HSE/HSD Instructor-RSW at Career Systems Development Corporation – Roswell, New Mexico

Job Summary: Performs as an instructor in a regular classroom setting, presenting instructions in designated subject areas.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assists students in adjusting to Center life to enhance student retention by providing supervision, behavior modification, counseling, and by acting as a positive role model and mentor.
• Ensures that student needs are met in a timely professional manner with the highest degree of customer service in mind.
• Records attendance at the beginning of each class period and forwards daily attendance to the Student Records area. Ensures complete and accurate reporting of attendance in compliance with the Companies Quality Assurance Plan and Procedures (QAPP).
• Prepares reports and documents, files observations of student’s behavior, performance, notable information or events, and progress towards achieving goals and objectives in CIS case notes and on Center forms. Reports all significant behavioral incidents immediately to supervisor.
• Maintains confidentiality but reports significant events or situations immediately through approved channels to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of students and staff, and to ensure that required reporting occurs, and that students receive emergency services as needed.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, or emotional trauma.
• Meets individually with students assigned to their area responsibility at a minimum of once each month documenting the meetings in case notes.
• Responsible for helping students achieve TABE gains in assigned subject areas, and/or HSD/HSE attainment. Responsible for helping students achieve academic gain and HSD/HSE obtainment.
• Responsible for meeting monthly department goals and objectives as assigned by department manager.
• Promotes a positive learning environment and atmosphere within the classroom setting to insure maximum student motivation and achievement.
• Maintains high degree of structure and discipline in the classroom in order to ensure safety and maximum learning.
• Utilizes provided curriculum resources, implements new curriculum, and develops curriculum through Educational Learning Plans.
• Responsible for integrating applied academic activities into daily classroom curriculum.
• Responsible to set short- and long-term learning goals and track student performance and achievement.
• Assesses and makes recommendations on student awards as approved within the Centers student incentive plan.
• Assists in the completion of all necessary Job Corps forms and entering case notes at least once a month for each student assigned.
• Responsible for following security measures to ensure that equipment, curriculum, tests, and supplies are secured to safeguard government property and protect the integrity of student testing.
• Prepares Evaluations of Student Performance (ESP) in a timely manner. May sit on student evaluation panels and serve as a member of the student’s Case Management team.
• Assists Manager during scheduled property inventory.
• Monitors and reviews daily each student’s progress to ensure students are making adequate progress and preforming their own work reports any incidents of cheating.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum: Bachelor’s degree. Certified to teach in the state in which center is located. (RO may waive if the center is unable to hire a certified teacher, but the candidate must actively pursue certification along an agreed upon timeframe).

Preferred: Master Degree in Education, One year in a teaching capacity with disadvantaged youth.

Knowledge: Knowledge of required subject area, excellent communication skills, both oral and written, excellent organizational skills, must obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid Certification, ability to motivate and inspire students, ability to effectively relate to student population.