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Native-English speaker for a Teaching Position in Honduras

Nabil Pavon
 
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Native-English speaker for a Teaching Position in Honduras

The "El Alba" Bilingual Elementary and Secondary School is a private, international-type institution offering a complete K-12 developmental bilingual program that fulfills academic curriculum requirements of the Honduran Ministry of Education as well as of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States. This program is presented within the model of developmental bilingual instruction, whereby students gain proficiency in both their native Spanish and in English as they progress through the grades.  Upon graduation, "El Alba" students receive a “título de graduación” that permits them to attend a university in Honduras, plus a high school diploma accepted by universities in the United States and other countries. "El Alba" was founded in 1976 being the first bilingual school in the region.

The academic faculty includes teachers educated in the United States, or other English-speaking country, plus teachers educated in Honduras.  English speakers are assigned classes where English is the language of instruction, and native speakers of Spanish give classes that require Spanish as the language of instruction.  It is not necessary that teachers be bilingual nor that those who give their classes in English know Spanish. 

Classes are small, with a maximum limit of 25 students-- which aids classroom control and allows for a degree of individual attention.  Teachers are encouraged to be innovative and to utilize their creative talents in developing lesson units.  Textbooks in English are the same as used in schools in the United States.

The faculty and staff are quite congenial and many lasting friendships occur among North American, British, Canadian and Honduran personnel.  Teachers recruited from out-of-the-country receive use of a free modern furnished apartment in addition to their salary.  Salaries are paid in Honduran Lempiras and, though not comparable to dollar salaries in the United States and Canada, allow foreign teachers, due to a lower cost-of-living, to enjoy a standard of living within the local Honduran economy that is equal to, or higher than, that of teachers doing the same work in the U.S. or Canada.  A generous medical plan for foreign teachers is available as well.  Airfare from the United States to Honduras is provided by the school, as are visa and residency services.  During the summer vacation period, teachers who have completed two years, and have renewed their contracts, are given a round trip airfare to the United States (Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Detroit –or an equivalent fare to another location) to visit friends and family, and a similar airfare each vacation period thereafter.

The student body (approximately 450 students) is drawn primarily from middle-class business and professional families, plus a number of students on scholarship who have displayed talent and potential but whose families may have limited resources. 

Siguatepeque is a small town, located in the central highlands of Honduras at an altitude of 3500 ft.  This fortunate geographical characteristic results in a very desirable climate, with temperatures ranging from a low of perhaps 50º in the "dead of winter" to a high of perhaps 90º in the blistering heat of summer.  Neither air conditioning nor furnaces are necessary.   The town is noted for its pine forests and the school grounds border on a forest preserve.  Low-cost public transportation is available and one can travel on public buses for relatively low fares to beaches, Mayan ruins or other interesting sites within 2 to 5 hours.

                        
        

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