What are the responsibilities and job description for the INSTRUCTOR, VOCATIONAL PLUMBING position at GEO Secured Services?
Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:
| * Paid Time Off | * Paid Holidays |
| * 401(k) Matching | * Health Insurance |
| * Vision Insurance | * Life Insurance |
| * Health Savings Account | * Tuition Reimbursement |
| * Employee Discount | * Reduced Tuition Rates |
| * Disability Insurance | * Employee Assistance Program |
| * 401(k) | * Pet Insurance |
| * Dental Insurance | * Paid Training |
| * Flexible Spending Account | * Other Benefits Available |
Equal Opportunity Employer
Overview
Do you love teaching? Are you looking to work in a challenging and rewarding environment where you can really make a difference, and where career growth is supported? If you became a teacher to help people acquire knowledge and you believe that everyone deserves the highest quality of education, we have the role for you! This is your opportunity to join our growing team as a Vocational Instructor.
Join a Community That Cares
Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.
Responsibilities
Role and Responsibilities
Your goal will be to create a learning environment that provides inmates/detainees the opportunity to maximize their learning potential and achieve or enhance an ability to perform vocational tasks. This role will require you to:
SummaryThe Vocational Instructor is an academic programs position. The focus is to create a vocational technical and academic environment that provides inmates/detainees the opportunity to maximize their learning potential and achieve or enhance an ability to perform vocational tasks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- The Vocational Instructor provides instruction to inmates/detainees for various labor and/or technical skills through classroom instruction, demonstration and practical exercises.
- The Vocational Instructor maintains records including testing, daily offender work, attendance and general record keeping.
- Assesses educational needs of inmates, develops lessons plans to address those needs to include individualized assignments and training.
- The Vocational Instructor administers, scores, and interprets examinations and proficiency indicators.
- The Vocational Instructor counsels students concerning their performance, behavior and personal problems.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
We're looking for individuals from different backgrounds
Building an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions!
Qualifications
Competencies Required
If you have a natural ability for working in a team with a wide variety of members and you're truly driven by the joy of seeing your students thrive, this is the right job for you. Apply if you have:
- High School Diploma or GED and 5 years of work experience OR Bachelor's degree can be substituted in lieu of 5 years' work experience.
- One (1) year to obtain a valid teaching certification from the state Department of Education or comparable authority required.
- Journeyman's licensure (as a Plumber).
- Has completed nine semester hours of specialized professional studies credit from a regionally accredited college or university.
GEO Secured Services
The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.
