What are the responsibilities and job description for the P/T INSTRUCTOR, ACADEMICS position at GEO Secured Services?
Overview
Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.
Who We Are:
GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.
Why Work for GEO:
- We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
- Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.
Responsibilities
Role and Responsibilities:
As an Academic Instructor with us, you will be teaching in a classroom environment to provide diverse students with adult basic education, English language development, special education, and basic subjects including reading, mathematics, and language arts. This role will require you to:
- Teach career planning, social adjustment, and general life skills courses.
- Instruct conversational English, as well as local ideas and customs to students with limited English proficiency.
- Maintain records including testing, daily inmate/detainee work, and attendance.
- Evaluate and ensure inmate/detainee academic progress.
- Provide individual tutoring.
Qualifications
Competencies Required:
If you have a natural ability for working in a team with a wide variety of members and you're truly driven by the joy of seeing your students thrive, you are in the right place. Our employees feel proud to play a role in their students' re-entry to society. Apply if you have:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required.
- Two (2) years of relevant teaching experience preferred.
- Valid teaching certificate from the state Department of Education or comparable authority required.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently: lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, walk, or stand.
- Occasionally: lift or carry up to 20 lbs.; push or pull up to 40 lbs.; sit.
GEO Secured Services
The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.