HIRING PROCESS: All submitted application materials are forwarded to the appropriate department for review. Hiring recommendations are made at the departmental level. Department representatives will contact candidates directly if an interview is scheduled or if further information is required. The information provided in each job listing below is the extent of what is available to interested candidates. No additional information is available. Brenau only accepts applications/resumes for advertised positions.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENINGS: Brenau University will conduct criminal background checks on all persons being considered for initial employment. In some circumstances, an FBI fingerprint report may be necessary to satisfy the requirement. Once employed, employees must hold and continue to maintain a favorable criminal history background. Random background checks are performed. Credit checks may be performed on candidates/employees who are selected for a position that regularly engages in handling credit cards or other company monies. A Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) may be performed during the hiring process, or as part of a random check. MVR checks are required to meet insurance requirements for those employees operating a university vehicle or participating in any driving activity on behalf of Brenau University, (including operating a golf cart, rented vehicle or one’s personal vehicle). Employees who travel must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid Georgia driver’s license, and good driving record. All employees who operate university vehicles, who are employed in a sensitive position, or who travel regularly as part of their job responsibilities may be subject to post-hire drug screening and random drug-screening. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug screening.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: Brenau practices and believes in equal opportunity for all students, employees and job applicants. We do not discriminate on the bases of age, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, military service, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance. These protections extend to all conditions and privileges of employment, including, without limitation, to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, transfers, promotions, discipline, and termination.

DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE: Brenau University is a drug-free workplace as certified by the Georgia Workers Compensation Board.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, or Second Language Acquisition
• Minimum 3 years teaching experience in an Intensive English Program in direct support of English Language Learners
• Ability to teach adult students of all ages and from different backgrounds
• Proven ability to teach Intensive English skills including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and grammar classes to both community and university-bound students.
• Extensive knowledge of pedagogical methods in TESOL
• Ability to communicate in English at the C2 level according to CEFR guidelines
• Display patience and cultural awareness.

Responsibilities:

• Receive initial and ongoing training from and as directed by English Language Institute Director and other officers/administrators of the university
• Teach face-to-face and/or online up to 24 hours per week in one or more ELI programs with an additional working time on campus per week for completing other position duties
• Develop and implement curriculum in collaboration with and under the supervision of the ELI Director and Lead Instructor, including but not limited to:
  • Write course outlines, projects, tasks, and lesson plans 
  • Write procedural descriptions for projects and tasks
  • Write test items and assessment instruments
  • Create instructional materials for projects, task-based teaching and text-driven lessons
  • Develop rubrics for skills assessments
• Administer and report formative and summative assessment
• Assign, review, and assess homework on daily and weekly basis
• Maintain detailed and accurate records of student performance, attendance, and remediation
• Maintain detailed records of student learning outcome measurements 
• Display excellent classroom management skills
• Carry out one-on-one conferences with students at session midpoints and on as-needed basis
• Engage in collaborative and independent professional development sessions and tasks related to areas such as curriculum development, research, and accreditation standards compliance 
• Help create/support training for new faculty members or other teaching or teaching-assisting employees
• Organize and lead educational field trips for students

Required leadership Characteristics:

• Uphold and pursue achievement of the institutional mission and of accreditation standards compliance
• Collaborate enthusiastically with colleagues and stakeholders in all areas of the university
• Actively seek, give, and openly accept feedback
• Take initiative and offer creative solutions to instructional and operational challenges
• Positively tolerate a degree of uncertainty 

Supervisory Responsibilities:
No supervisory responsibilities required. 

Work Hours:
Full-time. 37.5 hours per week.  Generally, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Hours may be extended to meet the needs of the department. 

Environmental and Working Conditions/ Physical Demands and Aptitudes:
Mostly Sedentary work. Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment related to teaching. Prolonged periods sitting and standing. worker is required to have close visual acuity to grade papers, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Must have the ability to travel short distances, and/or drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials. Exerting up to 15 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Some repetitive motion.

Title IX Implications:

Responsible employee
Any employee who is not a confidential employee. Brenau University requires that all Responsible Employees MUST report any possible sexual harassment or discrimination based on sex to the Title IX Coordinator when the employee has information about conduct that reasonably may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX or this part. Employees are encouraged to report these concerns in writing via email. When an employee or a student (or a person who has a legal right to act on behalf of a student) informs any employee (including both Responsible and Confidential employees) of the employee’s or student’s pregnancy or related conditions, that employee must promptly provide that person with the Title IX Coordinator’s contact information and inform that person that the Title IX Coordinator can coordinate specific actions to prevent sex discrimination and ensure the employee’s or student’s equal access to the Recipient’s education program or activity.

Payroll Status:   
Exempt, salaried 

Travel Requirements:   
 N/A

Home Campus Designation:

This position is an on-ground position in Gainesville, GA

Special Requirements:

May be subject to pre-employment criminal history background check, random credit checks, MVR, drug screen, and criminal history checks. 

Licensure Requirements:
If the position you are applying for necessitates that you hold a professional degree, license, or certification, then proof of such professional degree, license, or certification must be provided in addition to this application for Brenau University to consider your application for employment. Failure to provide proof of professional degree, license, or certification when applicable may result in rejection of an application.   

All positions will be filled pending budgetary review.