Opportunity Details
Prerequisite
Prerequisite Opportunity: Foreign Language Volunteers Needed
Volunteers Needed
Adult Education, Arts & Culture
Other
N/A
Age Minimum (with Adult) - 18,
Minimum Age - 18+,
Skill Category - N/A
Foreign Language Volunteers Needed
Queens Library - New Americans Program
Would you like to share your language expertise with your neighbors in Queens? Help bridge the language communication gap in Queens!
Volunteers who are bilingual and fluent in English and either Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, or French are needed to become trained facilitators for an innovative program to be offered to adults, who are interested in learning another language beginning in September 2017. The 10 week small group program will teach adults a foreign language using Transparent Language, a Queens Libray on-line data base, at selected community library sites in Queens.
Requirements:
- Must be 18 years or older (background check will be required)
- Willing to commit for a minimum of 6 months.
- Must be fluent in English and one of the featured languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, or French.
- Comfortable working with adults
- Previous teaching experience preferred (foreign language teachers/students, interns)
- Must be computer literate and willing to use and assist students with the on-line database as a tool to practice a new language.
- Must attend all required trainings, dates to be determined.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Individuals, 18 and older, are subject to an investigative background check that may be used when considering volunteers.
​Please submit resume to volunteer@queenslibrary.org. Due to limited availability for interviews, only applicants with applicable skills and experience will be contacted.
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Click the "EXPRESS INTEREST" button and create a volunteer profile to get started! A valid email address is required to register.
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