Teacher; C - Massachusetts Treatment Center

Teacher (C) – Massachusetts Treatment Center (260003RF)

• Teach academic classes as assigned by supervisor including ABE, ESL, PreASE and/or ASE. Classes may be departmentalized to include Reading, Language, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
• Utilize research‑based practices, current instructional methods, and current materials to ensure effective instruction.
• Possess the ability to teach in a correctional setting and interact with an adult incarcerated population with possible medical, psychosocial, or educational deficits.
• May be expected to work evening hours as operationally necessary.
• Work with Education Division and administration staff to deliver specialized instruction in a secure setting.
• Responsible for completing student attendance daily and updating incarcerated individual case plan as required by Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) including the awarding of Earned Good Time and completing performance ratings on time each month and time sensitive documentation for program completion as directed in SOP.
• Responsible for completing the required 40 hours of training within the fiscal year as well as maintaining current teaching license.
• Administer standardized testing to incarcerated individuals including TABE, TABE CLAS‑E, Hiset and Hiset qualifying exams as needed.
• Maintain incarcerated individual education files: perform monthly purge, process incoming and outgoing files, and update educational documentation as needed.
• Identify and recruit potential incarcerated individual class participants when necessary.
• Schedule incarcerated individuals for academic testing and meet with them to determine appropriate placement as needed.
• Determine incarcerated individual eligibility for placement in educational programming based on program participation history, current assessment scores, program requirements and interest as needed.
• Maintain and review educational program waitlists as needed.
• Address incarcerated individual Case Plan referrals to academic and vocational programming within 30 days as needed.
• Utilize an informed understanding of current educational assessments to provide educational instruction.
• Maintain a record of professional development and DOC trainings attended.
• Illustrate a comprehensive and current knowledge of DOC policies and procedures.
• Engage in Division priorities to enhance the progression of strategic goals, and collaborate with other professionals, both inside and outside of the Education Division, to contribute to the goals of the Division.
• Interact and communicate with staff and incarcerated individuals in a professional manner while utilizing appropriate boundaries at all times.
• Report any security related matters to supervisor promptly in addition to managing the assigned classroom in a manner consistent with institutional rules and regulations.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Applicants must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree. Knowledge of principles, methods, and practices in adult education. Working knowledge of educational tests and assessments. Ability to work with incarcerated individuals, teaching staff and administration. Experience teaching content (ABE, ESL, PreASE, and/or ASE). Experience teaching adult learners.

Applicants must have no felony convictions, to include any actions defined in 5 U.S.C. 301; U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 15601‑15609. The Massachusetts Department of Correction shall not hire anyone who may have direct contact with incarcerated individuals, who has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other institution as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1997; or has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse, or has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in the above paragraph.

The agency shall consider any incidents of sexual harassment in determining whether to hire anyone who may have contact with incarcerated individuals or residents. The DOC urges bilingual applicants to apply.

An Equal Opportunity /affirmative action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.