The Instructor will teach two courses and co-teach one additional course, with a particular focus on Community Enrichment and Career Readiness, while working collaboratively with program staff and College faculty to create an engaging, inclusive and age-appropriate College learning experience.
The successful candidate will have a strong educational background and demonstrated ability to differentiate instruction while maintaining high expectations for student participation, growth, independence, self-determination, career development, and meaningful community engagement.
Job Requirements
Education Required: Associate's Degree or higher from an accredited institution.
Experience Required: At least two years of experience teaching, instructing, or providing educational support to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in a school, transition, postsecondary, or other educational setting.
Must have reliable transportation to and from the College campuses and other sites as needed.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Education, Special Education, Inclusive Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Education, Adult Education, or a closely related educational field.
- New York State teaching certification or other recognized teaching credential.
- Experience teaching students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
- Experience with transition-age students or young adults.
- Experience in a Community College, College, University, transition program, or inclusive postsecondary education program.
- Experience teaching or facilitating community enrichment, career readiness, career exploration, or employment-preparation programming.
- Knowledge of differentiated instruction, Universal Design for Learning, and inclusive educational practices.
- Experience developing curriculum, lesson plans, instructional activities, and student learning assessments.
- Experience supporting self-determination, self-advocacy, executive functioning, community engagement, career exploration, and workplace readiness.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, administrators, employers, and community partners.
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly and in an accessible manner.
- Bilingual skills.
Additional Information
Deadline for Applying: Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until a successful candidate has been identified.
Position begins: ASAP
Salary: $25 - $28 per hour, approximately 15 hours per week. This position is contingent upon the continued availability of grant funds.
SUNY Orange offers a competitive benefits package which includes:
- Retirement Plans
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible
Please see application instructions below.
To apply, visit http://occc.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=203898.
