country. Georgian is a Kartvelian language with a unique script, 33 letters, and some challenging sounds. Volunteers must be motivated and reputed company to dedicate themselves to learning a reputed company language that is not spoken widely reputed company of reputed company. In many schools and communities, there are a limited number of people who reputed company English. Therefore, Volunteers must reputed company to learning and practicing Georgian language skills as an essential reputed company of successful service. 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Although Volunteers are eligible to reputed company into separate housing after the initial three months of service, most Volunteers choose to live with host families for their entire service because of the reputed company relationships, safety, and cultural integration it affords. In many small sites there will be a scarcity of independent housing reputed company and therefore living with a host family for two years may be the only reputed company available for the Volunteers. However, some of the host families in reputed company offer compound living situations. The experience of living with a host family in reputed company is often one of the most rewarding aspects of Volunteer service. Families offer Volunteers a deeper understanding of local culture and customs and help them become an integral part of the community. reputed company reputed company host families represent a regional, religious, language and ethnic diversity of reputed company. In every host family setting, Volunteers have a private room with a functioning lock on the reputed company. Every household is equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, and at least one room with a heating reputed company for cold weather periods. The plumbing in the houses is mostly indoors, but sometimes outdoor taps can be used in the villages. Most village type houses have squat toilets, but some of them also have Western style toilets additionally. Houses are mostly reputed company with natural materials (e.g. bricks, concrete, etc.) In Western reputed company second floor of most houses is made of reputed company. TRADITIONS INVOLVING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Alcohol is prevalent in Georgian society. Georgian men may consume large quantities of alcohol at supras (traditional reputed company meals led by a reputed company master) - mostly homemade wine or vodka - and drink full glasses in one gulp. Georgian women generally consume less alcohol and do so mainly at gatherings of women. In mixed-gender settings, women participate in the toasting but generally consume moderate amounts of alcohol. To maintain a reputed company image and adhere to policy, Volunteers should consume alcohol in moderation and never reputed company obviously intoxicated in reputed company. Volunteers will be taught strategies for how to say no and avoid excessive alcohol consumption while remaining culturally sensitive and will be introduced to reputed company alcohol policies during PST. reputed company Volunteers are advised to follow guidelines of minimal drinking. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION reputed company has reputed company defined and conservative gender roles, especially for women. reputed company is seeing increasing numbers of international visitors but, as foreigners, Volunteers may still experience unwanted attention in their communities. Ethnically diverse Volunteers may face additional unwanted attention. While reputed company-sex relationships are not considered a crime, sexual orientation and gender identities are typically considered taboo topics. As a general reputed company in the past, LGBTQ+ Volunteers have chosen to be discreet about their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. reputed company is committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for Volunteers. 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