ESOL Instructor - Business Services - Contract 12 - 16 Weeks Remote Role

CANDIDATE LOCATION: You must be located in MA/ME/NH/RI

ABOUT JVS:  JVS is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency.  Our mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers; and to partner with employers to hire, develop and retain productive workforces.

JVS provides a broad range of services including adult education, skills training, job readiness training, job placement and support, and access to post-secondary education.  JVS assists employers in their search for well-qualified job applicants and their initiatives to upgrade the skills of their incumbent workforce. 

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:  The Employer Engagement Business Services Division provides clients with the English and job readiness skills necessary for economic advancement.  Business Services partners closely with employers to design and deliver workforce development programs at the employer’s site, with the two-fold goal of helping lower-skilled employees perform their jobs more effectively and advance to higher-paying jobs, while helping their employers develop, retain and advance their front-line workers.  Courses are delivered to working adults at various employer sites, or remotely via Zoom and WhatsApp.

POSITION SUMMARY: The instructor’s charge is to plan and implement English classes that will improve the employees’ language and or other career building skills within their current position and assist them to grow within their organization. Under the direction of the Business Services Managers, the Instructor develops and modifies contextualized curriculum and daily lesson plans for ESOL classes, delivers training to participants, evaluates progress and skill attainment of individual participants on a scheduled basis, tracks outcomes, creates documents for submission to their supervisor, funders or evaluators, and attends strategic team meetings both in the Employer Engagement Business Services division as well as agency wide meetings.

·       Take ownership of the instructor role as leader both in and outside the classroom.

·       Develop and modify curriculum based on the needs of both the students and employers.

·       Submit a course description at the beginning of each cycle which outlines the topics to be covered in the class. 

·       Follow the course description and outline of topics for each class.

·       Deliver all subject matter outlined in the curriculum with the goal of ensuring that students obtain the predetermined outcomes (skills).

·       Incorporate organizational and workplace materials into the curriculum as appropriate. 

·       Develop daily lesson plans that engage and retain the learners in the classroom and upload these plans in advance.

·       Create emergency lesson plans and submit these plans to supervisor at the beginning of each active cycle.

·       Be flexible to individual learning styles and set appropriate limits to ensure all students have an equal opportunity to learn.

·     Assist students in areas of difficulty and provide additional assignments for students who will benefit from extra work.

·     Assign, edit and correct student work in a timely and ongoing basis.

·     Evaluate student progress on a regular basis, providing students with feedback regarding performance in class and any obstacles that may be impeding progress.

·     Manage tasks for classroom volunteers.

·     Generate strategy and solutions in response to unforeseen change, setbacks, and challenges.

·       Meet employer partner goals and outcomes, as well as establish, track and meet program dashboard indicators. (Employee retention and satisfaction, employer partner satisfaction).

· Provide assistance with assessment, enrollment, delivery of services, pre/post testing with the goal of ensuring that clients obtain their predetermined goals.

· Assist with planning and implementation of changes in the program, curriculum, or instruction.

 · Assist with planning and implementation of celebration ceremonies.

·     Collaborate and communicate regularly with their Supervisor to ensure smooth delivery of services.

·     Track outcomes and assist with reports for funders and or evaluators.

·       Establish relationships with key employer staff and work collaboratively in a structured and on-going manner.

·       Support the mission and philosophy of the JVS both internally and outside the agency

·       Work collaboratively with and encourage collaboration between team members to ensure performance goals for departments are met.

·       Attend and actively participate in staff meetings and team-based projects.

·       Work collaboratively across JVS departments to assist in the building and implementation of cross-departmental processes.

·       Perform other duties as requested.

·     Communicate directly with students via WhatsApp application

·     Communicate with supervisor as directed for attendance and enrollment.

·     Communicate with supervisor regarding any concerns that may impact the student’s progress in the classroom or

success of the program.

·     Demonstrate strong communication skills and a highly professional presence.

·     Highly professional presence and communication skills are a must, as the instructor will be representing JVS off site at

employers, and will need to maintain good relationships with our employer partners

·     Perform other duties as requested.

·       Demonstrated ability to teach, motivate, and relate to adult learners

·       Excellent presentation, facilitation, and classroom management skills

·       2 or more years of ESOL teaching experience with adults preferred

·       Knowledge of adult learning theory

·       Interpersonal, communication and organizational skills

·       Strong written and oral communication skills

·       Presentation and facilitation skills

·       Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills

·       Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with a diverse group of clients at all levels of the organization

·       Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

·       BS or BA in Education or related field preferred

·       TESOL/TEFL/CELTA certificate preferred

·       3 plus years directly related experience; or certificate/associates degree and 2 years of related experience.