Diesel Heavy Truck Instructor-AAI

Job Summary

Instructors are responsible for the delivery of educational materials using sound educational practices focused on the successful academic development of each student. Instructors utilize the educational experience as a vehicle for the development of knowledge and skills of the student’s chosen field in order to help students achieve their educational and career goals. They promote an engaging, dynamic, student‑centered environment and provide support, tutoring, and assistance as needed, modeling professional behavior centered on ethical conduct and the Ancora Education Mission and Core Values.

• Utilize classroom and lab instruction, student assessment mechanisms, and classroom management techniques to provide an engaged educational experience to students.
• Ensure that the student has been presented with the material to successfully meet the learning objectives of each course within a student’s program of study.
• Ensure that instructional materials and equipment are ready for student use, sufficient in quantity, properly maintained, and in working order.
• Participate in ongoing faculty assessment and professional development activities to maintain a current, high‑quality classroom experience; maintain required certification and licensure.
• Actively participate in meetings, review and analyze assessment data, compile reports, and meet academic and administrative deadlines.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and regulatory guidelines, along with internal policies of the company.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Where required, must have an active certification or licensure.
• At least 5 years industry experience within the last 10 years.
• Non‑degree and occupational associate degrees: a minimum of three years’ practical work experience in the field of instruction.
• Associate or Bachelor's degree: minimum four years’ practical work experience in the field of instruction and a related degree at the same level as the course being taught. Online faculty must have a master's degree in the content area or a master's degree with at least 18 semester/24 quarter graduate credit hours in the content area.
• Exceptional cases: eight years’ practical work experience that may be substituted and justified by the campus.
• General education courses: master's degree with appropriate academic coursework and preparation in the subject area(s) taught – 18 semester hours of coursework at any credential level in the subject.
• Some states require 18 semester hours at the master's level.
• Prior to beginning to teach, instructors must have documented prior teaching experience or complete the new instructor training.
• Ability to qualify as an instructor per institutional and accreditation standards.

• Previous experience teaching in a proprietary education setting.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and accreditation regulations applicable to the proprietary education industry.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job. The employee may occasionally stand, walk, sit, use hands to manipulate objects, reach, climb stairs, balance, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer are expected.

Work environment characteristics include moderate noise level and is usually not exposed to weather conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, or requirements associated with the job. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require other tasks when circumstances change.