Foreign Language Instructor

Overview

Yorktown Systems Group, Inc., and its wholly‑owned subsidiaries, are a committed team of dedicated former military and civilian professionals who believe in providing ethical and quality services to Government customers. Our leadership team is composed primarily of Veterans who are now serving in a corporate environment rather than in uniform. Our customer's missions become our own and we are committed to working as a team to achieve success.

Because of the depth and experience of our corporate leadership, we can assure all our customers that "we will do what we say we can do" and will focus on our customer's missions rather than corporate goals. Our business model is based on a personal commitment from our leaders to maintain contact with our customers to continually and consistently gauge our performance.

Yorktown Systems Group was founded on the idea that providing quality and ethical services with a laser focus on our customer's goals is an effective long‑term business model. Our mission, therefore, is to help our customers meet their requirements and goals.

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a highly qualified Language Instructor to support FORSCOM Language and Culture program that is creative and flexible to meet the unique instruction needs of commanders requiring language and/or culture related capabilities for their personnel. The program's courses/training events do not have rigid Programs of Instruction (POIs) but rather use the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency level descriptions, as well as current theories and teaching methodologies in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Adult & Continuing Education, as a framework for the development of POIs, lesson plans, activities, etc.

• Provide services necessary to perform language/culture instruction ranging from basic survival language/cultural awareness orientations of varying lengths (from a few hours to months of instruction); beginning/conversion level language instruction; refresher, enhancement and sustainment language instruction; intensive or micro‑immersion type courses; and Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) /mission specific instruction for professional military linguists.
• Instruction focuses on aural comprehension, speaking, reading and writing, and cultural contextualization skills in the target language/environment, though the degree of focus on each will vary considerably from class to class.
• Provide POIs, lesson plans, and instruction delivery tailored according to Government specifications (ILR level, modality, etc.), based on the requesting unit/student's needs, using current scientific and pedagogical principles.
• Adapt teaching strategies to account for student differences to the greatest extent possible in lesson plans, activities, and instruction.
• Introduce students to learning strategies (during initial course orientation) that may assist them during the course, specifically those aligned with their preferred learning methods.
• Perform all language instruction with the goal of attaining measurable improvement in linguistic proficiency.
• Employ both individual and small group work in a tutorial/mentor capacity, irrespective of student proficiency levels.
• Provide the POIs and/or associated lesson plans for each class conducted or developed by its contract service providers.

• Maintain a minimum ILR 4 in each modality to be taught in the target language, as well as a minimum ILR L3/R3/S3/W3 in English.
• Maintain expertise in using methods and materials that facilitate proficiency based, as well as the ability to adapt authentic materials or repurpose traditional language materials using the Interagency Language Roundtable Language Skill Level Descriptions to tailor curricula to meet student needs. This includes translation of materials into the target language for instructional purposes and ensuring that materials prepared are at the appropriate level of proficiency.
  
  Instructors shall also possess experience in lesson planning; preparation of classroom quizzes, writing POIs and/or lesson plans geared to various skill levels, and development of…