Hindi Distance Learning Associate Language Instructor

Associate Language Instructor will assist the 1st Special Forces Command which has an ongoing requirement for web-based, Distance Learning (DL) foreign Language, Regional Expertise, and Cultural (LREC) instruction and LREC program support services.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Review, correct, and grade daily homework, discuss and provide feedback to the student.
• Provide web-based instruction in listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as regional and culture subjects, using modern communicative methodology. Instructors shall develop learning materials, as required. Instructors shall employ computer skills to organize data and teaching materials.
• Possess the ability to teach on the spot upon contact with the student based on student interest and levels varying from ILR 0+ - 3, take attendance, make daily annotations of student's learning and behavior progress or lack of, develop weekly progress reports.
• Review, distribute, and grade assessments/quizzes if requested by the student when assigned.
• Collaborate with Site Lead, POI analyst, or Language Instructional Developer to address student and curriculum gaps.
• Provide tailored and modular web-based language instruction to improve foreign language speaking and listening skills increasing ACTFL or Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) scores by 1/2 a point or more.
• Primarily execute ad hoc tutoring sessions based on student requirements. Teach language curriculum based on designated POI in some cases.
• Maintain a positive and professional web-based learning environment, telephonic environment, chat message environment address student behavior/attendance concerns with site lead, and utilize designated materials mentioned in POI and other products approved by GOVT to support instruction.

Required Qualifications:

• Experienced and knowledgeable in language and cultural education.
• Practice customs and culture common to the target language and its region of predominate use.
• Native or near native language capability.
• Thorough understanding of customs and cultural components pertaining to the target language common to its region of predominate use.
• Instructor is required to have a phone that can send and receive SMS text notifications.
• Measurable past performance of improving students speaking and listening capabilities.
• Instructor must have access to a computer, a webcam, a headset with a microphone, a phone or smart tablet, and a wired high-speed internet connection.

English Language Qualifications:

• Completed formal study of the English Language and achieved the score indicated on any of the below:
• A score of no less than 82 on the English Comprehension Level (ECL) test.
• At least ILR level 2 as measured by DoD test.
• A score of 553 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) PBT, or TOEFL iBT score as follows: 83 minimum overall and at least 20 each in Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing.
• At least a proficiency level 2 or Advanced-Low (ACTFL) on an OPI.

Target Language Qualifications:

• Defense Language Proficiency Test.
• An interview certified by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
• Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) or 2-skill OPI from the DLIFLC.
• Proficiency will be demonstrated by one of the following:
• Language Instructor will possess general professional proficiency (a language rating of ILR level 2+ or ACTFL Advanced-High) or higher in the specified foreign language.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using online platforms, such as CL-150 or Blackboard