Linc/esl Casual Instructor

**Competition Number**
- P13974**Posting Title**
- LINC/ESL Casual Instructor (Saskatoon) - 2023-2024**Classification**
- Instructor**Location**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon Campus**Other Location(s)**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon Campus**Building**

**Other Building**

**Date Posted**
- 07/01/2023**Closing Date**
- 06/28/2024**JIQ #**

**Start Date**
- 07/01/2023**End Date**
- 06/30/2024**Open Until Filled**
- No**Ongoing**
- No**Category of work**
- Casual**Bargaining Unit**
- Faculty Association**Hours of Work**
- To be Assigned**Salary Range**
- as per instructional grid**Temporary Market Stipend**

**Incumbent**

**Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay**
- Casual - call in as needed, assignments of less than 29 days.**Posting Status**
- Open- Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.**Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)**:

- Job Duties**Job Duties**
- 1. Provide English language training to adult newcomers to Canada according to the mandates of the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
2. Manage the classroom to ensure an optimum learning environment that fully integrates contemporary technology. Keep abreast of industry trends and relevant research. Implement all aspects of Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA) methodology.
3. Provide a nurturing learning environment that supports adult student language development and encourages students to expand their abilities in a way that is creative, innovative and dynamic.
4. Plan and deliver language learning activities that are real-world tasks based on Canadian culture and mannerisms in accordance with LINC classroom themes and the Canadian Language Benchmark Competencies.
5. Provide continuous formative evaluation, assessment, and feedback to students and collaborate with members of the LINC instructional and administrative team to ensure continuity, accuracy and efficient student advancement.
6. Maintain daily and monthly attendance records and portfolio evidence of advancement as well as all other student related information. Submit exit forms, monthly reports and level completion forms by the timelines stipulated.
7. Identify resources and technology appropriate to support the English language training at the relevant level.
8. Accommodate special learning needs faced by equity groups and those from diverse cultures. Be adept at working within a culturally diverse environment that could be sensitive to certain social traditions and political leanings. Be able to provide appropriate referral as warranted.
9. Be able to design module and lesson plans that are level appropriate, creative, innovative and teach language development while also teaching how to integrate into Canadian culture.
10. Be able to create a stimulating learning environment for students by using effective repetition in a variety of ways. Be nurturing, supportive and patient.
11. Engage students in level appropriate learning activities designed to strengthen their knowledge of Canadian employment culture and language skills.
12. Practice co-operative interpersonal and communication skills within an interdependent team environment
13.Actively engage in relevant professional development opportunities so as to keep current and within the Saskatchewan Polytechnic mandate.
14. Follow and model regulations, procedures and policies adopted by Saskatchewan Polytechnic.- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE**Specific Accountabilities**

**Duties**

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)**
- 1. Bachelor’s degree in a field related to English language acquisition.
2. Minimum of 6 months full time experience in the last two years as an English language instructor preferably to adults with Standard 1 recognition from TESL Canada or Canadian equivalent OR
Bachelors of TESOL from a 400+ hour course recognized by TESL Canada with a Standard 2 from TESL Canada or Canadian equivalent.

4. Able to demonstrate competence in using learner portfolio teaching methodology. Required to successfully complete, within 6 months of being hired, the Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA) Training Program provided by LINC and any PBLA training updates during the course of employment.
5. Able to demonstrate competence using the Canadian Language Benchmarks within the LINC classroom themes to construct custom-designed module and lesson plans for the relevant CLB level.
6. Able to demonstrate effective group fac