Associate English Language Instructor (Part-Time) - 2024144

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief seeks an Associate English Language Instructor. This position has the primary responsibility for providing English language instruction for adult refugees and immigrants from literacy to advanced-level language learners. This position helps students gain practical English language proficiency for self-sufficiency, community engagement/communication, further education, and/or employment and career advancement in the United States. Instructors facilitate students moving toward stability and healthy integration in their communities and workplaces. Instruction may occur in a variety of modalities: in-person, hybrid model, or remote during day or evening hours.
This role is at our Aurora, IL office. Part-time -24 hour a week.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Instruction
• Provide student-centered English language instruction for adult refugees and immigrants from literacy to intermediate levels.
• Design scaffolded multi-level lesson plans and corresponding materials focused on English language skills development, driven by World Relief curricula, Illinois ELA Content Standards, English Language Proficiencies, College & Career Readiness Standards, and grantor requirements.
• Develop lessons appropriate to method of delivery: in-person, remote, or hybrid.
• Integrate civics education, digital literacy, relevant math concepts, and career pathways into rigorous
• English Language instruction and practice
• Provide meaningful tasks for volunteers to engage with individuals or small groups to support student learning.
• Create a learning environment that is welcoming, accessible, engaging, and active.

Assessment & Record Keeping
• Conduct student assessments and attendance.
• Complete monthly reports (i.e., attendance, volunteer hours, and lesson plan summary) as scheduled to ensure program compliance.
• Complete monthly story as scheduled to support development efforts.
• Collect signed student work samples at regular intervals.
• Track professional development on appropriate forms and with certificates.

Professional Development
• Complete a minimum of fifteen hours of professional development each fiscal year.
• Share teaching skills, materials, information and ideas in department professional development meetings.
• Attend staff meetings and other trainings as required.
• Participate in Education Department meetings or events.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of Second Language Acquisition Teaching Methods for Adults
• Develop communicative and engaging lesson plans and implement them to assist students in English language acquisition
• Communication Skills (oral and written)
• Initiative
• Interpersonal Skills
• Collaborative
• Team Player
• Learner
• Flexible

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Strong interpersonal