STAFF TEAM LEADER:
- Plan & lead cultural & evening programs
- Assume leadership for counseling & creating a safe environment for staff & villagers
- Participate as assigned in Village’s language immersion program
- Develop & implement evening program & cultural presentations
- Prepare & supervise completion of villager progress reports
- Assist with supervising credit villagers during interim weekend (residential program only)
Compensation
starting at $380 per one-week period
TWO-WEEK CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Implement educational curriculum of two-week program (including activities)
- Teach &/or organize large-group language instruction periods daily
- Organize small-group language instruction periods & villager placement process
- Lead daily meetings for learning-group staff & provide coaching/peer coaching
- Prepare & supervise completion of villager progress reports
- Collaborate with credit facilitator to ensure integrated program
- Substitute as needed for counselors in small language groups & activities
- Submit final report to dean
- Organize & manage resource materials
Compensation
starting at $410 per one-week period
CREDIT CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Implement educational curriculum of credit program
- Coordinate & administrate credit program: schedule classes & activities, interface with two-week schedule, handle correspondence, administer evaluations
- Supervise placement of credit villagers at appropriate levels
- Ensure each villager has achieved minimum of 180 hours of instruction & program complies with accreditation guidelines
- Ensure all CLV-required documentation is collected & filed with CLV within three days of session’s end
- Prepare final report
- Organize credit schedule during interim weekend (residential program only)
- Assist dean with orientation & training of credit teachers
- Collaborate with two-week facilitator to ensure integrated program
Compensation
starting at $460 per one-week period
ASSISTANT DEAN:
- Assist dean with delegated administrative duties; staff development & supervision; planning, preparation & implementation of program; coordinating staff counselors; public relations (e.g., parent calls, photo shoots, site visits)
- Assume general responsibility for Village at dean’s request
- Be leader & mentor to staff & villagers
- Make program decisions as designated by dean
- Coordinate program & staff performance appraisals, as designated
- Assist with pre-planning & preparation, as designated by dean
- Carry out program & staff performance appraisals
- Assist with supervision & program/staff development
- Assume responsibility for counseling duties as designated
Compensation
starting at $500 per one-week period
General Responsibilities of All Positions:
- Be familiar with & abide by specific policies set forth in CLV “Personnel Policies”
- Read & become familiar with responsibilities for specific area of assignment
- Read Staff Handbook & other materials information carefully & thoroughly before arriving
- Be advised entire staff of each Village is under direction of & is responsible to dean. While some positions are supervised by other staff, dean retains ultimate authority & responsibility for Village
- All positions involve teaching language culture, with the exception of summer support positions (e.g. culinary arts, healthcare, transportation)
- Report to orientation prior to first session as designated
- Assist with setting up Village, preparing for next session, & maintaining Village throughout session
- Speak target language with villagers & staff members as much as possible
- Live in community living arrangements, assigned according to gender. Nearly all positions include living, sleeping and sharing communal bathroom facilities in a unit with villagers (participants); positions that do not include living with villagers do include living with other staff members
- Work outdoors for a significant part of each day
- Model standards for behavior & be sensitive to health & welfare of villagers
- Remain one day after final session for cleanup, inventory & evaluation of program
Minimum Qualifications
STAFF TEAM LEADER:
- Previous Concordia Language Villages experience
- Skills in teaching the target language and managing groups of people
- Ability to communicate effectively in English and the target language with adults and children
- Leadership level skills in one or more cultural/recreational areas
- Work experience with school-aged children
TWO-WEEK CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent
- Experience as a teacher in the target language
- Skills in teaching the target language and helping others teach the target language
- Skills in personnel management and program organization
- Conversational and written proficiency in the language
- Skills in cultural/recreational activity areas
- Work experience with the age group concerned
CREDIT CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent
- Skills in teaching the language
- Strong personnel and program management skills
- Conversational and written proficiency in the target language
- Skills in cultural/recreational activity areas
- Work experience with high school students
- Computer skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with parents and schools
ASSISTANT DEAN:
- Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent
- Previous Concordia Language Villages leadership experience
- Strong personnel and program management skills
- Skills in public relations
- Language teaching experience
- Conversational and written proficiency in both English and the target language
- Work experience with children and adults
- Skills in cultural/recreational activity areas
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
. . . of all positions:
Emotional resiliency and cognitive abilities to carry out job responsibilities, ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional relationships, interpersonal skills to interact effectively with individuals and groups respecting social and cultural diversity and to maintain appropriate boundaries.
. . . of all positions that require living with villagers:
Ability to assist villagers in an emergency (fire, evacuation, illness, injury); possess strength, physical ability, and endurance to maintain constant supervision of villagers; observe villager behavior, assess its appropriateness and apply appropriate behavior-management techniques; possess visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to environmental and other hazards related to the cabin group.
. . . of positions related to supervision (Assistant Dean, Credit Curriculum Facilitator, Two-week Curriculum Facilitator, Staff Team Leader, Waterfront Manager, Head Cook. The following positions may require supervising staff: Business Manager and Nurse.):
Ability to train staff; observe staff and villager behavior; see and respond to hazards; work with different age and skill levels; plan, conduct and evaluate designated activities; observe, assess, and coach the work efforts of staff being supervised; use a telephone.
All applicants affirm their commitment to the missions of Concordia College and Concordia Language Villages; and to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Preferred Qualifications
STAFF TEAM LEADER:
- Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent, highly preferred
- Previous Concordia Language Villages or camp (residential or day camp) experience preferred
TWO-WEEK CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Previous Concordia Language Villages or camping experience
- Teaching licensure preferred
CREDIT CURRICULUM FACILITATOR:
- Previous Concordia Language Villages or camping experience
- Experience teaching the language and experience teaching in the U.S. school system
- Teaching licensure preferred
ASSISTANT DEAN:
- Previous Concordia Language Villages or camping experience
- Valid driver’s license with good driving record
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