MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR - TRADE SCHOOL

Job Description

Job Description

Are you ready to train the next generation of Medical Administrative Assistant Instructor?

Horizons Youth Services at Milwaukee Job Corps Center provides innovative, quality educational and job training programs to enable young people to succeed in today’s competitive job market and keep pace with the ever-changing dynamics of our worldwide economy.

We are seeking an experienced welding professional who is passionate about their trade and working with young people to fill our Medical Administrative Assistant Instructor role at our residential trade and education center.

Job Summary : The instructors' responsibilities include all aspects of instruction and the learning experience of the students. The instructor may also function concurrently as the program coordinator.

Duties Include :

• Delivers instruction to assigned students following approved curriculum, using developed lesson plans, ensuring a safe, engaging, and multifaceted delivery approach to meet the individualized needs of students, and tailors instructional methods and expected rates of progress to the learning styles, abilities, and career goals of individual students. Completes Career Technical Skills Training projects (CTST), if assigned.
• Ensures activities account for student attendance and performance and the program meets and / or exceeds goals.
• Collaborates with center staff (counselors, academic instructors, residential staff) to ensure a ‘village’ approach to promote student retention, attendance, positive behavior, program completion (including academic goals), and placement. Participates in curriculum committee meetings monthly with academic staff to incorporate applied academics and contextual learning during the training day and for the Evening Weekend Studies (EWS) program.
• Ensures student progress is recorded and goals established for each 60-day Evaluation of Student Progress (ESP) cycle, that students progress towards their Career Plan and Pathway Achievement Record (PAR), and that the eTAR is updated / reviewed at least weekly.
• Collaborates with center Community Engagement Committee staff and community employers to ensure active Workforce Council members for each trade, job development for WBL (incorporated throughout the training as a primary instructional approach), and placement.
• Provides training, and remedial support as needed, to students to achieve industry certifications, prerequisites, and examination requirements with a focus on student readiness for further education (college placement and / or center Advanced Career Training), Advanced Training, military enlistment, and / or full-time placement.
• Complies with all DOL guidelines, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and center / company plans, policies, and procedures, including participation in mandatory training.
• Models, mentors, and monitors appropriate Career Success Standards. Supports students’ career development goals, the Zero Tolerance Policy, and college and career readiness. Participate in student mentor and club activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience : Multiple years of experience in the field being taught. Education training preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations : Bachelor’s degree required. Certified, licensed, or accredited in the state in which the center is located (WI), or is accredited by a professional trade organization to enable students to earn a primary industry credential in the discipline of instruction. Must possess a valid state driver’s license.

Horizons Youth Services, through innovative leadership and job training programs, provides today’s youth with the education, skills and vision they need to build bright futures for themselves and their communities.

As an operator of Job Corps centers for the U.S. Department of Labor, Horizons Youth Services provides innovative, quality educational and job training programs to enable young people to succeed in today’s competitive job market and keep pace with the ever-changing dynamics of our worldwide economy.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and Veteran