CTT Culinary Instructor

Serrato Corporation•Chicopee, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The CTT Culinary Instructor is responsible for all aspects of instruction and the learning experience of students, ensuring the rigor and relevance of subjects taught. This role collaborates with academic instructors in the delivery of applied academics. The instructor teaches basic principles and concepts of vocational skills, maintains high discipline in the classroom for maximum learning, and utilizes all available curricular resources. Adequate classroom preparation is essential, along with working towards meeting performance management goals. The instructor provides instruction and remedial training to help students overcome barriers to industry certifications, Advanced Training (AT), or Advanced Career Training (ACT). This includes maintaining student personal folders, recording attendance and progress, assisting with resume completion, and providing contextual learning opportunities to improve academic skills. The instructor works with designees for disability issues to ensure reasonable accommodations are provided and emphasizes the importance of career success and applied academic standards. Updates to eTARs are required weekly. Instructional methods are tailored to individual student learning styles, abilities, and career goals. Compliance with state regulations for testing and certification is mandatory. The instructor intervenes to correct inappropriate student behavior and develops year-round job-shadowing opportunities with community, industry, and employers to enhance student education and career technical skills.

Requirements

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.
Computer literacy with basic computer functions, email, internet, and basic programs such as Adobe Acrobat.
Ability to perform the major duties in the trade of instruction and current knowledge of subject area.
High level of communication, interpersonal skills, and organizational skills.
High level of ability to motivate, inspire, and train students effectively.
Two years' experience in the trade of instruction.
One year of teaching experience required.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Certified, licensed, or accredited in the state in which the Center is located or is accredited by a professional trade organization. For NTC, instructor must be certified by union or trade organization, or by a national trade certifying organization. (RO may waive if Center is unable to hire certified or licensed instructors, but candidates must pursue certification.)
Valid State Driver's License.

Responsibilities

Teaches the basic principles and concepts of vocational skills to students.
Maintains a high degree of discipline within the classroom setting to ensure maximum learning.
Works with academic instructors in coordinating curriculum development and delivering applied academics.
Uses all possible curricular resources available on Center.
Ensures adequate classroom preparation.
Works towards meeting performance management goals established by the company and the National Director of Job Corps via OMS and CTT Report Cards.
Provide instruction and remedial training support that will enable students to overcome barriers in obtaining industry certifications or participating in Advanced Training (AT) or Advanced Career Training (ACT).
Ensures proper maintenance of student personal folders, recording personal data, including test scores, evaluations, attendance, incident reports, achievement awards and any other pertinent information concerning students.
Records and forwards daily attendance to the Records Department.
Assists in the completion of students' resume.
Provide contextual learning opportunities for students to improve academic skills in the CTT learning environment.
Works closely with the Center Director's designee for disability issues to ensure that students with disabilities who are interested assigned trade is provided reasonable accommodations/modifications, if needed, to perform the trade-related skills required by the Training Achievement Records (TARs).
Ensures students are taught the importance of attaining and applying the career success and applied academic standards listed in each TAR.
Updates eTARs on a weekly basis to credit student skill attainment.
Tailors instructional methods and expected rates of progress to the learning styles, abilities, and career goals of individual students.
Complies with all state regulations related to testing and certification.
Intervene and correct inappropriate student behavior and nonperformance.
Develop year-round job-shadowing opportunities with community, industry, and employers, which will enhance students' education and career technical skills training.