Contextualized ELA Instructor (Beginning Literacy) & Multidisciplinary Coordinator

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. At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.   If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.     ORGANIZATION SUMMARY World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability. POSITION SUMMARY: This position has the primary responsibility for providing Contextualized English language instruction to adult refugees and immigrants with limited formal education, entering the workforce for the first time.  This position helps students gain contextualized English language proficiency for first time employment, navigating cultural awareness, multiple literacy development contextualized for the workplace, and industry specific expertise.  Instructor will also serve a coordination role to facilitate improved content comprehension and workplace readiness through translanguaging efforts and wrap-around support services. The coordination portion of the role will be responsible for preparing necessary interpretation in conjunction with the Student Support Manager, as well as ensuring clear student communication of need between drivers and early childhood education staff. Instruction will occur in-person.  Instruction includes multiple-literacies, English language skills development, and contextualized vocabulary.  This position collaborates with the Senior Adult Literacy Specialist, Student Success Coaches, the Student Support Services Manager, the Instructional Manager, and the Enrollment Coordinator, along with other departments, such as Family Case Management and Workforce Development, to holistically meet student need. ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Instruction
• Provide student-centered, contextualized English language instruction for adult refugees and immigrants with an emphasis on Emergent Literacy Learner needs.
• Design scaffolded multi-level (NRS 0-2) lesson plans and corresponding materials focused on contextualized English language skills, driven by World Relief curricula, first time literacy development practices, and grantor requirements.
• Develop multi-faceted lesson plans.
• Integrate civics education, digital literacy, numeracy, visual literacy, oracy, first-time employed workplace learning, and industry specific learning.
• Work closely with Senior Adult Literacy Specialist and Job & Career Readiness Manager to ensure students are learning and gaining workplace readiness. Pivot and adjust as needs arise. 
• Create a learning environment that is welcoming, accessible, engaging, and trauma-informed. 

• Assessment & Record Keeping
• Conduct student assessments and attendance.
• Complete monthly reports (i.e., attendance, lesson plan summaries, etc.) as scheduled to ensure program compliance.
• Complete quarterly stories as scheduled to support development efforts.
• Track professional development on appropriate forms and with certificates.
• Coordinate tracking of volunteer hours with Education Volunteer Coordinator. 

• 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 Adult Education Department meetings or events.

JOB 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 and cross-cultural skills
• Familiarity with U.S. workplace culture and skills development
• Familiarity with emergent literacy learner needs
• Ability to teach beginning literacy English language learners
• M.A. in TESOL or MA/BA in related field (Linguistics, English, Education) with an approved TESOL Certificate
• Digital literacy skills
• Adult ESOL teaching experience 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Second Language Acquisition Teaching Methods for Adults
• Knowledge of and experience with contextualized ELA instruction
• Experience with communicative and trauma-informed lesson plans 
• Communication Skills (oral and written)
• Initiative and coordination skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Collaborative 
• Learner
• Flexible