ELT Instructor

BlueForce Inc. is seeking for English Language Training Instructors in support of an English Language Training (ELT) program at Sheppard Air Force Base (SAFB) in Wichita Falls, Texas, US.

*Position is subject to availability*

The English Language Training Instructor will provide international military students with face-to-face immersion instruction in American English, in order to prepare students for future technical training.

General Duties & Responsibilities

• Shall use Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) courseware, methodology and processes.
• Comply with DLIELC test administration and security procedures.
• Provide students with a total immersion (face-to-face instruction in the classroom and associated facilities) in the American English language, using DLIELCs American Language Course (ALC) General ELT course materials.
• Prepare for the face-to-face instruction and other DLIELC processes outlined in the DLIELC Instructions and SOP as needed and instructed.
• Shall be prepared for distance learning forum when needed.
• May augment American Language Course (ALC) General ELT course material with general military, general aviation and general maintenance terminology to enhance the ability of RSAF students to understand follow-on operational and technical systems training/schoolhouse terminology. Any augmentation should be tempered with the RSAF ELT progression and the establishment of basic American English understanding.
• Obtain and administer the American Language Course Placement Test (ALCPT), following all DLIELC use, administration, and security requirements stated in the DLIELC American Language Course Placement Test (ALCPT) Handbook.
• Shall endeavor to instill improved English language skills to students at a pace that meets or exceeds the most updated DLIELC standards.
• Develop and employ disciplinary processes that allow clear guidance to the RSAF students as it relates to the academic environment.
• Enforce standards outlined in current version of 82 Training Wing and RSAF F- 15 Fleet Modernization Program Concept of Operations.
• Develop processes and procedures to define and document the following: Unauthorized Absence, Authorized Absence, Unauthorized Tardy, and Authorized Tardy and report in a timely manner.
• Work with the Sheppard AFB assigned TPM/COR, AFSAT TPM/COR, and the RSAF Country Liaison Officer to address and resolve discipline issues.
• Responsible for keeping performance records which are analyzed and updated based upon each IMS performance.
• Ensure each IMS has a personalized Student Training Plan (STP) which identifies their strengths, and deficiencies for continuity in instruction between instructors and provides the IMS with course study recommendations.
• Shall diagnose, counsel, and document students' academic problems on student counseling and academic records. Keeping direct supervisors in track of students that are not showing the desired progress.
• Identify students who are not meeting or maintaining academic standards and update their Student Training Plan (STP). As necessary, the ELT shall place students on academic probation, assign Supplemental Language Training (SLT), and provide Individualized Training Program (ITP) classes, so that students can achieve academic standards.
• Train and assist with onboarding of new instructors as needed.
• Shall go through a familiarization of how to use DLIELC material as required.
• Instructors shall maintain a passing evaluation report in accordance with the parameters specific in the program.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Proof of legal authorization to work in the US.
2. Mastery of American English Language articulations, fluency, and pitch/quality of sound.
3. A 4-year degree that included or was 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).  

• The 4-year degree can be substituted with: A combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major in ESL, EFL, Linguistics, Foreign Languages, or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above.

       4. Additionally, the candidate must have one of the following:

• At least one (1) year of specialized experience in English language or foreign language instruction. Specialized experience includes:

• Providing instruction to a diverse student body using the principles, practices and techniques of ESL and EFL.
• Teaching ESL/EFL to adults from basic 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 or developing a plan of instruction for class-specific exercises.

• Have completed three (3) full academic years of Master’s degree, Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in one of following disciplines: ESL, EFL, Linguistics, Foreign Languages, or TESOL.

       5. Instructors shall go through a familiarization of how to use DLIELC materia.
       6. Instructors shall maintain a passing evaluation report in accordance with the parameters specific in the program.