LINC Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
Expected Start Date: March 20, 2023.
Location: Red Deer, AB
Job Type: Fixed-Term Contract, Part-Time
Schedule: Monday to Friday - Evening Shift
LNC classes assist newcomers in learning to speak English as a second language. Our qualified instructors will support students in learning to read, write, listen, and speak in English. Bredin offers online classes (virtual instruction) with the potential for blended in-person courses.
As an ESL Instructor for the LINC program, you will be responsible for providing quality instruction and facilitating student learning. Reporting to the Regional Manager, the Language Instructor role focuses on supporting newcomers to Canada by increasing their intermediate English language proficiency. To enable this role, the ideal candidate must be educated, knowledgeable, and experienced in designing lessons that support English language learning.
Responsibilities:
- Create a learning environment with classroom management strategies that encourages student involvement
- Interact in a friendly and patient manner with students from different cultural backgrounds, students of all levels of language proficiency, and students who may have disabilities
- Communicate learning outcomes at the beginning of each course
- Tutor all language skills areas while teaching grammar in an easy-to-understand way
- Evaluate and grade assignments and provide constructive and timely feedback
- Respond to student writing both holistically and analytically
- Employ culturally competent and inclusive teaching methodologies throughout the program
- Documenting student attendance, participation, and progress
- Present standard English language clearly and serve as a linguistic model for student
- Establish and maintain rapport, credibility, and working relationships with those contacted in the course of work and be a role model for students
Qualifications:
- Experience with the CCLB curriculum and portfolio-based language assessment.
- Post-secondary education -preferred - language instruction.
- A minimum of 2 years experience in ESL teaching and or TESL Canadian-recognized certification with IELTS training is considered an asset
- Experience with ESL curriculum and lessons.
- Excellent classroom management and teaching skills online and in person.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills online and in person
- Experience in delivering program components to culturally diverse learners
- Present standard English language clearly and serve as a linguistic model for students.
- Communicate effectively with students by articulating clearly, selecting vocabulary, and assessing comprehension by varying methods
- Able to work independently and in a multicultural collaborative team setting
- Computer proficiency using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Zoom, Teams, and PowerPoint)
- Ability to organize, multi-task, prioritize work, and meet deadlines with a high degree of personal initiative through online learning.
- Understanding of adult learning principles and the ability to incorporate them in a group setting.
- Must be able to handle confidential information in an ethical and professional manner
You will need to be a relationship builder and teacher who thrives on supporting the needs of newcomers. You aim to become a trusted advisor through consistent support and a genuine desire to understand where our students are, where they came from, and where they are going.
Bredin values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Inclusion to us means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths. This commitment extends to the hiring process and throughout employment.
Benefits:
- Company events
Flexible Language Requirement:
- French not required
Experience:
- teaching: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
To apply please e-mail: Dorota.Dziekan@bredin.ca
About us
Bredin Centre for Career Advancement is a non-profit organization that offers employment assistance, housing assistance, and training and career planning programs to Albertans, including newcomers to Canada. Our Employment Services programs are responsive to the labour market requirements of our community and include licensed certificates in the health care field, occupational training, international credential bridging and literacy programming.
We are dedicated to successful employment training and development by providing innovative, flexible programs; treating people with dignity and respect; and responding to the economic needs of the individual and the community.
COVID-19 Notice: Bredin has implemented a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination. Employees who cannot be fully vaccinated based on a protected legal ground may request an exemption. Please note that this policy applies to all employees, including new hires, and volunteers. If your application is successful, you will be asked to provide proof of vaccination or request an exemption.
Bredin Centre for Career Advancement seeks to fully integrate the principles of Employment Equity and will ensure the full participation and advancement of members of historically disadvantaged groups (i.e., members of visible minorities, persons with disabilities, women and Indigenous peoples). Bredin Centre for Learning will achieve this by ensuring that its hiring process is fair and equitable for all persons.
Bredin Centre for Career Advancement strives to ensure that its employment practices are free from direct and indirect discrimination and is committed to upholding the human rights of those participating in the hiring process. In pursuit of this commitment, Bredin Centre for Learning will not condone or tolerate any acts of discrimination or harassment under any of the grounds protected under human rights legislation. This commitment extends to the hiring process and throughout the course of employment.