Caribbean Course Instructor

Duties

• Manage, organize, and conduct the course remotely or in person as required by the customer.
• Ensure course delivery adheres to Area Studies instructional design and delivery pillars and is responsive to technical guidance from the Area Studies Chair and Leadership.
• Make substantive lecture presentations remotely/online as part of the course in the areas of their own expertise and be prepared to substitute for any scheduled speaker or other activity in the event unforeseen circumstances prevent that speaker/activity from being presented as scheduled.
• Introduce guest lecturers, lead class discussion, and present study materials.
• Deliver the course using a variety of dynamic facilitation and instruction techniques that will ensure effective learning in an online classroom environment, such as presentations, facilitated class discussions, group exercises, and self-study and reading materials and other teaching methodologies, as appropriate.
• Identify qualified guest speakers from the government, academic, diplomatic and business fields, as appropriate, for approval by the Chair.
• Manage and invite guest speakers to whom an honorarium may be paid.
• Ensure that course materials, including power point presentations, are well maintained with up-to-date information prior to each course delivery.
• Meet with the Area Studies Chair as required - typically twice per delivery - once for planning and once to undertake an after-action review of the most recent courses and discuss course planning and revisions.
• Carefully coordinate with the Area Studies support staff to ensure that the online classroom has been set up and adequately programmed/resourced.
• Ensure that the course evaluations are electronically distributed by the NFATC Program Coordinator and encourage students to complete the evaluations.
• Ensure that student learning is assessed through testing.

Requirements

• PhD preferred; Master's degree required.
• Evidence of experience with instructional design, professional training or academic teaching and delivery of engaging training for experienced, adult learners, including demonstrated evidence of dynamic and interactive instruction approaches and capabilities.
• Experience designing and delivering online courses is an advantage.
• Evidence of substantive expertise and recognition as an expert on the country or region, as evidenced by past teaching or professional training experience, university instruction, published works, media appearances, or similar.
• Ability to work independently, under deadline pressure, with diverse teams, and effectively liaise with multiple State Department and USG personnel for course inputs.
• Must be available to fulfill pre-established course schedule according to NFATC requirements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Advanced familiarity with online/remote learning platforms - specifically Zoom.
• Fluency in English required; fluency in local language is desirable.