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Job

Agency:
Department of Corrections, Mike Durfee State Prison

Location:

Springfield, SD

Salary: $25.50 to $32.00 Hourly, depending on experience

Pay Grade: G I

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! Join the DOC – view DOC Recruitment video here:  .

This is a Full‑Time position with the Department of Corrections Behavioral Health team. For more information on the DOC, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

This position works with teachers statewide providing instruction and coursework to adult male inmates assessed as needing educational programming. The role will be responsible for teaching and facilitating cognitive behavioural classes, test administration, and working with adult male offenders whose educational functioning level is below 6.0.

Instructors are required to complete correctional basic training prior to assignment to the education department.

• More than just a job – the start of a successful career.
• Supportive environment where employee growth is promoted.
• Comprehensive benefits package & competitive wages.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid job training & other great incentives.

• Providing classroom instruction to offenders in any of three GED subject areas (math, English, and science).
• Teaching various self‑help courses.
• Facilitating outside instructors who come in to teach courses such as financial responsibility or parenting.
• Performing administrative duties such as record keeping, creating class schedules and proctoring exams.
• Classroom preparation, review and selection of materials; attending academic meetings and education conferences; and performing other duties as assigned.

A teaching certificate is not required. The successful applicant must have a degree in a field that would allow them to become a teacher in the state of South Dakota or prior teaching experience.

A passion and eagerness to help prepare and promote growth for offenders working towards their next stage of life. Previous teaching experience would also be beneficial.

• Methods of classroom leadership, lecture, and effective presentation.
• Research techniques and tools for evaluating curriculum alternatives.
• Lesson plan development based on the implemented curriculum.
• Effective testing methods, grading and other student evaluation techniques.
• Maintaining discipline and decorum in the classroom in a correctional environment.
• Knowledge of methods of instruction for special populations of learners.
• Effective teaching methods for offenders with diverse learning abilities.
• GED curriculum.
• Classroom preparation, supervision, and management of students in a classroom setting.

• Research, develop, implement and carry out a complete curriculum within time frames.
• Provide engaging lecture and presentation encouraging student participation and interestli>
• Maintain classroom discipline, enforce rules and keep inmate students on‑task.
• Develop regular lesson plans that move students through the curriculum within time frames.
• Administer tests, evaluate student participation and interest, and assign grades.

• Maintain accountability and motivate students.
• Work with offenders from diverse cultures.
• Learn and enforce program structure and the procedures of a female correctional facility.
• Work effectively as a member of our team at the Department of Corrections.

• With or without reasonable accommodations, successfully pass all modules of the South Dakota Department of Corrections Basic Training, including English reading comprehension, relevant competency assessments and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics.
• Possess the physical ability to successfully complete Defensive Tactics:
  • Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist.
  • Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down.
  • Use arms, palms of hands, and feet to deliver blows.
  • Withstand impact (slow speed or with a safety bag) on own body from strikes/blows.
  • Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for striking with foot or using a defensive tactic.
  • Get down on one or…