English Teacher US-State-Certified Needed

English Teacher, US Certified

The US Native English Teacher will teach students in different locations in the world who learn English as a foreign language, or students in US secondary schools and colleges. This is an online teaching position. The US Native English Teacher will teach from his or her own location using a computer with high speed internet connection and a webcam and microphone attached to the computer.

Required Qualifications: The following are the minimum requirements for the US Native English Teacher. These requirements are:

I. Minimum Qualifications

II. English Language Skills

III. Computer. Internet, and online video-conferencing software skills

IV. Presentation skills in a video conferencing environment

V. Presentation skills for ESL, or English as a Second Language Instruction

VI. Additional Requirements

I. Minimum Qualifications:

Be a United States native English speaker.
Hold a Master's Degree from an accredited US school.
Be United-State-Certified or United State-Nationally-Certified in English, ESL or Reading.
Have 2-3 years of successful teaching experience as full a time teacher in public schools in the United States.
Reside in the United States.
Have a high-end computer with a headphone and microphone attached to it.

II. English Language Skills: You must:

be a United Stated native English speaker.
have an excellent command of spoken and written English.
be well-prepared to answer questions for the English language, provide examples and context.
be able to use colloquial, idiomatic and slang English in the context of the lesson you teach. Be prepared for students’ questions on linguistic equivalents of American and British English.
use our live-chat program, understand this learning environment for teaching English and answering questions.

III. Computer, Internet, and Internet Video-Conferencing Skills:

1) Computer Skills: You should be able to:

use Microsoft Word.
use a desktop PC or notebook.
operate email accounts to compose, send, receive, forward email messages, store files, upload, and download files.
be proficient in computer file management (delete, create files, folders, rename, copy, cut and past files, search drives, read from and write to CDs, modify multimedia tools, sound, audio, video, and etc.).
operate and configure the virus-scan program of your computer.

2) Internet Skills: You should be able to:

use Internet search engines.
use and configure Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox with ease.
know how to create email accounts with Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, and Gmail.
download files, upload files, create and modify directories on the desktop.

3) Internet Video Conferencing Software Skills: You should be able to:

operate and configure Skype.
troubleshoot small problems when in session and report them after session, if necessary
help students with their questions to the enter the session, follow the protocol, and end the session.

IV. Presentation Skills in an Internet Video Conferencing Environment:

Using a webcam, microphone and headphone attached to your computer, you should be able to:

speak with clarity of accent, speech and voice.
have proper attire and well-groomed appearance.
configure your webcam to adjust background, picture quality and size, and distance.
configure your microphone to adjust pitch, clarity and voice quality.
troubleshoot manageable problems with the webcam and microphone during the session.
type fast.

V. Additional Requirements:

We expect that you will:

be flexible with our time schedule. If you let us know your availability for the week days and hours, we will try to give you most convenient hours given that you will have students from different time zones.
be prompt to teach door-to-door 45-minute sessions.
be well-prepared. We will provide you with teaching resources and model lesson plans. You are expected to modify your lessons to the needs of your client. We will provide you with more instructions later.

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