Computer Science Teacher

Introduction

Are you an endorsed educator in Connecticut and looking to transform the lives of our incarcerated population? The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC), Unified School District #1 (USD#1) is seeking enthusiastic Computer Science Teachers (State School Teacher (12 Months) (35 Hour)). We are seeking to fill Computer Science teacher openings at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, CT, but may also use this posting to fill positions at facilities across the state.

All Endorsements must be active Initial, Provisional, or Professional. Incumbents in this class must meet the State Board of Education requirements to receive an initial educator certificate for External Diploma Program/Noncredited Mandated Programs (107). Secondary certified candidates will also need to meet the requirements to receive an initial educator certificate for High School Credit Diploma Program (106). Selected candidate will have six (6) months from their hire date to obtain the applicable endorsement.

Candidates must have a strong background in teaching Computer Science courses. Eligible candidates to teach Computer Science must have an endorsement for secondary education, grades 7 – 12.

• Option to maintain State of Connecticut Teacher Retirement Plan or enroll in the State Employee Retirement System
• A variety of medical and dental plans
• Participation in a hybrid retirement plan which provides a retirement benefit, that may include retiree health insurance
• Sick and personal leave
• Five (5) weeks of scheduled vacation time
• Annual $1,000.00 lump sum payment
• Tuition reimbursement
• The State of CT is an eligible Public Services Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service

SCHEDULE:

First-shift, full time (35 hours per week,) Monday through Friday

ACADEMIC CALENDAR:
Unified School District (USD) #1 follows a 12-month school calendar, 222 school days per year.

TRAINING:
Candidates selected for hire are required to attend a fourteen (14) week training at the CT DOC Training Academy.

LOCATION:

Manson Youth Institution

Salary:
Candidates new to the State of Connecticut will start on ‘Step one’ of the pay plan, in the tier that their highest level of education corresponds to. Starting salary is non-negotiable.

• Step 1 (minimum) $72,275
• $75,900
• $81,208
• Step 13-15 (maximum) $111,912
• $131,422
• $140,620

• Providing limitless opportunities
• Hiring for diversity and fresh perspectives
• Performing meaningful work
• Encouraging a healthy work/life balance

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement. The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities.

It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming. The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

USD #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Students are offered academic knowledge, vocational competencies, and life skills integrated with technology in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness, and a successful social transition. USD#1 offers an array of academic programming, including:

• K-12 High School Program
• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• General Education Development (GED)
• Credit Diploma Program (CDP)
• English Second Language (ESL)/ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
• a wide variety of Career-Technical Education (CTE) programs

Our USD#1 motto is…