# Adult English Language and Literacy Student Mentor - Tompkins Square Library

**Company**: Nypl
**Location**: New York, New York
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Education

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## Description

The Adult English Language and Literacy (AELL) program at the New York Public Library is seeking a Student Mentor to work at the Tompkins Square Library. As a Student Mentor, you will be part of the administrative team that welcomes, assesses, and formally registers new students into the program.

Responsibilities:

- Assist with entering statistical data for ESOL/ABE classes

- Track demographic information for new student information sessions

- Provide support with preparing materials and event setup for information sessions

- Assist with student intake, greet new students, direct them through the registration process, and make them feel comfortable within a library setting

- Administer standardized assessments for language and literacy

- Help students fill out forms and collect necessary data

- Provide office assistance, including photocopying, faxing, and answering phones

Requirements:

- High school diploma or equivalent required

- Prior experience working in a formal or informal education setting with the public

- Fluency in English and another language

- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong computer skills

Benefits:

- Opportunities to embody the NYPL Core Values: Be Helpful, Be Resourceful, Be Curious, and Be Welcoming and Inclusive

- Work environment in a public library setting and classroom setting within 1 of 9 Adult Learning Centers

Schedule: 19 hours per week, Wednesdays 11am-7pm, Thursdays 11am-7pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm

## Skills

### Required
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Google applications
- interpersonal skills
- computer skills

### Nice to have
- another language (e.g. Spanish, Mandarin, French, Russian, Arabic)

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