Adult Education Teacher: Dillwyn Correctional Center #ED

Responsibilities

Adult Education Teachers are responsible for providing quality instruction that meets the needs of students in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Diploma (GED), enabling incarcerated youth and adults to become responsible, productive, tax‑paying members of their community.

The position provides individual and group instruction to adult student inmates, maintaining classroom, equipment, and inventories; ensuring compliance with DOC regulations; maintaining accurate records and submitting timely reports; and managing and supervising aides and students in a classroom setting.

• The ability to engage students in one‑on‑one teaching of all five subjects and supervise students and aides in a classroom setting.
• The ability to maintain accurate records.
• The ability to facilitate other instructors.
• Knowledge and experience of policy and procedure governing adult education.
• Must possess working knowledge of all facets of the basic adult education field, adult literacy, and computer software appropriate for program needs.
• Demonstrate competency in the relevant field of current licensure.
• ABE/GED, bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Adult Education, Special Education, or a relevant educational field.
• Must have teaching experience of either 2000 hours in the last five years or two years of recent relevant experience in adult education.
• Experience teaching adults or youth and knowledge of policy and procedure governing adult education.
• Licensure:
  Must be eligible for a Virginia Teaching License by the Virginia Department of Education. License in a relevant educational field is required.
• If a teachers/trade license from the DOE is not currently held: submit provisional license documentation within the first 90 days; obtaining a provisional license within the one‑year probationary period is an employee’s responsibility and required for continued employment.

• Specialty training or licensure endorsement in Math or Science.
• Experience teaching adults or youth in a correctional or alternative education setting.
• Knowledge and experience of policy and procedures governing adult correctional education.
• Knowledge of correctional education classroom management.
• The ability to supervise students and inmate aides in the correctional facility and familiarity with DOC institutional policies and procedures.

VADOC is an EEO employer and is committed to supporting workforce diversity, equitable opportunities, and inclusivity. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.