Orthodox Christian Mission Center needs teachers in Albania

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — The Orthodox Christian Mission Center is seeking missionaries willing to make 2-year commitments to serve a growing number of educational projects in Albania. Currently the Orthodox Church of Albania, under the direction of His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Albania, operates a number of kindergartens and two primary schools, with plans to expand the existing program through high school.

Needed are trained teachers with elementary and/or high school experience and school administrators.

Teachers will primarily be responsible for teaching special subjects, including math, science, computer skills, and English. Administrators will organize and oversee the daily operations of a school run by the Orthodox Church of Albania, collaborate with Albanian staff members who are familiar with state requirements, and supervise and train Albanian teachers while introducing them to American teaching methods.

Good professional and organizational skills, sound judgment, and problem-solving abilities are most important. ESL is helpful. Actual teaching experience a bonus. Potential administrators must be comfortable working with and supervising teachers who have 15-20 years experience.

Albanian teachers appreciate American teaching experience and educational methods, which bring a fresh approach to formal school for the students. In the fall of 2006, Protagonists Albanian-American School (grades 1-4) in Tirana will graduate its first class of fourth graders. Plans call for the opening of an upper elementary school. As the name implies in Albanian, these children become positive forces “for a society of hope and love,” the school’s motto.

Interested Orthodox Christians should contact Maria Gallos, OCMC Director of Missionaries, at 877-463-6784 toll free or by writing .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Applications may be downloaded from
http://ocmc.org/images/pb/missionaries/MissionaryApplication.pdf.

For more about the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, visit www.ocmc.org.

The Orthodox Christian Mission Center is the official international mission agency of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas [SCOBA].