The qualifications for staffing the program shall
be as follows:
1. Director
The director shall have a minimum of three years
administrative experience, a Master's degree in Linguistics, and experience
writing and developing teaching materials. S/He shall have good interpersonal
skills, experience dealing with many cultures, good organization skills.
Classroom experience a plus.
Duties will include developing linguistics and
culture awareness texts, supervising the intake and development of new
TL materials, identifying 3 new foreign languages per year, asessing the
success of the program, finding resources and interacting with the TC communities,
help organizing language fairs, culture days, field trips and other special
activities.
2. Teacher
NJ Certification in Elementary education, if
required by the district. MA. Foreign Language or ESL. Ability to help
create materials and manage paperwork. Ability to handle scheduling of
volunteers, appreciation of foreign cultures. Some knowledge of foreign
languages, including non-Indo- European language a plus.Must be enthusiastic,
energetic, and creative.
Duties will include being a resource person for
classroom teachers in the instruction of foreign languages, administering
the language lab, updating assignments for students, keeping files on each
student in order, making sure that contact is maintained with schools abroad
via e-mail, and of keeping track of the homework telephone call schedules.
The teacher will also make sure that the student is progressing in the
development of his/her language portfolio. The teacher is also a "learner",
recieving the input in several languages, of lessons learned by the students.
3. Teacher's Aide:
Good disciplinarian, good organizational skills,
familiarity with languages and cultures other than English/ American. Enthusiasm,
and willingness to learn.
The teacher's aide must assist the teacher in
the language lab, make sure the students are progressing from one station
to the next, make sure that all the students have their corresponding folders,
that the classroom is decorated, the ethnic treats are distributed,
and that the classroom is neat and orderly. The aide will also participate
in learning from the students, contacting the homework phone callers, and
generally facilitating the teacher.
4. Secretary:
Must have excellent filing skills, must be able
to understand English spoken with a wide variety of dialects, must
be willing to type documents that are not in English, must be willing to
work summers.