ESL Non-Credit PT Program Assistant

ESL Non-Credit PT Program Assistant

Details:
Posted:
November 12, 2025
Level: Educational Assistant

Hours:

Part‑time up to 17 hours per week
Closing Date:
Open until filled, with priority consideration given to applicants who submit materials by Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Location:
CT State Norwalk, 188 Richards Ave., Norwalk, CT.
This position is not remote.

CT State Community College Mission: Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data‑informed decisions, promotes equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College Vision: Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut's citizens and communities.

CT State Community Equity Statement: Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti‑racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated

Start Date:

December 2025

Position Summary: The ESL Non‑credit education assistant will advise and register ESL Non‑credit students; prepare, read, and evaluate writing tests, help with course materials and other program logistics, provide support services by phone, email, and in‑person.

• Advise new and returning students, including international students and Au Pairs – ascertain students' ESL level and needs, explain which courses they are eligible to take, help students select classes, assist them with registration, answer questions about the ESL program, etc.
• Read placement tests and final exams and determine ESL Level.
• Prepare for and assist with final exams, including preparation of essay test questions, teachers' test reading meeting, and coordination of grades.
• Help with other program logistics as assigned including evaluate textbooks, help develop curriculum, help develop and check outcomes and assessments on course descriptions, perform observations of instructors, provide Bridge to Credit Tutoring, answer phone and email inquiries from instructors and students, etc.
• Guide and support teachers with methodology and technology.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description.

Masters' degree in TESOL or a related subject; or a combination of education, training and experience which would lead to the competencies required for successful performance of the position's essential duties.

• Office Administration including phone and in‑person contact with students.
• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Teams).
• Teaching of English as a Second Language speaking/listening and reading/writing to Beginner and Intermediate students.
• Ability to communicate well with a diverse student population.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills along with strong information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.).

• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Banner student information system.
• Experience with a Learning Management System such as Blackboard.
• Experience with Community College learning environment and adult learners.

$39.44 hourly.

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