[NIFL-ESL:10871] Re: finishing Americorps, year of teaching

Dear Lynne,
Thanks for your response...I didn't mean to imply that I'd like to stay in PA, however.  Quite the contrary, in fact.  I'm interested primarily in getting an ESL teaching job that I enjoy, with a staff who are also enjoyable to work with.  I'm willing to go nearly anywhere in the US for that.  Where I need assistance is in locating organizations that might be hiring TESOL certified teachers in the US.  Online, I can find many organizations for teaching abroad, which is also an interesting option to me, but I don't know how to determine the job market for ESL in community-based organizations.  I work in one here in Pittsburgh, but they have just hired a number of people during my Americorps service year, and don't have it in their budget to hire any more at the moment.

If you know of anything or anyone that might help with this, I'd love to hear back from you.

Thanks again.

-Trisha Powell, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council

Pittsburgh, PA

>From: "Lynne Price" <Lynne.Price@ci.benicia.ca.us>
>Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>
>Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10869] Re: finishing Americorps, year of teaching
>Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:33:30 -0400 (EDT)
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>I would think that a number of programs - CBO's, library literacy programs and others - would be happy to have you in their work.
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>I don't know of any Somali Bantu families in Northern CA, yet there are plenty of other cultures that could use your support...but it sounds like you're staying put in PA. Unless you're sticking with traditional school systems, the certificate may not be an issue. Depends on where you're looking to teach.
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>Lynne A. Price
>Adult Literacy & ESL Program Coordinator
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>Benicia Public Library
>150 East 'L' Street
>Benicia, CA 94510
>Office: 707.746.4341
>Fax: 707.747.8122
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> >>> trisha1329@hotmail.com 05/13/05 11:29AM >>>
>I'll be attending the Columbia University Teacher's College TESOL Cert. program on July 1, after a year of adult ESL and Family Lit/ESL tutoring,  in Literacy Americorps Pittsburgh.  I'd like help in finding community-based ESL and/or Literacy programs which might hire someone with a BA in English Lit, TESOL cert. and a year of teaching experience.  I'm also open to teaching children, and would love an opportunity to continue working with Somali Bantu families in any other part of the country.  I'm not sure if there's a centralized location to search for domestic ESL jobs that are community-based, for adults,  and not part of a public school system.
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>Also, is it reasonable to search and apply to positions with my TESOL cert. pending?  Must I wait until I have the certificate in hand?
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