Instructor - English jobs in Virginia

Description

BlueForce Inc. is seeking for English Language Instructors in support of the DoD English Language Training Program in Saudi Arabia.

*Position subject to contract award. Job descriptions and minimum requirements are subject to change.*

The English Language Instructor (ELI) delivers instruction to Saudi Military Students (SMSs) in American English Language. The English Language Instructor will be responsible for communicating course requirements, objective and content to ensure training success.

General Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with and instruct Saudi Military Students (SMSs) in American English Language articulations, fluency, and pitch/quality of sound that will communicate course requirements, objectives, theory, and content.
• Provide Saudi Military Students (SMSs) with a total English Language Training (ELT) immersion in the classroom.
• Evaluate, advise, and assist Saudi Military Students (SMSs) by assigning and correcting homework, diagnosing academic problems, planning, providing remedial training classes, and counseling International Military Student (IMSs) on their academic progress.
• Submit progress reports for all Saudi Military Students (SMSs) on a biweekly basis after testing occurs.
• Complete Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) familiarization with the American Language Course (ALC) or Observer Professional Training.
• Complete DLIELC’s Instructor Performance Evaluation Rubric (IPER) for instructor’s evaluations twice a year.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• US national.
• Bachelor’s degree from a US accredited institution that includes or is supplemented by a major study in English as a Second Language (ESL), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Linguistics, Foreign Languages, or Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL). **
• Mastery of American English Language articulations, fluency, and pitch/quality of sound.
• At least one (1) year of specialized experience in English Language Instruction including, but not limited to:

• Providing instruction to a diverse student body using the principles, practices, and techniques of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
• Teaching ESL/EFL to adults from basic to elementary to advanced English.
• Planning, preparing, and coordinating instructional activities for adult students.
• Creating and managing student assessment techniques and objectives to include test and measurement principles.
• Assisting in the development and improvement of curriculum design, training materials, instructional delivery, and student administration.
• Preparing lesson plans by selecting and adapting instructor texts and guides.
• Developing a plan of instruction for class-specific exercises.

**Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements, by providing persuasive evidence that education credentials are equivalent to those gained in a conventional U.S. education program.