Welding Instructor - Trade School - Welder

ENDLESS HORIZONS•Milwaukee, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Horizons Youth Services at Milwaukee Job Corps Center is seeking an experienced welding professional who is passionate about their trade and working with young people to fill our Welding Instructor role at our residential trade and education center. This role involves delivering instruction, managing student progress, collaborating with staff and employers, and ensuring students achieve industry certifications and are prepared for future opportunities.

Requirements

Multiple years of experience in the field being taught.
Valid State Drivers’ License.
Certified, licensed, or accredited in the state in which the center is located or is accredited by a professional trade organization to enable students to earn a primary industry credential in the discipline of instruction.
For NTC, instructors must be certified by a union or trade organization, or by a national trade certifying organization.

Nice To Haves

Education training preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver instruction to assigned students following approved curriculum, using developed lesson plans, ensuring a safe, engaging, and multifaceted delivery approach to meet the individualized needs of students.
Tailor instructional methods and expected rates of progress to the learning styles, abilities, and career goals of individual students.
Complete Career Technical Skills Training projects (CTST), if assigned.
Ensure activities account for student attendance and performance and the program meets and/or exceeds goals.
Collaborate with center staff (counselors, academic instructors, residential staff) to ensure a ‘village’ approach to promote student retention, attendance, positive behavior, program completion, and placement.
Participate in curriculum committee meetings monthly with academic staff to incorporate applied academics and contextual learning.
Ensure student progress is recorded and goals established for each 60-day Evaluation of Student Progress (ESP) cycle.
Ensure students progress towards their Career Plan and Pathway Achievement Record (PAR).
Update/review the eTAR at least weekly.
Collaborate with center Community Engagement Committee staff and community employers to ensure active Workforce Council members for each trade, job development for WBL, and placement.
Provide training, and remedial support as needed, to students to achieve industry certifications, prerequisites, and examination requirements.
Focus on student readiness for further education, Advanced Training, military enlistment, and/or full-time placement.
Comply with all DOL guidelines, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and center/company plans, policies, and procedures, including participation in mandatory training.
Model, mentor, and monitor appropriate Career Success Standards.
Support students’ career development goals, the Zero Tolerance Policy, and college and career readiness.
Participate in student mentor and club activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.