Yorktown Systems Group Is Hiring A Hebrew Language Instructor, DLI-W

Join Our Team as a Language Instructor at The Unconventional! 🌍

Leverage your language expertise and cultural knowledge to support national security missions through dynamic instruction at the Defense Language Institute.

About the Role

The Unconventional seeks a highly skilled Language Instructor to support the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). DLIFLC is dedicated to cultivating understanding of foreign languages and cultures, vital for national security. As a Language Instructor, you will deliver engaging classroom and virtual language instruction at the Defense Language Institute - Washington (DLI-W), preparing service members for critical roles worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver professional language instruction to students in both classroom and virtual settings, with course durations from ten weeks or longer, often spanning six hours or more per day.
• Customize lesson plans to meet individual student needs, utilizing proficiency-oriented, culturally-based, and learner-centered methodologies.
• Employ authentic materials and real-world tasks that simulate practical use of language skills in final job assignments, emphasizing communication competence, military terminology, and colloquial/informal speech.
• Adapt instruction across all proficiency levels—from beginner to advanced—fostering spontaneous language use and advancing proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Teach writing skills to support overall language acquisition, with practical applications and goal-oriented methods like CLT and TBLT.
• Develop reading and listening comprehension through diverse authentic materials and strategic activities, enabling students to meet proficiency objectives.
• Bridge global to job-specific skills such as handwriting, keyboarding, professional writing, and correspondence.
• Engage higher order thinking and promote independent learning, integrating diverse instructional technologies like e-flashcards, apps, VR, social tools, and Gen AI.
• Incorporate intercultural competence by embedding cultural knowledge—behavior, systems, geography, and social context—into all phases of training.
• Follow a diagnostically oriented, learner-centered, and content-based approach using authentic materials, scenario-based tasks, and immersive environments.

Curriculum & Materials

• Sufficient exposure to listening and reading authentic target language texts
• Integration of speaking and writing activities
• Application of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
• Reinforcement of vocabulary, discourse, pragmatics, and sociocultural awareness
• Inclusion of ancillary objectives such as stylistic tone, register, politeness, slang, and colloquialisms
• All courses to include a comprehensive syllabus outlining objectives and materials

Qualifications & Requirements

• Educational background: Bachelor's degree or equivalent with a minimum of two (2) years of relevant, intensive adult language teaching experience focused on ILR skill levels 2 and 3; or four (4) years of successful language teaching experience in lieu of education.
• Language proficiency: Native or near-native speaker of the target language with Level 3 or higher in ILR or Superior or higher in ACTFL; proficient in English with Level 2 or above in ILR or Advanced or higher in ACTFL. Documentation of proficiency scores (not older than 18 months) is required.
• Experience with educational technology and remote instruction is preferred.
• Ability to adapt to diverse learning styles and employ varied teaching strategies.
• Clear background check required.

Additional Details

• Location: National Capitol Region 🇺🇸
• Travel: Not anticipated

Bring your expertise and passion for language education to make a difference in global security and cultural understanding! 🌟