ADULT ELL/ESL TEACHERS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
Job Type: Full Time. Location: Great Lakes Region, United States. Demographic Focus: Muslims Adults Diaspora. Salary Type: Support-Based. Staff Supervisor: Local Team Leader, Great Lakes Region.
About the role
Some of the least-reached people in the world now live a short drive from home. In one of the largest Muslim communities in North America, adults from diaspora families are eager to learn practical English—and just as eager for friendship. Team Expansion has two openings for adult ELL/ESL teachers here: one leading a women’s daytime class, one leading a co‑ed evening class. In both, teaching English is the entry point and making disciples who make disciples is the purpose. No teaching background required—a heart for the unreached, a gift for hospitality, and a willingness to learn matter most.
Responsibilities
- Women’s Class (Daytime): Prepare and teach practical, conversational English to adult women in a welcoming, culturally respectful women‑to‑women environment.
- Women’s Class (Daytime): Invest in discipleship outside of class time with women and families who want to learn more about Jesus.
- Co‑Ed Class (Evenings): Prepare and teach practical, conversational English to a co‑ed class of adult learners.
- Co‑Ed Class (Evenings): Invest in discipleship with men in the diaspora community, and serve families through practical mercy ministry, including delivering furniture and other needed household items.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Commit approximately 10–20 hours per week to lesson preparation and English‑language instruction.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Balance time between English‑language instruction and pursuing discipling relationships in a Muslim culture.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Build relationships with students and their families through hospitality, prayer, consistency, and genuine care.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Seek natural opportunities to pray for students, care for their households, and share the hope of Christ.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Work alongside the local ministry team to share the Gospel and foster a disciple‑making movement among diaspora communities.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Remain flexible as class schedules, student needs, and ministry opportunities develop.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Participate in Arabic and/or Spanish language acquisition.
- Shared Ministry Responsibilities: Raise and maintain personal ministry financial support.
Qualifications
- A committed follower of Jesus with a prayerful life and a heart for the unreached.
- A desire to see the Gospel shared and to make disciples who make disciples.
- Ability to teach practical, conversational English to adult learners.
- Willingness to learn and grow in ELL/ESL instruction, adult education, and cross‑cultural ministry—no prior teaching background required.
- Gifted in hospitality and relationship‑building; culturally sensitive, patient, flexible, and teachable.
- Ability to create a welcoming, safe, and culturally respectful learning environment.
- Ability to collaborate productively with a local ministry team and ministry partners.
Preferred Attributes
- Experience in ELL/ESL, adult education, tutoring, or cross‑cultural ministry.
- Familiarity with Arabic or Spanish, or prior experience serving in a Muslim context.
Compensation & Benefits
- These positions are support‑raised through Team Expansion; we will work with you to help you build and maintain a strong support base.
- Serve among an unreached people group without relocating overseas, with ongoing training, coaching, and the partnership of an established local ministry team.