Career Training Instructor-Business English

Reading Area Community College welcomes diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, age, class, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and belief system among others.  As an institution, we value and respect diversity; therefore, it is important for students, faculty, staff, and administrators to understand differences, to interact effectively with others, and to prepare for the demands of a globalized world.  As an open admission institution, RACC serves students of all levels of academic preparedness. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Hours: 

Up to 15 hours per week. Flexible Schedule, include daytime, evening, and Saturday hours as required by the needs of the position.

Summary: 

The Career Training Instructor reports to the Director of Career Training, Community Education, & Professional Development who will assign location and hours of the Career Training Instructor activities. The Career Training instructor provides academic instruction for assigned academic department. Performs tasks designed to ensure the quality and consistency of academic instruction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Maintain responsibility for instruction and classroom management
2. Teach provided curriculum in classroom

    

3.  Maintain good communications and working relationships with appropriate staff, appropriate agencies, and class site location staff

4.  Maintain good communications and work effectively with all other offices of the college on matters concerning the program

5.  Adhere to procedures and policies for the smooth day-to-day operation of the program

6.  Participate in professional development activities as required

7.  Attend teacher meetings as required

8. Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:                                                

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:                                              

Required

• Bachelor’s degree and/or significant adult education experience.
• Experience in teaching English for Business and or college level English

Preferred

• Previous teaching experience in a college and or Adult Education Program
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Communication Skills:                                               

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to establish positive relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse faculty, staff, and student body.

Mathematical Skills:                                                  

Ability to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to teach basic algebra and geometry to prepare students for the GED test.  Ability to compute and teach rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

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.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Excel spreadsheet software, Word processing software and PowerPoint.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Teaching (preferred)

Other Skills and Abilities:                                                     

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills required.
• Experience with adult education population, curriculum development, mandated welfare reform, and dislocated workers are preferred.

Physical Demands:

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 or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.