Career Success Power Skills Instructor - High School Learners

Career Success Power Skills Instructor – High School Learners

Success starts at Community College of Philadelphia. Innovators and difference makers work at Community College of Philadelphia. Diversity thrives at Community College of Philadelphia. We are a college that is committed to promoting a work environment that attracts and retains talented and diverse faculty and staff. We challenge each other and ourselves to achieve at the highest level while contributing to the mission of the College and the betterment of Philadelphia.

We value and support an intellectually dynamic community to prepare our students for global citizenship. Join us and become a part of a community that has long been and will continue to be generators of generational chance in this city and beyond.

Community College of Philadelphia is an open-admission, associate-degree-granting institution which provides access to higher education for all who may benefit. Its programs of study in the liberal arts and sciences, career technologies, and basic academic skills provide a coherent foundation for college transfer, employment and lifelong learning. The College serves Philadelphia by preparing its students to be informed and concerned citizens, active participants in the cultural life of the city, and enabled to meet the changing needs of business, industry and the professions.

To help address broad economic, cultural and political concerns in the city and beyond, the College draws together students from a wide range of ages and backgrounds and seeks to provide the programs and support they need to achieve their goals.

The Career Success Power Skills Instructor – High School Learners facilitates a 60-hour, non-credit Power Skills course for learners participating in partnership initiatives between the Community College of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia. This course prepares high school students to understand the requirements for municipal and private-sector employment by strengthening critical workplace competencies, exposing them to career pathways and culminating in the ACT Work Keys assessment, through which students may earn the National Career Readiness Certificate.

Working collaboratively with the Director of CCME Education and Training, the instructor ensures course readiness, student engagement, and instructional quality while supporting learners in understanding their employment potential in essential City government roles and other skill-based careers.

• Deliver provided curriculum while creating an engaging, student-centered classroom environment and ensuring all core course deliverables are met.
• Provide timely feedback to students on assignments and in-class discussions.
• Demonstrate appropriate use of instructional and learning technologies to enhance student learning and experience, including effective use of Canvas, CCP's learning management system, to track student progress and engagement.
• Facilitate instruction focused on critical thinking, problem solving, team building, budgeting, and interpersonal communication skills, culminating in student participation in the ACT Work Keys assessment leading to the National Career Readiness Certificate.
• Submit final pass/fail grades in accordance with College requirements.
• Maintain critical documentation, including student sign-in sheets and attendance records, and provide documentation to CCME team members as required. Ensure any missed instructional sessions are made up to meet the total course hours assigned at the start of the course.
• Attend professional development and instructor trainings as needed to support effective instructional delivery and course maintenance, including but not limited to Banner, Canvas, ACT Work Keys, and related systems.
• Complete ACT Work Keys Proctor training and demonstrate proficiency with ACT Work Keys testing protocols, including efficient management of class rosters within the Work Keys platform.
• Administer and proctor the final ACT Work Keys assessment using the ACT Work Keys and Valor platforms, in accordance with required guidelines and testing protocols.
• Proactively identify and address…