07/12/2024
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Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Instructor
Position Overview:
Families Helping Families (CYA) Computing for Youth with Autism partners with LRS to assist local school systems with a curriculum and instruction that will equip and encourage qualifying students, ages 16 to 24, who have Individualized Education Plans [IEP], to successfully transition from high school to the workforce. FHF CYA seeks to create consistently excellent learning experiences from classroom to classroom so every student can reach workplace readiness before graduation. FHF CYA empowers and supports instructors to facilitate highly interactive, objective-driven lessons in self-awareness, career exploration, communication techniques, self-advocacy, job-searching, interviewing skills, independent living, and post-secondary decisions. This enables students to recognize and capitalize on their individual strengths, skills, resources, and experiences to find successful, sustainable, and fulfilling jobs after high school in a competitive market.
The instructor teaches engagingly and enthusiastically with professionalism, sensitivity, and respect regarding the needs of both the students and school personnel. Apart from instructing students in the classroom, the instructor also handles necessary administrative work: scanning student attendance forms, keeping in regular contact via phone, email, and video conference with peers, supervisors, and school staff, and responding to feedback forms and collaborative documents on time to help improve the organizations mission and goals. The individuals with whom the instructor interacts most frequently are the students, staff members, administrators, and instructors' assistants in the classroom.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
• Supports the mission, vision, and culture of FHF CYA (Computing for Youth with Autism)
• Prepares for lessons beforehand and caters content to each class
• Uses innovative teaching methods implementing critical thinking strategies.
• Lessons contain hands-on, interactive activities incorporating technology where appropriate. Instruction and assessment are differentiated to challenge each student appropriately.
• The instructor conscientiously provides accommodations to students with identified learning challenges in consultation with the classroom teacher or learning specialist.
• Distributes, retrieves, and scans attendance sheets in a timely manner.
• Responds promptly and professionally to emails and other forms of communication.
• Reports all essential documents (pre-ets documents, mileage, curriculum feedback) on or before the weekly deadline.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Education level minimum: bachelor’s degree (transcripts will need to be provided)
• At least twelve (12) months professional paid experience working with individuals with disabilities
• Written documentation of one (1) year of successful paid experience in education, social work, human resources, business, employment counseling, job placement, job coaching or a public vocational rehabilitation program.
o Specific skills:
• Experience
o One Drive preferred (Documents, Forms).
o Scanning app or capability to scan documents
o Microsoft Office
o Outlook
o Teaching groups of students
o Facilitating lesson plans
o Idenitfy best mode for instruction
o Database
• Personal characteristics
o Articulate
o Assertive
o Friendly
o Patient
o Independent
o Team player
o Teachable
o Conscientious
o Responsive
o Flexible
o Punctual
o Organized
o Creative
o Energetic
• Licenses and Insurance
o Valid driver license
o Valid auto insurance
• Physical abilities
o Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
o Communicating with others to exchange information.
o Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.
• Needs
o Reliable transportation
o Reliable technology
o Laptop or tablet and connecting cables
o Smart phone (for communication, GPS, and scanning documents)
o Travel
o One-way commutes average 10-20 minutes (no more than 30) per school assignment
SCHEDULE:
• Part-Time
• Classes take place Monday through Friday
• Typical workday falls between 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
• ~10 to 15 hours per week, depending on assignment
Wages:
• Starting pay is $16- $18 per hour (paid bi-weekly), baed on experience.
• Mileage Stipend given monthly.
Schedule:
• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends
• Follows school schedules
License/Certification:
• Driver's License (Required)
• Bachelors Degree (Required)
Additional Requirements:
• Must pass background check
• Must provide official college transcript
