Adult ESL Day Teacher

​Schedule: Monday-Thursday 8:00-3:40 (With opportunities to teach Fridays, if desired.)

Dates: September 6- May 23 Follows the APS calendar, so there will not be classes on days APS has off.

Commitment: Full Year

Curriculum: Provided but flexible

Delivery: In person with potential live "hyflex" 

What you will be doing: Our adult ESL students are the most delightful and hardworking people we have ever met. Our teachers tell us "this is why I got into teaching!!" How we split up classes will be determined by how many teachers we have and the number of students we have and their level. We accept students at all English Language Levels. Optimally, we will have a class for prelit students and split the higher-level students into three classes, having them in a block schedule where they travel between three teachers covering reading/writing/speaking etc.

 

Adult ESL Night Teachers

Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00-7:30 (Class time is 5:00-7:30, the rest is prep time which can be a bit flexible, when there is not a meeting scheduled.)

Dates: September 6- May 23 Follows the APS calendar, so there will not be classes on days APS has off. Plus meeting times before school starts.

Commitment: Full Year

Curriculum: Provided

Delivery: In person with potential live "hyflex" for students in other communities

What you will be doing: Our adult ESL students are the most delightful and hardworking people we have ever met. Our teachers tell us "this is why I got into teaching!!" How we split up classes will be determined by how many teachers we have and the number of students we have and their level. We accept students at all English Language Levels. Optimally, we will have a class for prelit students and split the higher level students into two classes, having them in a block schedule where half the time they will be with one teacher who will focus on reading/writing and the other half spent with another teacher focused on the main curriculum book and speaking.  

 

GED Teachers

The GED test is composed of four individual tests. Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. We need teachers who are interested in teaching one or more subjects. 

Schedule: Flexible! We can make almost anything work. Day Classes. Night Classes. We would prefer a schedule of at least two class times a week. Generally Social Studies and Science is 6-10 weeks long, depending on how much time the teacher feels they need. Math and Language Arts generally are longer classes, as the tests are longer. Math can be broken down into two classes, a beginning math and intermediate math, if necessary. The Math class may also include Riverland Students who need college prep math. Teachers get a minimum of 20 minutes of prep time for every hour of teaching time. We can also provide additional prep time before class for new teachers to understand what needs to be covered and create lessons. We also have this posted as a Monday-Thursday (with Friday option) for someone looking for a >30 hour teaching opportunity.

Commitment: The length of your class 

Curriculum: We have several options; teachers are free to choose what they would like to use. Info from ged.com: https://ged.com/educators_admins/teaching/

Delivery: In person with potential live "hyflex" for students in other communities

What you will be doing: We are excited to get back to offering in-person instruction for GED students. The number of students in a class have will be determined once we have the schedule created by the teacher and advertise.

 

Career Prep Teachers: IET (Integrated Education and Training) Teachers, Bridges Teachers, Partnership Teachers

A component in Adult Basic Education is providing courses that will help students fast-track into careers. The courses that we offer depend on community needs. The following are teaching opportunities we may have for the coming year.

 

Customer Service & Sales: A collaboration with Riverland and WDI. Students earn their NRF Customer Service & Sales Certification and earn college credit towards the Office Support Specialist Certificate through RCC. Monday evenings 4:10-7:30pm September 7-November 21

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Language Interpreter: Level One and Level Two class. Students will learn what they need to be a successful interpreter for lower level interpreter careers. Curriculum provided. Potential dates: Monday & Wednesday evenings September 28- December 21. 4:10-7:30pm

 

PreCNA/CNA support: A collaboration with Riverland and WDI. Students gain the foundation to be successful in the CNA course and then get additional support while attending the CNA course. Curriculum provided with prep support from the current teacher/navigator. Schedule will be largely determined by the CNA course schedule with some flexibility. 

 

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Contact Kristy Rooney for more info! kristy.rooney@austin.k12.mn.us

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All our classrooms at Austin Adult Learning include a large touch panel with a Poly Camera allowing teachers to open up their classrooms to Zoom students. Most of our classes will be offering this opportunity to students who are not able to attend live, if there is student need/interest. Austin is part of the SE MN consortium which has the vision of offering classes consortium wide to provide more students learning opportunities that may not be available in their community. Offering Hyflex learning is new for us and we provide prep time for new teachers to learn how to use this technology successfully.