EFL Instructor - Summer CA

EFL Instructor - Summer CA

The MLA instructor is a part-time, seasonal position (early July through early August) with MLA Move Language Ahead. Working under the direct supervision of the Director of Studies, instructors deliver one of five levels of the MLA ESL curriculum to international high school students attending a two-week or three-week cultural immersion program.

Instructors use MLA-published curriculum and student eBooks (TASKtime), with accompanying lesson plans provided. They may also supplement the curriculum with materials related to the topic, program location, or general American culture.

Classes are taught Monday through Saturday in 90-minute sections, totaling 30 paid instruction hours in a traditional two-week program. Each lesson includes one unpaid 15-minute break.

Instructors are not required to participate in excursions outside their assigned duties and must be available to teach both morning and afternoon lessons. Calendars are structured to allow instructors to teach more than one session if desired, provided sessions do not overlap. If you have no preference or open availability, we will work with you to maximize your session assignments. Instructors may teach up to three (3) sessions.

Teaching and learning includes preparing and adapting pre-made lesson plans to suit class composition, delivering well-prepared ESL lessons at a range of levels, inspiring and motivating students to improve learning skills through task-based/project-based learning, differentiating and scaffolding lessons to cater to mixed-ability classes, providing a variety of teaching activities that address diverse student learning needs, integrating extra-curricular activities and the "American Experience" into lessons as required, supporting the completion of tasks in the provided TASKtime book to help students achieve their goals, being prepared to cover classes when necessary, assisting with speaking-level testing if required, ensuring classrooms are secure, tidy, and any borrowed equipment is returned, and attending and actively contributing to weekly CPD (Continuing Professional Development) sessions.

Administrative duties include completing attendance registers promptly and reporting absences to the DoS, marking and recording student progress in accordance with induction guidelines and the teacher's handbook, maintaining up-to-date records of lesson plans, covered work, and other teaching-related documentation, preparing professional, typo-free student reports within agreed deadlines, liaising with the DoS to ensure the accuracy of student data, assisting in the collection and analysis of student feedback, and inputting daily attendance, progress assessments, and end-of-course reports into the online classroom management system MLA Teacher Zone.

Program setup includes attending all required training and orientation meetings before the session starts, reviewing ESL curriculum, lesson plans, and accompanying materials before the program begins, participating in student orientation, delivering lessons to class sizes of 16 students, supplying additional materials to supplement the curriculum where necessary, and participating in and assisting with the session graduation ceremony.

Equipment and facilities include taking responsibility for maintaining teaching resources and ensuring premises are neat, and reporting any classroom or resource damage promptly.

Safeguarding and welfare include ensuring the safety and welfare of students and being vigilant for potential welfare issues, reporting any concerns about students' safety, well-being, or academic performance to the DoS immediately, being aware of and complying with relevant fire, health, and safety regulations in the classroom and around the center, and promoting the welfare of students and adhering to the safeguarding policy.

Training and professional development includes completing all required training courses during the MLA onboarding process, attending in-centre induction sessions and actively participating in discussions and feedback, adhering to the guidelines outlined in the teacher's handbook and policies provided during recruitment, setting personal developmental goals to work on during the program, participating in CPD sessions and seeking feedback through observations and appraisals, and providing guidance to peers when requested and seeking support for professional development when needed.

Compensation includes a starting rate of pay of $26.00/hour, paid on a bi-weekly basis, with built-in outside the classroom preparation that is required for these sessions. Instructors will be paid 30 hours for the completion of 30 instruction hours during each two-week session, and mandatory training will be paid. This position does not provide housing, but returning teachers will receive a bonus of +$2/hour for every previous year taught with MLA.