Episode Thirty-six

Episode 36 of the The TEFL Horizons Podcast podcast, hosted by Shannon Felt, titled "Episode Thirty-six" was published on January 12, 2021 and runs 27 minutes.

January 12, 2021 ·27m · The TEFL Horizons Podcast

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Summary

I’m happy to welcome back a returning guest this week on Expand Your Horizons: Jessie Ebersole. Jessie joined me on the podcast in the fall of 2019, but in case you missed our previous conversation, let me briefly introduce her before we dive into our conversation. Jessie is the Director of Academic Programs at Washington English Center, which is a non-profit English language school for adult immigrants in Washington, D.C. WEC offers 14 levels of ESL classes, and they rely on volunteer teachers for all of those. Jessie started out in the TESOL field as a volunteer herself, and she later went on to complete a master’s degree in TESOL at American University. She has a lot of experience in this field, including teaching at American University’s English Language Training Academy, and working as a draft writer for parts of Intercambio’s textbook series Confidence and Connections. I’m thrilled to have Jessie back as a guest, because I have a lot of respect for the work she does and for WEC as an organization. Some of you may know that I lived in DC for about 5 years – so I’m quite familiar with WEC, and I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with Jessie and her staff from time to time – they were even kind of enough to host TEFL Horizons on site for a workshop in 2019. Clearly, a lot has changed since then, so I invited Jessie back to catch up on how the WEC is adapting to online teaching, to get her take on the current state of the ELT industry and to discuss opportunities for volunteer teaching online.

Episode Description

I’m thrilled to have Jessie back as a guest, because I have a lot of respect for the work she does and for WEC as an organization. Some of you may know that I lived in DC for about 5 years – so I’m quite familiar with WEC, and I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with Jessie and her staff from time to time – they were even kind of enough to host TEFL Horizons on site for a workshop in 2019. Clearly, a lot has changed since then, so I invited Jessie back to catch up on how the WEC is adapting to online teaching, to get her take on the current state of the ELT industry and to discuss opportunities for volunteer teaching online.