English Language Learner & Digital Skills Instructor

English Language Learner Instructor

Department: Workforce & Adult Education

Reports to: Director of Workforce & Adult Education

Supervises: 0

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Salary: $47,500 + Benefits
Summary: The English Language Learner Instructor will be responsible for empowering individuals by providing both English language and digital skills instruction to diverse groups within our community.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

English Language and Digital Skills Classes:

• Plan and deliver engaging and effective English language and digital skills lessons for participants of varying proficiency levels.
• Foster a supportive, inclusive learning environment that encourages active participation and skill development in both English language and digital literacy.

Curriculum Development:

• Collaborate with the education team & lead instructor to develop and adapt curriculum materials for both English language and digital skills to meet the specific needs and goals of the learners.
• Integrate cultural and real-life context into lesson plans to enhance language acquisition and digital competencies.

Assessment and Feedback:

• Implement formative and summative assessments to gauge participants' progress in both English language and digital skills.
• Provide constructive feedback to learners, addressing areas for improvement and celebrating achievements.

Individualized Instruction:

• Recognize and address the diverse learning styles and needs of participants.
• Offer additional support to learners who may require extra assistance in both English language and digital skills.

Community Engagement:

• Actively participate in community events and outreach programs to promote English language and digital skills education.
• Collaborate with other community organizations to enhance the impact of our educational initiatives.

Outcome tracking and group-based education:

• Collect and verify all required participant data throughout the program, including Combined Financial Assessment and Financial Profile.
• Use Salesforce Lightning, a client management system, to document and reflect the outcomes of participants accurately and promptly.
• Maintain monthly and quarterly updates of outcome achievements to assist in program report preparation.

Other:

• Participate in professional development through appropriate conferences, workshops, webinars, etc.
• Ensure integration of the FOC model into our programming.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Qualifications:

• Associate degree or bachelor's degree in Education, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL), Digital Literacy, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, work experience, and certifications.
• Previous experience in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
• Bilingual, must be fluent in Spanish and English.
• Must be available to work Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite, and other digital tools.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic educational environment.
• Ability to work with community partners and advocate on behalf of underserved populations.
• Ability to apply knowledge of social and cultural factors that impact education, financial, employment, and training of the target population.
• Ability to work in a non-judgmental way with a diverse range of people, maintaining a respectful and inclusive culture.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

This job description intends to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position given this title and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring department. Specific job-related duties assigned by the hiring department shall be consistent with the representative essential functions listed above and shall not be expanded in role or scope.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This position also requires regular talking and hearing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as the ability to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. In addition, the position requires distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception vision abilities. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with other staff. The employee is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This job requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds. Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk.

Equal Employer Opportunity:

GCI is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, veteran status, service member status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. Preventing discrimination is the responsibility of every employee in the way employees treat and interact with one another. Therefore, GCI expects all work relations to be business-like and professional, free of bias, prejudice, harassment and/or discrimination.

GCI's policy of Equal Opportunity extends to all conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training, compensation, discipline, transfers, separation, layoff, recall, leave of absence and promotion. GCI will not tolerate any discrimination in the workplace, and it is expected that any employee who believes they have been subjected to any practice that appears to be inconsistent with this policy will contact Human Resources. Improper interference with the ability of GCI's employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerate.

GCI encourages reporting of incidents or concerns regarding discrimination to the Director of Human Resources, so that prompt and constructive action can be taken. There will be no retaliation or adverse action against an employee for raising an issue or complaint pursuant to this policy. The report will be investigated to determine what, if any, responsive action is necessary and appropriate. Any employee found responsible for an inappropriate or discriminatory act will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation.