Staff

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.