# English Language Training Intern

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Richmond, VA
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The English Language Training Intern will assist the Adult Education Specialist in the planning and provision of English language training classes to refugees and immigrants served by IRC Richmond.

**Learning Objectives:** The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Intern will:

- Learn how to manage classes and supporting services within established requirements to provide the best possible service to vulnerable populations.

- Develop critical thinking skills, client service skills, and cross-global education and social work skills.

- Learn about the IRC locally and globally, and the available services to refugees and ORR-eligible clients in Richmond, Virginia.

**Responsibilities:**

- Assist IRC staff with the enrollment, coordination, and implementation of classes, including:

- Contacting students to confirm their availability to attend classes.

- Navigating client barriers to education.

- Differentiating and scaffolding instruction to students individually or in small groups.

- Communicating with local stakeholders and adult education services to connect students to appropriate classes.

- Supporting teachers in preparing student materials for classes.

- Coordinating with volunteers to ensure proper coverage for adult education classes, including childcare volunteers.

- Collecting data to support educational initiatives and encourage student success.

- Adhere to IRC policies, particularly those related to confidentiality and client privacy.

**Qualifications:**

- Undergraduate or graduate level studies in education, social work, international relations, social sciences, or a related field preferred.

- Respect and awareness of global backgrounds and experiences, and a desire to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S.

- Patience, understanding, and flexibility.

- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.

- Effective communication skills, especially in a cross-global environment.

- Engaged in learning about the IRC and willing to adhere to IRC volunteer and workplace policies.

- Proficiency in more than one language preferred but not required.

**Benefits:** The IRC offers a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plan with immediately vested matching, disability and life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program.

## Skills

### Required
- education
- social work
- communication
- organizational skills

### Nice to have
- proficiency in more than one language

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