Supervisory Esl Instructor

Air Education and Training Command•Lackland AFB, TX

About The Position

The position serves as a first-level supervisor for nonsupervisory employees assigned to the 637th Training Group, Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC). It plans, directs, organizes, and controls ESL instructor activities while ensuring compliance with applicable Department of Defense, Department of State, Defense Language Organization, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, U.S. Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, and military-service requirements, and meeting customer needs. The supervisor manages academic training for assigned students to support effective instruction and student progress, provides ESL expertise to instructors, and represents DLIELC to government, installation, and functional-area organizations. The role requires a native speaker or equivalent without a speech impediment, a Secret security clearance, and a willingness to travel within and outside the continental United States. Work may involve occasional travel with overnight stays, nonstandard hours, shift work, overtime, and deployment-related medical fitness requirements. A mobility agreement is required, and teaching may be videotaped for training purposes.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Meet the GS-1701 basic education requirement: a bachelor’s degree or higher with major study in education or a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, or equivalent education and experience. Transcripts must be submitted when education is used to qualify.
Meet the position’s stated ESL education and experience qualification: a master’s degree in a listed TESOL/TESL/TEFL, ESL/EFL, or applied linguistics/linguistics discipline; or an undergraduate degree in ESL/EFL, English, or foreign languages; or any undergraduate degree plus 24 semester-equivalent hours in the listed fields; in each case, one year of professional-level experience teaching ESL/EFL to adults as specified in the announcement.
One year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent, including professional knowledge of ESL/EFL/ESP/EAP and second-language acquisition principles; language assessment measures and their development, administration, and policies; and curriculum development and instructional design.
For merit-promotion applicants, meet the GS-12 time-in-grade requirement of one year at the GS-11 level, when applicable.
Be a native speaker or equivalent and have no speech impediment.
Be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Sign and comply with an Air Force-wide mobility agreement.
Be willing and able to travel CONUS and OCONUS, potentially with overnight stays; occasional travel away from the normal duty station is required.
Meet the required physical and medical fitness standards for deployment, evaluated according to MOD 17 or higher.
Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small-to-medium-sized organization.
Ability to analyze ESL instruction and student-management problems and develop viable solutions.
Ability to communicate and interact effectively orally and in writing with personnel at all levels, including in multinational forums.
Knowledge of ESL/EFL/ESP instructional principles, assessments, approaches, methods, and techniques; American culture; instructional design and materials development, including technology; and training administration, policies, and procedures.
Males must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
May occasionally be required to work outside normal duty hours; shift work, overtime, or irregular hours may be required.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct assigned ESL instructors’ activities while ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements and meeting customer needs.
Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
Represent DLIELC with Department of Defense, Department of State, U.S. Air Force, installation, and functional-area organizations.
Plan and manage academic training for assigned students to support effective training and student progress.
Serve as an ESL expert for instructors.