Adult Education Instructor - Part-Time

POSITION:  

Adult Education Instructor:  Part-TIme

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience:

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree in education or related field,  
• Preferred: Bachelor's or Master's Degree with training and experience as an instructor in adult education

Skills:

• Possess patience and sensitivity when working with adults.  Accepting, nonjudgmental attitude toward people from varied backgrounds with varied academic needs.
• Ability to use technology.
• Organizational ability, flexibility, and understand need for confidentiality.

Instructors have three areas of duties and responsibilities:

•  Teaching / Instruction
• Class Management / Record Keeping
•  Professional Development / Evaluation

Teaching / Instruction

• Instructors are responsible for ensuring that classes meet according to the set schedule.
• Instructors integrate the College and Career Readiness Standards and workforce preparation activities into instruction.
• Ability to integrate technology into instruction.
• Instructors use research-based instructional materials that align with students' instructional levels and needs.
• Instructors utilize a variety of instructional techniques, including individualized instruction, pairing, group work, teamwork, and whole-class instruction.
• Instructors administer placement (locator), diagnostic (pre-test), progress, and follow-up (post-test) tests to each student to determine progress and adjust instruction as needed.
• Instructors develop a learning plan for each student based on their interests and goals.
• Instructors review and update each student's learning plan after 30 hours of instruction. 

Class Management / Record Keeping

• Instructors enroll students and are responsible for documenting required demographic information, goals, assessments, attendance, and career plans on the ASPD forms.
• Instructors maintain accurate student files and submit complete, accurate attendance and student data to the regional office by the fifth of each month.
• Instructors ensure that the classroom environment is welcoming and conducive to learning.
• Instructors maintain adequate supplies of instructional materials in the classroom.
• Instructors supervise any instructional aides or volunteers in the classroom.
• Instructors are responsible for contacting each student who has missed 10�12 hours of instruction, encouraging students to return to class, or to find out why the student left (goal completion or other reason), and documenting follow-up calls in the student's file.         

Professional Development / Evaluation

• Instructors must be able to utilize technology to participate in professional development activities.
• Instructors must complete required online training every two years:
  • TABE certification training
  • VA Goal Setting training
  • VA Assessment Policy training
• Instructors attend all local or regional meetings and complete the training required by the regional office.
• Instructors participate in a professional learning community.
• Instructors attend other professional development activities whenever possible.
• The local supervisor or regional office may visit a classroom to observe and make suggestions for the instructor to implement to improve instruction.