French Instructor

1 month ago


Reston, United States Acclaim Technical Services Full time

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow. We are actively hiring a French Instructor to join our team working in the WMA. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with language instruction, translation, transcription, and/or interpretation services. RESPONSIBILITIES * Work 40 hours a week. * L inguist/Instructor will provide French training from ILR 0 to ILR 4 level, using published curriculum approved by component. Teach French classes to officers, including beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, based on mission need. * Develop lessons plans, homework requirements, progress checks and testing for classes to augments curriculum. * Hold daily office hours for language consultations with customer. * Provided limited one-on-one instructions monthly, when available. * Work under the direction of experienced senior trained instructors. * Instructors are required to complete specific sponsor training on teaching mission-focused foreign language skills and conducting foreign language testing in order to become certified according to Sponsor standards. REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE * Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. * Bachelor's degree or higher in Education or Language preferred * Language Instruction/Facilitation * Language Testing * Interpretation, translation, and transcription * Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise