Math Instructor

Human Learning Systems•Grand Rapids, MI

2d•$0 - $50,000

About The Position

The Academic Instructor (Math) provides instructional support for a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps contractor. Job Corps is a federally funded residential training program serving eligible youth ages 16–24 with career-ready technical and basic skills training and job-placement assistance. The instructor plans and prepares meaningful learning tasks, provides mathematics instruction, and supports students in achieving academic and career-training goals. The role creates a safe, positive, and motivating classroom or training environment and maintains effective behavior management. The instructor develops and implements mathematics curriculum, lesson plans, Training Achievement Records (TARs), Career Success Standards projects, and applied-academics instruction in line with Job Corps guidelines, subject course guides, and Center, HLS, and Department of Labor goals. Instruction includes test preparation, study skills, assessments to diagnose learning needs, and individualized plans intended to help students pass applicable TABE tests and certifications. The instructor collaborates with Career Technical Training instructors and other Center staff to connect mathematics with technical training and employability skills, identify student needs, and coordinate accommodations. The role also supports students pursuing Advanced Career Training and Advanced Training, including assistance with the Center’s ACT process, college enrollment, financial aid, scholarship information, and preparation for training opportunities. The instructor maintains required student, attendance, lesson-planning, and program records, including CIS entries, TARs, ESPs, case notes, TA 640 progress documentation, schedule-change information, and PCDPs. The position requires ongoing professional learning, reflective practice, effective communication, technology use, organization, flexibility, and the ability to work with minimal direct supervision.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Valid state driver’s license.
Valid teacher certification in the state of employment.
Knowledge and experience implementing instructional best practices.
Knowledge and experience using varied assessment tools and analyzing student data.
Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with colleagues.
Ability to collaborate with teacher teams, co-teach, and teach by demonstration.
Flexibility and ability to adapt work to student needs.
Knowledge and ability to apply 21st-century skills in instruction, including analytical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and finding and evaluating information.
Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to use technology for communication and instruction.
Organizational skills and initiative to work with minimal direct supervision.
Evidence of ongoing professional learning and reflective practice to improve adult and student learning.
Enthusiasm for teaching and ability to encourage students to enjoy learning.

Responsibilities

Plan and prepare meaningful instructional tasks aligned with learning goals and provide mathematics instruction.
Promote a positive, safe, and learning-focused classroom or training environment that supports student motivation and outcomes.
Maintain effective behavior management within the training area and keep the work environment clean and uncluttered.
Integrate mathematics concepts with employability skills and Career Success Standards in lesson planning.
Develop and implement curriculum, TARs, Career Success Standards projects, and applied-academics curriculum to meet student, Center, HLS, and DOL goals.
Use Job Corps guidelines and subject course guides; maintain a course syllabus and complete lesson plans as required.
Create and maintain Mathematics Training Achievement Records.
Teach test preparation and study skills; conduct mathematics assessments, diagnose areas of difficulty, and prescribe individual plans.
Identify appropriate instructional materials and design instruction to meet individual student needs, including preparation for applicable TABE tests and certifications.
Develop applied-academics instruction and projects that support students’ academic and career technical training needs.
Prepare potential students for Advanced Career Training and Advanced Training; assist with the Center’s ACT process, college enrollment, and financial aid, and make scholarship information available.
Refer students to the ACT/AT coordinator for enrollment and conduct Pre-ACT courses as required.
Coordinate with Career Technical Training instructors to identify skills that can be taught and reinforced through academic and technical instruction.
Meet with students and CTT instructors to identify student capabilities and create required accommodations.
Coordinate medical needs with health and wellness staff and identify and recommend accommodations with residential living staff.
Make recommendations regarding disability accommodations and obtain outside accommodation resources as needed.
Enter required information into the Center Information System (CIS).
Submit ESPs on time and document student progress for inclusion on the TA 640 profile.
Record daily attendance and complete TARs accurately and promptly.
Document student progress in case notes at least monthly and maintain curriculum needed to achieve goals.
Maintain a lesson-plan binder and prepare lesson plans at least two weeks in advance.
Submit schedule-change information as warranted and document and distribute PCDPs as necessary.
Stay current on teaching methodologies, instructional approaches, and facilitation techniques.
Collaborate with teacher teams, co-teach lessons, and initiate teaching by demonstration.