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Substitute Instructor: Basic Skills for Maintenance and Construction

REPORTS TO: Director of Compliance and Programs

JOB STATUS: Non-Exempt

Rate of Pay: $27 per hour

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The Substitute Instructor of Basic Skills for Maintenance and Construction will provide instruction in the absence of the full -time instructor, or supplement the established curriculum by teaching a specialized unit of instruction related to the established curriculum. The substitute instructor is part -time and works as needed without a set schedule. The ability to accept work on short notice is required.

The Instructor of Basic Skills for Maintenance and Construction working within the Correctional facilities, is responsible for planning, conducting, and assessing hands-on classroom instructional activities in general building maintenance to include plumbing, electical, basic carpentry, heating and cooling and other building systems, including how to use, repair and maintain machines and tools; construction worksite maintenance such as building of scaffolding, job site clean-up, safety in use of tools and equipment, and placement of signs, cones and gates as required by laws governing safety at a construction site.

The instructor will develop the maintenance and construction technology program, maintain educational records, inventory and tool control logs, tracking achievement of desired program outcomes. The Instructor of Basic Skills for Maintenance and Construction working within Correctional facilities should have an understanding of data-based instruction and the ability to relate and build rapport with people of diverse backgrounds. The instructor should also possess comfort with working in correctional facilities and with those who are incarcerated. The instructor should exhibit proficiency with computers and software. This individual should be reliable, professional, and have excellent interpersonal skills. The instructor should also be able to differentiate instruction based on student needs, and integrate skills and content to deliver cohesive integrated lessons.

The Instructor of Basic Skills for Building and Construction Maintenance should model HopeWorks values and ethics. To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive, and client-centered. This individual should adhere to professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing the profession.

Substitute Instructor: Culinary Arts

REPORTS TO: Director of Compliance and Programs

JOB STATUS: Non-Exempt

Rate of Pay: $27 per hour

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The Substitute Instructor of Culinary Arts will provide instruction in the absence of the full -time instructor, or supplement the established curriculum by teaching a specialized unit of instruction related to the established curriculum. The substitute instructor is part -time and works as needed without a set schedule. The ability to accept work on short notice is required.

The Instructor of Culinary Arts working within the Correctional facilities, is responsible for planning, conducting and assessing hands-on classroom instructional activities. The instructor is responsible for teaching students about supplies, pricing, menu planning, safety and sanitation issues that arise in the restaurant or food service industry. The instructor is responsible for teaching culinary terminology, food cuisines, meat, fish and poultry preparation preparing students to cook meals and work alongside a chef or team to prepare meals and work with each student to prepare them for employment, advanced training or career advancement.

The instructor will develop the curriculum, maintain educational records; inventory food supplies; tracking achievement of desired outcomes. The Instructor of Culinary Arts working within Correctional facilities should have an understanding of data-based instruction and the ability to relate and build rapport with people of diverse backgrounds. The instructor should exhibit proficiency with computers and software. This individual should be reliable, professional, and have excellent interpersonal skills. The instructor should also be able to differentiate instruction based on student needs, and integrate skills and content to deliver cohesive integrated lessons.

The Instructor of Culinary Arts should model HopeWorks values and ethics. To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive, and client-centered. This individual should adhere to professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing the profession.

Adult Basic Education Instructor

REPORTS TO: Instructional Site Lead

JOB STATUS: Exempt

Rate of Pay: $52,015.20

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The Adult Basic Education (ABE) Instructor works with the ABE instructional team to prepare and execute instruction of students. This person can expect to prepare lessons, instruct students, collaborate with staff, contact students regarding progress, and record data.  

The individual should be an engaging instructor who uses performance data to inform instructional decisions, willing to work with a team to accomplish program goals, and conscientious about keeping and recording accurate records. The ABE Instructor is responsible for ensuring an educational atmosphere where adult students have the opportunity to fulfill their academic and career goals by earning a High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma and/or growing their basic skills in Math, Language, Science, Social Studies, and Reading, as demonstrated by progressing through the six Educational Functioning Levels defined by the National Reporting System (NRS) (as evidenced by achieving measurable skills gains). 

The ABE Instructor should have an understanding of data-based instruction and the ability to relate and build rapport with people of diverse backgrounds.. They should exhibit proficiency with computers and software, such as G Suite, Google Classroom, and Promethean Boards. They should be reliable, professional, and have excellent interpersonal skills. They should also be able to differentiate instruction based on student data and needs, and integrate skills and content to deliver cohesive integrated lessons. 

The Instructor should model HopeWorks values and ethics central to the HopeWorks mission of “Hope in Christ”. To be effective in this position, one must be caring, empathetic, conscientious, confidential, culturally-sensitive and client-centered. This individual should adhere to
professional standards as outlined by rules and regulations governing their profession.

HopeWorks is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly oppose discrimination in the workplace.  HopeWorks is built upon teamwork and equal opportunity. We are committed to developing and implementing a program of nondiscrimination.  We will subscribe to the principles of an equal opportunity employer and will recruit, interview, hire, classify, train, promote, demote, discipline, transfer, terminate, and set rates of pay or other compensation on the basis of merit and qualification without regard to race, creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or physical or mental disability.