Have you found job boards or recruiters that clearly highlight observation cycles, funded PD hours, or mentoring for new ESL teachers? I’m prepping my trainees for spring applications with a 60-minute portfolio clinic on Thursday (we use the STAR method to spotlight lesson impact) and want to steer them to platforms or schools that invest in growth — community colleges, nonprofits, or language centers included. Quick pointers or specific postings are welcome; I’d love to send my cohort to supportive workplaces.
Filter the TESOL Career Center (https://careers.tesol.org) and HigherEdJobs by keyword — “mentoring”, “observation cycle”, “PD stipend” — and you’ll surface CCs that link their CBAs with eval cycles spelled out. For your 60‑minute STAR clinic, send trainees to Idealist for nonprofit ESL; I routinely see postings there naming funded PD hours and coaching. Small caveat: many language centers hide this in “faculty learning communities,” so have them email HR to confirm release time before applying.
, too many postings hand-wave PD; I’ve had better luck on Idealist (https://www.idealist.org) where nonprofits list ‘mentoring’ and PD stipends, then I Google the org + ‘staff handbook’ or the CC’s CBA to confirm observation cycles. For your 60-minute clinic, add a quick prompt: ‘Could you share last year’s observation rubric and funded PD hours?’ Small caveat: LinkedIn benefits tags are hit-or-miss, but when they show education assistance it usually correlates with real coaching.
Quick example: on the California Community Colleges Registry (https://www.cccregistry.org), tenure-track ESL postings usually outline the ‘tenure review’ committee and peer evaluations, so I open the full PDF and ctrl+F for ‘tenure review’ or ‘faculty learning community’ to confirm built-in coaching and release time. Adjunct ads are thinner, so I Google the college + ‘faculty handbook’ to verify mentoring details. If your trainees are targeting full-time vs adjunct, I can point to comparable boards outside CA.