What are the responsibilities and job description for the CTT/Academic Substitute position at Human Learning Systems?
The Instructor, Substitute position provides support for a U.S Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. The Job Corps program is a federally-funded residential training program. The mission of Job Corps is to provide career-ready technical and academic training and job placement assistance to program eligible youth ages 16-24.
Summary of Duties: Responsible for providing academic or career and technical training instruction to students in accordance with approved curricula. Provides students with basic direction in compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) and HLS
Description of Duties:
- Responsible for providing instruction, managing the classroom environment, and promoting student learnin
in the absence of the regular classroom instructor.
- Implement instructor’s lesson plans as outlined, assign student class work and maintain classroom control and
discipline.
- Take attendance and ensure students are in dress code in accordance to center policy.
- Leave a report for the instructor and include what assignments were completed and behavior of students.
- Motivate and counsel students in areas of behavior, training, personal problems or study habits.
- Coordinate with counselors and staff as necessary to resolve issues affecting student training.
- Maintain a safe and clean work area that models high standards for a work environment.
- Provide positive, quality customer service to students, staff and other center customers.
- Ensure students learn and practice set behavioral expectations that support employability and social
development for career readiness success.
- Maintains classroom discipline/classroom behavior management at all times
- Emphasizes and enforces safety rules and regulations while in training
- Checks and maintains equipment daily
- Assigns lessons and corrects classroom papers
- Administers tests to evaluate students' progress, records results, and issues reports to inform students of their
progress
- Confers with counselors and teaching staff to obtain testing information and to gain insight
on student issues affecting the learning process
- Provides support for all students through differentiated instruction.
- Counsels students when adjustment and academic problems arise
- Teaches expected behaviors and appropriate conduct
- Maintains data related to attendance and grade records
- Advises students of potential employment opportunities.
Credentials:
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university
Certifications, Licenses, Registration
Valid state driver’s license;
Valid teaching credential/certification in state center is located, is preferred.
Physical Demand
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen, sit, stand, and walk; to reach with hands, arms, as well as use hands to finger, handle or feel, to taste and smell. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision capabilities required by this job include; close, distance and peripheral vision.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of what employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level can vary from moderate to loud. All staff will be held accountable for establishing, developing, and maintaining a safe work environment.
