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🌞 Now Hiring: Summer Teaching Position at Erie County Youth Detention Center 🌟
Are you passionate about education and making a difference in the lives of youth? We're looking for dedicated and compassionate educators to join our team for a six-week summer teaching program at the Erie County Youth Detention Center.
Additional Information:
- Temporary Summer Postion
- 8AM - 2:30PM Monday - Friday
- Dates: 7/13/2026 - 8/21/2026
Job Summary: Teach classes during the six week summer program in the Erie County Youth Detention Center.
Essential Job Duties:
- To provide students with a program that will enable them to reach their fullest academic, physical, social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.
- Assesses students, both informally and formally, in order to provide a classroom program.
- Provides an education program for students consistent with state education mandates and the program's goals and requirements.
- Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students.
- Assists and counsels students in making realistic assessment of their abilities in establishing educational and/or occupational goals.
- Keeps attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program.
- Provides, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside of the classroom to appropriate personnel.
- Confers with professional staff members, building level administrators, and supervisors regarding the students educational, social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.
- Participate, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise.
- Assists other professional staff members in promoting a team approach to solving problems that occur in the six (6) week program
- Follows the rules and expectations of teaching in a Youth Detention Center.
- Any other duty as assigned by your Supervisor.
Skills:
- Knowledge of the specific curriculum content to deliver at appropriate instructional levels.
- Knowledge of principles of educating youth with mental health and/or emotional and behavioral challenges.
- Knowledge of Individual Education Programs
- Knowledge of the principals of student management and supervision
- Knowledge of the principals of files and records management
- Knowledge of trends and practices in adolescent education
- Skills in assessing, evaluating, prioritizing and handling multiple tasks, projects and demands.
- Skills in working within deadlines to complete projects and assignments
- Skills in assessing, analyzing, identifying and recommending solutions to problems
- Skills in producing written reports for internal and external audiences
- Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with co-workers, other County employees, representatives of other governmental agencies and others having business with the courts of Erie County.
- Skills in computer operations utilizing a variety of commonly used and specialized applications
Minimum Education Required:
Bachelor’s Degree in Education
Minimum Experience Required:
Previous experience in a High School classroom preferred
License/Registration/ Certifications Required:
New York State Teaching certification for a specified teaching discipline (English, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and/or Special Education, etc.)
Training Requirements:
New Hire Orientation
Physical Requirements:
May be required to lift and/or carry heavy, bulky items, equipment, supplies and/or other materials weighing up to 50 pounds.