Amy Kaiman

Amy Kaiman is the program coordinator of African Services' English as a Second Language program. She teaches ESOL and literacy classes, manages classroom and literacy volunteers, and is responsible for preparing and developing curriculum, applying testing methods, scheduling, documenting, reporting, and interfacing with funding agencies and other community and literacy organizations. She also works with individual students to make referrals for advanced education, GED preparation and testing, employment and other life-skills opportunities. Before joining African Services, Amy taught ESOL at Tenafly Public Schools, Bergen Community College, and Rockland BOCES. She was an Internship Coordinator and Career Counselor at Lehman College, where she also taught Freshman Orientation classes and a Cooperative Learning class. She is the author of several textbooks aimed at helping high school students prepare for statewide standardized tests, and published by Amsco School Publications. Amy has a B.A. in English Literature from the City College of New York, and an M.S. in Education- TESOL from Lehman College.