Reading Instructor

Company Description

Our Job Corps programs provide life‑changing services that help young people succeed in school, obtain good jobs, excel in their chosen fields, and serve as contributing members of their communities. We accomplish this through an intense commitment to safety, quality service, excellence, and partnerships.

• Perform professional level instruction to students enrolled in GED preparation and TABE reading and math preparation classes, and high school diploma programs. Also responsible for instructing social skills, employability skills, applied academics and project‑based learning.
• Achieve reading gains.
• Take appropriate attendance.
• Manage classroom management evidenced by number of incidents.
• Active trainee engagement monitored by classroom observation, lesson planning.
• Maintain accurate attendance records hourly per class period.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage the classroom environment and discipline for effective learning.
• Demonstrate full knowledge of competency‑based instruction, computer‑assigned instruction, cooperative learning techniques.
• Actively participate in weekly center team meetings, departmental and all staff meetings.
• Complete required staff training in a timely manner. Report directly to departmental manager. Model, mentor, monitor appropriate workplace behavior.
• Complete weekly reports as required.
• Have basic computer skills:
  Microsoft Office, Outlook, Work, Excel; ensure clean and safe work environment.
• Participate in active shooter and fire drills.
• Deliver necessary accommodations to students.
• Operate in accordance with requirements of the PRH, standard operating procedures, and corporate policies.
• Evaluate and record student progress/evaluations and case notes in CIS, where appropriate.
• Deliver quality customer service to students.
• Assist with student retention.
• Maintain lesson plans relevant to course material.
• Facilitate communication with center departments; employ activities offering CSS and employability skill building opportunities for students.
• Monitor TABE achievements.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree from a four‑year college or university.
• Certified to teach in the state in which the center is located (RO may waive if center is unable to hire certified teachers, but the candidate must pursue certification).
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from peers, groups of managers, students, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractures, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw related conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram terms, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or reprisals or any other characteristic protected under state, federal, or local law.