Part-Time ABE Program Instructor

Part‑Time ABE Program Instructor – 2025‑2026 (Job )

Position type: teaching/professional positions/adult education

Date posted: 5/3/2025

Date available:

’25‑’26 school year

Location:

school to be determined

Closing date: until filled

Reports to:

principal / adult education supervisor

Hours per week: 10‑month position, 6‑10 hours per week

Possible locations:
Middletown High School, Appoquinimink Library, or Route 9 Library and Innovation Center

Salary range: find in the provided link – Salary Scales

Appoquinimink School District may require you to be trained in Safety‑Care or a similar competency‑based crisis prevention intervention training program as a condition of your continued employment.

Failure to meet or maintain any of the licensing or certification minimum qualifications listed below may result in the withdrawal of the job offer before employment or in termination after hiring. The district reserves the right to assess compliance at any time. Deficiencies may lead to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Misrepresentation or failure to disclose relevant information during the hiring process may lead to immediate rescission of the offer or termination.

• Have the flexibility to work afternoons or evenings from either 3:15 pm to 5:15 pm or 5 pm to 7:45 pm depending on the program
• Instruct in‑school, out‑of‑school youths, and/or adults in academic content areas to meet Delaware high‑school graduation requirements or instruct ESL/ABE students to gain level improvements
• Provide the appropriate educational opportunities and instruction for each student, according to his/her needs and abilities and the specific enrollment program
• If needed, prepare in advance appropriate lesson plans that match district and state curriculum expectations
• Keep accurate records, tests, reports, etc. as required by Delaware statutes and policies, federal regulations, and school board policy to demonstrate student performance
• Establish and maintain good rapport and communication with students, school personnel, administrators, and parents
• Establish an equitable classroom atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning and plan and use classroom time effectively
• Uphold school regulations as identified in the teacher and student handbook and supported by board policy
• Work closely with counselors and staff to support students on a pathway to graduation
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the administration

For new teachers, to be eligible for an interview, all applicants must be eligible for Delaware licensure and have passing Praxis I or CORE scores and Praxis II scores for the position for which you are applying.

• Must be eligible for State of Delaware certification as a secondary English, mathematics, social studies, science, or Spanish teacher, or Adult Education certification in ABE/ESL level(s)
• Special education experience preferred
• Knowledge of Delaware state content standards, assessment & accountability
• Excellent communication, organizational, and computer skills

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities require the employee to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time.

Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

The work of this class is generally performed in a school environment. Work may require the ability to move around the school and classroom.

• All persons employed by the Appoquinimink School District are required to submit a criminal background check and a tuberculosis test
• Anyone offered employment is…