Volunteer Teaching Fellowship
GLN's Teaching Fellowship
The GLN Teaching Fellowship is our teacher development program. We engage talented and committed individuals who wish to teach their language and share their culture with the DC community. Selected Fellows commit to a year (three semesters) of teaching with GLN, whereas Teaching Associates commit to a semester at a time. Our teachers receive comprehensive training and ongoing support to effectively apply GLN’s communicative approach in the classroom and build our learners’ communicative competence.
Providing Teacher Support
The GLN Teaching Fellowship helps us ensure high quality and consistency of our language offerings by recruiting, training and retaining highly capable and motivated volunteers. On the one hand, motivated and prepared Fellows deliver excellent classes and maximize student learning. On the other hand, Teaching Fellows receive invaluable professional development opportunities and real experience from teaching a diverse group of learners. This builds their confidence, skills, and credentials and enables them to grow personally and professionally.
Curriculum and Language Resources
GLN Teaching Fellows use our own theme-based curriculum which is designed to build our learners’ communicative competence and enable them to communicate effectively in culturally appropriate ways. In addition to the curriculum, our Fellows receive a variety of lesson planning and handout samples and templates as well as an activities bank. Furthermore, they have access to our vast collection of online language resources such as visual aids, flash cards and other generic or language specific activities and handouts.
Our Unique Teaching Model
Our Story
Our Methodology
Our Methodology
In 2005, Andrew Brown founded The Global Language Network in his life-long mission of making the world a better place. While Andrew is the Founder and President of GLN, he credits much of the organization’s growth and success to the many devoted teachers and other volunteers who have contributed and allowed him to build GLN to what it is today.
Our Methodology
Our Methodology
Our Methodology
In GLN communicative language classes, the teacher’s role includes introducing vocabulary and phrases and providing comprehensible language input for the students. Our teachers find themselves talking less and listening more, becoming active facilitators of their students’ learning. The students do most of the speaking and because of the
In GLN communicative language classes, the teacher’s role includes introducing vocabulary and phrases and providing comprehensible language input for the students. Our teachers find themselves talking less and listening more, becoming active facilitators of their students’ learning. The students do most of the speaking and because of the increased responsibility to participate, students find they gain confidence in using the target language.
Our Location
Our Methodology
Our Location
Located in the heart of Washington, D.C., The Global Language Network is easily accessible by public transportation and is surrounded by a vibrant cultural scene. Our students and teachers from the global community also have the opportunity to participate in online classes.
Apply to Be a Teaching Fellow!
Join Our Team of Teaching Fellows
The GLN Teaching Fellowship application is open to anyone in the greater Washington, DC metro area. We do not require previous teaching experience. We are looking for capable and motivated individuals who are passionate about GLN’s mission, learning approach and teaching. The ideal Fellow is someone eager to learn, a team player with demonstrated leadership and teaching skills or potential, and who is motivated to grow as a person, educator, and leader.
The Teaching Fellowship application and selection process consists of two steps:
- Complete the online application form linked below
- Selected candidates are invited to become Teaching Fellows / Associates and are confirmed upon successful completion of a mandatory GLN Teacher Training Session.
Should you have any questions or would like to find out more, email us: Teach@thegln.org.
Teaching Fellows at a GLN Teacher Training.