INSTRUCTOR, VOCATIONAL

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:

This 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.
• Maintains records including testing, daily offender work, attendance and general record keeping.
• The Vocational Instructor assesses educational needs of inmates, develops lessons plans to address those needs to include individualized assignments and training.
• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma/equivalency and five (5) years relevant wage-earning work experience required. OR
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two (2) years teaching experience required.
• Possess or be eligible to apply for a State of Florida Educator’s certificate. (Non-Certified applicants must obtain a State or Florida Educator’s Certificate within twelve (12) months of hire.)

*NOTE: for Veterans/spouses ONLY: If applicant is a Veteran or a Veteran’s spouse (in Florida), they can apply and receive a Temporary License if they meet the following:

• Minimum of forty-eight (48) months of military service with an honorable/medical discharge.
• Minimum of sixty (60) college credits with a 2.5 grade point average.
• Passing score on a Florida subject area examination.

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