PT Faculty - ESOL Instructor

ESOL Instructor

Provides the foundational, intermediate, and advanced skills in English for speakers of other languages, in order to develop and improve the student's ability to speak and understand both oral and written English; to develop and improve reading, writing, and critical thinking skills; and to appreciate and be successful in an American cultural environment. This course is for all levels of English language learning, from beginners with little exposure to English to high level speakers wanting to brush up on skills.

This class combines listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Teaching and student success:

• Instruct students using approved course outcome guides and accurate syllabi.
• Prepare instructional materials as needed.
• Meet all assigned classes.
• Apply the colleges values for teaching and learning.
• Facilitate learning that applies to students' academic and career goals.
• Meet the curricular needs of students at various learning levels.
• Encourage mutual responsibility for a supportive learning environment.
• Provide effective teaching strategies in an environment that encourages student and instructor interaction.
• Actively engage students in the learning process.
• Encourage creative and critical thinking.
• Evaluate student progress.
• Maintain accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and scholastic progress.
• Assess the achievement of student learning outcomes at the course, program, and institutional level.

Professional responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with colleagues and community partners.
• Interact with students, staff, and administration in a professional manner.
• Assure effective two-way communication at all levels of responsibility.
• Engage in a reasonable amount of student contact outside of instruction to respond to questions and to resolve course-related problems.
• Complete required college trainings.
• Participate in professional development and other institutional work (such as attending department meetings, engaging in committee work, and advancing shared governance).

Compliance:

• Comply with published College Policies and Procedures.
• Maintain a safe learning and working environment by following all laws, policies and procedures established by the College and through state and federal oversight (such as OSHA and Title IX).
• Maintain College safety standards in work areas; ensure that students are trained in good safety practices; and
• Make reasonable efforts to ensure that students follow good safety practices.

Other duties as needed:

• Use of media aids, the library, and other resources, as applicable.

The list of essential functions is intended to be representative of the tasks performed by this position. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position does not have any supervisory responsibility but may lead the work of Student, Volunteer, and/or Temporary Staff assigned to the area.

Leading work includes:

• Train and orient new hires in position tasks.
• Provide instructions on work tasks.
• Offer guidance, encouragement, and answer questions to ensure work tasks are completed efficiently.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant area including Education, Teaching, English, Reading, or related field
• OR
• Hold a TEFL, TESOL, or CELTA certification or equivalent recognized certification and have a minimum of 2 years of teaching ESOL.

Working Environment &

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently required to sit, see and talk or hear.
• Often required to have mobility to move between offices, classrooms, and floors.
• Use hands to finger, handle or operate computers, objects, tools or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Light physical exertion with occasional, bending, stooping, pulling, and moderate lifting.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and have the ability to carry equipment and tools of moderate weight, using arms and hands.
• Specific vision and hearing abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus, and complete and maintain various types of records.
• Ability to hear the conversational voice and effectively communicate responses.
• Work occurs in an office environment with potential for interruptions and background noise.

Assignment will include presence at all primary OCCC locations and may include evening and weekend work. Travel between College sites and other locations will be required. Occasional travel and overnight stays outside of Lincoln County may be required for training and other purposes.

The use of tobacco and smoke-emitting materials and devices including electronic cigarettes, is prohibited on all of the college's campuses, including OCCC's building exteriors and parking lots.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to…