Instructional & Curriculum Lead - AEL

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Instructional & Curriculum Lead - AEL

Salary

$3,134.00 - $3,478.25 Monthly

Location

Victoria, TX

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

201400616

Division

Instruction

Department

Adult Ed

Opening Date

12/15/2023

Position Summary

The Adult Education Department is recruiting for a full-time Instructional & Curriculum Lead for AEL.  This position is responsible for overseeing the instructional coaching of instructors in the Victoria College Adult Education Program; scheduling professional development activities; assisting with successful class preparations and delivery; collecting and filing documentation from instructors.

Victoria College has been a respected community partner in the Crossroads region since 1925 and continues to offer quality, affordable educational opportunities to help our students achieve their dreams.

Victoria has a low cost of living with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. 

This position is benefits eligible.  For more information on Victoria College's excellent benefits package, click the benefits tab.     

Duties & Responsibilities

  1. Serves as Instruction and Curriculum Lead for the AEL contract and assists in the development, delivery, documentation and maintenance of adult education classes.
  2. Serves as instructional coach and oversees instruction of adults in the following areas: English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), Distance Learning, Workforce Skills Development, Transition to employment and/or Post-Secondary Education
  3. Conducts classroom observations and makes recommendations for professional development activities.
  4. Conducts frequent teacher meetings and/or on-boarding to ensure curriculum alignment and clear objectives across classes.
  5. Acts as a mentor teacher for part-time instructional staff and ensures appropriate resources are available for effective instruction. 
  6. Ensures implementation of holistic, learner-participatory instruction that addresses learners’ needs, abilities, and learning styles
  7. Submits required reports that are accurate and turned in by dates as set by college policy/procedures
  8. Assists with class scheduling and securing appropriate instructors.
  9. Locates substitutes and/or teaches, as needed.
  10. Serves on hiring committees, as needed.
  11. Maintains communication with Director to request materials, ensure accurate record keeping, and to fulfill professional development requirements.
Supports and coordinates with all adult education staff.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required;
  • 3 years teaching experience required; 
  • Teaching certification preferred;
  • Intermediate computer skills;
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills;
  • Discretionary judgment regarding confidential information;
  • Ability to accomplish manage a flexible schedule and meet deadlines;
  • Ability to interact with diverse groups
  • Willingness to work evening hours and flexible schedule to meet program demands is required

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle controls, key pads, etc. Will be required to sit and reach with hands and arms as well as, sit, stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds while loading office supplies and paper. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, some color vision, and the ability to adjust focus from documents to computer screen. Hearing of light to moderate sound is required by this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The following benefits apply to all full-time positions scheduled to work 30 hours or more each week.  These full-time positions are also eligible to participate in our TRS retirement plan.

Victoria College offers an excellent benefit package for eligible employees that includes group insurance as well as a generous amount of paid time off:

Group Insurance
Health insurance

  • Full-time employees:  100% VC paid; employee pays 50% for dependents
  • Coverage for the new employee/dependents is effective on the 1st of the month following a 60-day waiting period

Optional benefits – available at group rates
  • Coverage for the new employee/dependents is effective on the 1st of the month following hire date
    • Flexible Spending Accounts – health and dependent care
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Term Life
    • Short and long-term disability
    • Accidental death & dismemberment
    • As an added benefit, Victoria College issues a credit of up to $30 each month to full-time employees to help offset the cost of premiums
Supplemental benefits – offered through Globe Life

Retirement
Participation in the Teacher Retirement System is mandatory (ORP option for eligible employees)
  • Currently, the employee contribution is 8.25%.  The state and Victoria College, together, contribute 8.25%
  • Social security is deducted each pay period
  • Payroll deduction for 403-b and 457 deferred compensation plans are available
Other Benefits
  • Workers compensation insurance
  • Direct payroll deposit
  • Tuition waiver for benefits eligible employees and their dependents through age 25
  • Use of the Sports Center which includes treadmills, rowing machines, exercise classes, etc.
  • Technology training
Paid Time Off
  • Vacation for eligible employees (does not apply to faculty positions).  Effective 90 days after start date
    • Full-time employees:  80 hours up to 10 years of service then 120 hours for 10+ years of service
  • Sick leave
    • Full-time employees:  accrues at 8 hours each month
  • Developmental and professional leave
  • One week at Thanksgiving
  • Two weeks for Winter Break
  • One week for Spring Break
  • Regular holidays
    • Labor Day
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • Good Friday
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteenth
    • Independence Day
  • Non-faculty employees get Fridays off during the summer

Agency
Victoria College
Address
2200 E. Red River

Victoria, Texas, 77901
Phone
361-582-2459
361-572-6463