Instructional Lab Assistant

Authority

The Instructional Lab Assistant is directly responsible to the Dean of Instruction and works collaboratively with Career Technical Education faculty, division/department leadership, and other College personnel to support safe, effective, and continuous instruction across CTE programs.

Position Purpose

The Instructional Lab Assistant provides instructional and laboratory support across Career Technical Education programs. The position is designed to assist full-time instructors in laboratories and related instructional activities and to provide temporary instructional coverage when a full-time CTE instructor is absent or otherwise unavailable, as assigned and within the employee's qualifications, credentials, and demonstrated areas of competency.

Position pays on the Alabama Community College System salary schedule E3-03.

• Provide temporary classroom and/or laboratory instructional coverage for full-time CTE instructors when assigned, including during short-term absences, provided the assignment is within the employee's qualifications, credentials, and demonstrated competency.
• Assist full-time instructors with hands-on laboratories, demonstrations, practice activities, skills assessments, and other instructional activities across all CTE programs as needed.
• Prepare laboratories, shops, equipment, tools, instructional materials, consumable supplies, and technology for scheduled classes, demonstrations, and training activities.
• Support student learning during laboratory and shop activities by reinforcing instructor directions, approved procedures, course competencies, safety requirements, and proper use of tools and equipment.
• Demonstrate safe and appropriate operation of tools, machinery, trainers, equipment, software, and other instructional resources for which the employee has been trained and authorized.
• Monitor laboratory and shop environments for safety, cleanliness, organization, and readiness; promptly report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, or needed repairs to the appropriate College official.
• Assist instructors with enforcing applicable safety rules, industry standards, codes, personal protective equipment requirements, and College laboratory/shop procedures.
• Assist with student orientation to laboratory procedures, course requirements, evaluation methods, attendance expectations, and other instructional requirements when assigned.
• When serving as a substitute instructor, follow the established syllabus, course schedule, lesson plans, assignments, assessments, grading expectations, and instructional directions provided by the assigned faculty member or Dean of Instruction.
• When serving as a substitute instructor, maintain required attendance, instructional, and student records and submit documentation according to College procedures and announced deadlines.
• Assist faculty with preparing instructional materials, laboratory activities, assignments, projects, skills checkoffs, and examinations as directed.
• Assist with inventorying, receiving, organizing, storing, and maintaining tools, equipment, materials, and supplies used in CTE instructional laboratories and shops.
• Identify needed laboratory materials, consumables, equipment repairs, software updates, and technology support and communicate those needs through established College processes.
• Assist with routine equipment checks and basic preventive maintenance within the scope of the employee's training; refer specialized repairs or service needs to the appropriate personnel or vendor.
• Support the effective use of current instructional technology, computer applications, simulation equipment, and online learning resources in CTE courses and laboratories.
• Assist with special industry training, workforce training, dual enrollment, apprenticeship, work-based learning, co-op, and other CTE instructional initiatives as assigned.
• Assist with CTE recruiting, program demonstrations, student events, open houses, career fairs, competitions, advisory activities, and other College outreach efforts.
• Participate in applicable staff, department/division, safety, inventory, planning, professional development, and other meetings or…