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Volunteer Voices: A Model for the Professional Development of Volunteer Teachers he term volunteer, once widely asso- Nowhere is this more apparent than in By Yiqiang Wu and ciated with religious do-gooders, no English as a second language (ESL) pro- Katharine Carter Tlonger characterizes the institution. grams. The Adult Education Program at the Yiqiang Wu is a TESL graduate program Today volunteerism covers a muc h broader YWCA Princeton in Ne w Jersey is one such coordinator at the College of New Jersey. spectrum of activities than when the progra m that uses volunteers to help achieve He teaches graduate TESL courses in many Volunteers of Americ a (1896), for example, and sustain a hig h level of success in educat- serves as an adviser for countries. He also acted as auxiliary to churches (it was started ing adult learners as well as integrating these the ESL program at YWCA Princeton. as an offshoot of the Salvation Army). non-native speakers into the larger community Increasingly volunteers are young and have Th e YWCA has long been committed to main- Katharine Carter is a part-time full-time jobs in other fields (Schlusberg & taining and enhancing the excellence of its ESL
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Published: Sep 1, 2000
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