Take advantage of langage resources at school by taking a class, or start learning on your own with online tutorials.

Education

Learn a new language!

Watch a TED Talk about the importance of preserving your first language and appreciating what it can express that no other language can by Suzanne Talhouk. Does her passion for language inspire you?

Career

Watch a TED talk about maintaining a first language.

Start at the school you attend and ask the office administration if you can talk to or observe a teacher who is certified to teach English as a Second Language programs.

Observe an ESL teacher.

Adult Educators

Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in remedial education classes, preparatory classes for the General Educational Development test, literacy, or English as a Second Language. Teaching may or may not take place in a traditional educational institution.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Third Interest High-Point

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

First Interest High-Point

Second Interest High-Point

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors

Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Other Teachers and Instructors

Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs, abilities, and interests.

Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress and make suggestions for improvement.

Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.

Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws or administrative policies.

Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.

Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations to teach principles, techniques, or methods in subjects, such as basic English language skills, life skills, and workforce entry skills.

Prepare students for further education by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.

Provide information, guidance, and preparation for the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) examination.

Assign and grade class work and homework.

Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.

Register, orient, and assess new students according to standards and procedures.

Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests and issue grades in accordance with performance.

Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.

Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or special academic interests.

Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.

Review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination.

Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons that promote learning, following approved curricula.

Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

Attend professional meetings, conferences, and workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.

Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

Select, order, and issue books, materials, and supplies for courses or projects.

Collaborate with other teachers and professionals in the development of instructional programs.

Participate in publicity planning, community awareness efforts, and student recruitment.

Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.

Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, contests, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

Advise students on internships, prospective employers, and job placement services.

Select and schedule class times to ensure maximum attendance.

Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

Train and assist tutors and community literacy volunteers.

Confer with leaders of government and community groups to coordinate student training or to find opportunities for students to fulfill curriculum requirements.

Observe and evaluate the performance of other instructors.

Write instructional articles on designated subjects.

Computer data input scanners

Desktop computers

Digital video cameras

Digital video disk DVD players

Interactive whiteboards

Laptop computers

Liquid crystal display LCD projectors

Overhead data projectors

Personal computers

Sound systems

Tablet computers

Television monitors

Video cassette recorders VCR

Videoconferencing equipment

Wireless presenters

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

Computerized testing software

Data entry software

Educational software

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Word

Web browser software

I was coming from the third world to the first world. It's like taking a tree and planting it in another land or soil. It is very hard. I didn't get out of my apartment for about a year. I was trapped there and I didn't want to interact with anyone. I couldn't understand them.

ESL Coordinator

<p>Team "Tabula Rasa" winds up their Roadtrip with a series of final interviews. In Asheville, North Carolina, Kitty Love, tattoo artist, talks about the unusual path that led her to become an Arts activist and community organizer. On their way to Philadelphia, they have a conversation with The Knux, hip-hop artists, performing at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey. Their final interview is with Daniela Romero, ESL Coordinator at the Nationalities Service Center.</p>

Daniela Romero

ESL Coordinator

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Daniela Romero

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Education

Non-Profit Organizations

Teaching / Mentoring

Hurdles

Challenges I Overcame

First-Generation Immigrant

Interviewed By

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