Description
The IRC in Utah is dedicated to empowering newly arrived refugees and other low-income individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. The VESL Instructor plays a crucial role in delivering engaging instruction, developing, and refining a curriculum that effectively facilitates the acquisition of English language skills conducive to employability.
Responsibilities:
- Intakes, assesses, and places new students in classes based on their English capabilities
- Teaches the Vocational English as a Second Language class for English Language Learners utilizing existing IRC curricula
- Develops lesson plans and materials as needed
- Promotes core competencies of English language skills needed to obtain and retain employment and achieve self-sufficiency
- Stays current on standard methodologies, pedagogical approaches, and strategies to engage adult ESL learners
- Assesses students to evaluate their progress; tracks and reports student attendance as advised
- Follows established policies and procedures in gathering and recording classroom attendance and other data required by grant funders
- Maintains accurate and timely data records of student enrollment and participation
- Regularly updates tracked data in IRC’s data management platform
- Coordinates with the Workforce Development Manager, Employment Specialists, and other relevant staff through regular communication, participation in team meetings, and other activities as requested
- Participates in Workforce Development team meetings, Case Staffing meetings, All Staff meetings, and staff development activities, as possible
- Follows all policies, procedures, and protocols of the agency
- Other related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- TESOL or TEFOL certification required
- Undergraduate degree in a related field is strongly required; Master’s degree preferred
- Experience teaching ESL required
- 2+ years of experience teaching Adult ESL preferred
- Confidence when teaching in a standard adult classroom environment
- Familiarity with planning and delivering lessons that meet specific measurement goals for learners using supporting curriculum
- Patient with individuals learning a secondary language, coworkers, and community members
- Reliable – Shows up to work and scheduled classes on time, prepared to teach
- Flexible, adaptable, and willing to work in a team environment as well as alone
- Strong written and oral English language skills
- Ability to take initiative and work independently to resolve challenges
- Ability to bring creativity to the classroom to teach adults with varied levels of English
- Driver’s license and insured car required
- Online instruction/learning experience preferred
- Experience with workforce or job training programs preferred
- Experience working in various global environments and with adults strongly preferred
- Knowledge of any of the following languages is a plus: Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Dari/Farsi/Pashto, Spanish, Arabic, Sango, French