EYES Instructor

Job Summary:

The EYES Instructor will be responsible for delivering the EYES curriculum to high school and middle school students, teaching pre-vocational skills, and coordinating services with participant schools and referral sources.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver services to students in the EYES program from referral to exit.
• Teach pre-vocational skills curriculum, including career exploration, job readiness, and interview skills.
• Complete and carry out curriculum training.
• Develop lesson plans for students.
• Deliver pre-vocational skills training in identified schools in-person and/or through a virtual platform.
• Schedule class times with identified schools.
• Supervise and teach classes in schools and at Tommy Nobis Center.
• Maintain effective control and management of classroom.
• Educate the community regarding the summer EYES program.
• Develop and complete monthly status reports for participants.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in special education, rehabilitation, sociology, behavioral sciences, or business administration.
• 3 years' experience in a teaching role.
• Experience teaching or working with individuals with disabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with transition students.
• Delivery of job readiness skills training.
• Developing programmatic marketing materials.

Core Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with internal and external customers, students, and parents.
• Attention to Detail: Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Teamwork: Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
• Speaking: Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.
• Writing: Conveys ideas and facts in writing using language the reader will best understand.

Special Skills/Abilities:

• Written Communication: Strong written skills required to create and prepare professional quality documentation and to effectively communicate with a broad range of individuals.
• Analytical: Strong ability to review statistical information in order to create reports, show changes, validate any deficiencies, and to establish improvement goals.
• Oral Communication: Ability to communicate and present information informally and formally to candidates for employment, new hires, program participants, employees, and other professional groups.
• Organizational: Ability to organize data and assigned work tasks for maximum effectiveness.
• Equipment: Knowledge of computers.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. It is the philosophy of Tommy Nobis Center to provide a safe work environment according to Tommy Nobis Center' policies, compliance agencies, and other safety guidelines. Employee required to attend all safety training sessions and drills.

This role will involve driving to participant schools and working in a variety of academic environments. Time in the office is in a typical office work environment.