Correctional Transition Instructor (35 Hour)

Are you looking to grow your career within the State of Connecticut? If so, take a look at this exciting opportunity below!

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) Unified School District #1 is seeking enthusiastic and experienced Correctional Transitional Instructor to fill a vacancy for Manson Youth Institution in Chesire, CT.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.

Position Highlights:

• Unified School District (USD) #1 follows a 12-month school calendar.
• First shift, Monday – Friday.
• Full time, 35 hours per week.
• Candidates selected for hire, are required to attend a fourteen (14) week training at the CTDOC Training Academy.
• • Salary Note : Salary details are derived from the P-3B EB 35 Hour Pay Plan: Candidates new to the State of Connecticut will start on ‘Step one’ of the pay plan at $66,978.

Your Role:
The Connecticut Department of Correction Unified School District #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Academic knowledge, vocational competencies and life skills integrated with technology are offered to students in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness and a successful transition to society.



Correctional Transition Instructor Duties:

• Delivering instruction in job skills, life skills, academic remediation, and transition services, including resume writing, interviewing, and computer software use.
• Guiding students and inmates in educational and vocational planning by assessing academic levels, coordinating GED testing, and providing individualized, small group, and whole support.
• Maintaining case records, provided information on community resources and training opportunities, and cover classes in the absence of regular teachers to ensure continuous program delivery.
• Conducting intake interviews.
• Supervising students in groups or individually when teacher is temporarily absent from classroom during school day.
• Assisting teacher in routine, necessary, school-related duties.

Ideal Candidate:

• Strong knowledge of educational, vocational, and higher‑education counseling programs and techniques.
• Ability to teach, train, and support diverse learners using individualized approaches.
• Ability to build community resources and collaborate effectively across multiple disciplines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and flexibility in adapting to changing schedules and environments.

About Us:
The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.


The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities, with the headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.


The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.



Our School District:
USD #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Students are offered academic knowledge, vocational competencies, and life skills integrated with technology in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness, and a successful social transition. USD#1 offers an array of academic programming, including:

• K-12 High School Program
• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• General Education Development (GED)
• Credit Diploma Program (CDP)
• English Second Language (ESL)/ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and; a wide variety of Career-Technical Education (CTE) programs.

Our USD#1 motto is defined by the Latin phrase on the District's seal. The phrase, "Non Sum Qualis Eram," translates into English, as "I am not what I once was." The hope is that returning citizens will be provided with some of the core tools required to change their path in life through education.

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Selection Plan

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BEFORE YOU APPLY:
• Meet Minimum Qualifications : Ensure you meet the Minimum Qualifications listed on the job opening by the job closing date. You must specify your qualifications on your application. The minimum experience and training requirements listed must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• Educational Credits: List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the contact listed below by the closing date listed on the job posting.
• Resume Policy: Per Public Act 21-69, resumes are not accepted during the initial application process. As the recruitment process progresses, candidates may be required to submit additional documentation to support their qualification(s) for this position. This documentation may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the request and discretion of the hiring agency.
• Preferred Shift/Location: Select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
• Timely Submission: All application materials must be received by the job posting deadline. You will be unable to make revisions once you officially submit your application to the State. Late submissions are rarely accepted, with exceptions only for documented events that incapacitate individuals during the entire duration of the job posting. Request exceptions by emailing View email address on jobs.institutedata.com.
• Salary Calculations: For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
• Note: The only way to apply to this posting is via the ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply Online’ buttons on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting.

AFTER YOU APPLY:
• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).

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• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Department of Correction, Education Division, this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the development of job and life skills and transition services for inmates.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Provides instruction to inmates in areas of job skills development, educational placement and programs and transition services;
• Arranges for inmates to participate in college courses;
• Tracks inmate progress;
• Develops job skills for assigned group of inmates;
• Participates in career planning and development;
• Assists with job training;
• Provides life skills instruction;
• Evaluates inmate's abilities, skills, interests and vocational aptitudes and matches with job compatibility;
• Provides developmental direction to inmates in areas of education and vocational planning;
• Analyzes demographic and program information;
• Provides information about occupations, job and training opportunities and support services available in the community;
• Coordinates within the community job opportunities and assists in transition within the community;
• Identifies and develops community resources;
• Provides instruction in resume writing, interviewing skills and utilization of computer software;
• Maintains case records;
• Provides one-on-one and small group tutorial assistance;
• Analyzes and interprets computer generated reports;
• May prepare narrative and statistical reports;
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of
  • educational programs and vocational occupations;
  • counseling and interviewing techniques;
• Knowledge of
  • occupations and job requirements;
  • processes and materials in specific vocations and trades;
  • life and job skills development;
  • reciprocal relationships between individuals and their social, economic and cultural environment;
  • individual and social factors relating to personal adjustment;
  • community resources;
  • program evaluation;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to
  • utilize teaching and/or training techniques for individual inmate needs;
  • develop community resources;
  • relate to different cultural and economic backgrounds;
  • coach inmates;
  • utilize computer software.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Five (5) years of experience in career development, placement and/or counseling, educational guidance counseling or vocational counseling.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, vocational or educational guidance or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience.
• Successful completion of a Connecticut Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience providing instruction to students.
• Experience tracking student progress and preparing narrative and statistical reports.
• Experience with training or instructing job readiness courses including resume writing, interviewing skills, and utilization of computer software.
• Experience with teaching a diverse group of people.
• Experience working in a correctional institution, detention center, or similarly structured environment.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification by the time of permanent appointment.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a current Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation and fingerprinting of each candidate will be made prior to appointment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to danger of injury or assault by inmates.