Youth Development Instructor

Youth Development Instructor

(The work locations for this position are in Coldspring and Onalaska.)

Under the direction of the Area Coordinator, the Youth Development Instructor (YDI) facilitates and delivers contextualized curriculum, which allows participants to develop necessary life skills, explore their abilities, career options, and prepare for employment. This methodology provides an early start at job exploration for students with disabilities to assist with transitioning from school to postsecondary education or employment. Work involves self-sufficiency training and educational programs. Instructors provide participants with dynamic, interactive learning opportunities in groups, classrooms, and individual settings. Using strength-based approaches with a trauma-informed lens, instructors are primarily responsible for teaching participants work related skills that will poise them to acquire and sustain a career-oriented job. Collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team, consisting of a Program Designee, Case Managers, and Administrative Staff. This position is set up as a twelve-month employment with instructional time that is parallel with traditional school hours. Work is evaluated through the Performance Management Evaluation System. Performs other tasks as requested.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in psychology, education, social work, or other related field.
- At least 1 year of career development, youth development, social services, or teaching experience.
- Experience in managing student behavior in the classroom by established and enforced protocol, rules, and procedures of classroom management.
- Experience in educational instructional design to plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning.
- Experience in the classroom preparation for class activities.
- Experience in preparing summary reports of students? progress and development.
- Experience in effectively maintaining confidential records, such as clients, customers,
- Experience in Customer Service that presents a positive, empathetic, and a professional attitude toward customers at all times.
- Experience working with a variety of populations, including at-risk youth, and individuals with disabilities.

Pay and Perks
- $23.00/hour
- Insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, life)

401k with matching
- Paid time off (holidays, vacation & sick leave)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to work with a progressive and innovative leadership team.
- Opportunity for potential growth in the company
- Use of company computer

**Responsibilities**:

- Establish and maintain safe and engaging learning environments, where students are provided with a balance of support and structure.
- Based on existing contextualized curriculum, prepare lesson plans by adapting those already created with engaging activities and exercises that inspire students to acquire knowledge and skills they can transfer to employment settings.
- Monitor barriers to students' active participation and engagement in the program, including those related to complex issues in their physical or social environment.
- Monitor and report students? attendance benchmarks and progress through a participant observation tool. Report any individual student issues to Program Designee on a weekly basis.
- Follow established policies and procedures for maintaining the integrity of the program with quality instruction, student discipline, classroom maintenance, safety, behavior management and the security of all individuals and supplies at their disposal.
- Work collaboratively with management and administrative staff to set relevant and measurable goals for student achievement.
- Adapt teaching style and strategies to maximize student learning and retention.
- Provide students with professional one-on-one feedback regarding their performance in the program.
- Attend all relevant meetings, supervision, staff meetings, case conference sessions, curriculum development, trainings, workshops, and any other informational engagements necessary to effectively perform job duties.
- Maintain classroom documentation based on assignments from contextualized curriculum and enter data appropriately and accurately, as necessary. This includes but is not limited to goals and career assessments, resume? worksheets, and cover letters.
- Accurately complete and submit monthly reports and attendance sheets to Program Designee by the last class day of each month.
- Update all necessary records accurately and completely as required by laws, school district policies and regulations.
- Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students and use information to adjust teaching strategies.
- Participate in extracurricular activities such as program incentives to simulate student engagement and development.

Skills and Competencies
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
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