Instructor, Academics Jobs

Facility: LAWRENCEVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER

Pay: $65,000.00 yr

Bonus (if Applicable)

Shift: First

Benefits: Employees working a normal work week (30 hours or more) will enjoy a competitive benefits package for an energized workforce with options for you and your family including:

• Disability Insurance • Paid training • Other benefits available
• Vision Insurance • Life Insurance • Flexible spending account
• 401(k) matching • Health Insurance • Dental Insurance
• Paid time off • Paid holidays • 401(k)
• Employee discount • Employee assistance program • Pet insurance
• Health savings account • Tuition Reimbursement • Reduced tuition rates

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.

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.

Role and Responsibilities

This Role Will Require You To

As an Academic Instructor with us, you will be teaching in a classroom environment to provide diverse students with adult basic education, English language development, special education, and basic subjects including reading, mathematics, and language arts.

• Provide individual tutoring.
• Instruct conversational English, as well as local ideas and customs to students with limited English proficiency.
• Evaluate and ensure inmate/detainee academic progress.
• Teach career planning, social adjustment, and general life skills courses.
• Maintain records including testing, daily inmate/detainee work, and attendance.

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!

Job Requirements

Competencies Required

Minimum Requirements

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, you are in the right place. Our employees feel proud to play a role in their students' re-entry to society. Apply if you have:

• Experience teaching adults and or youth and knowledge and experience of policy and procedure governing adult education is a must.
• Reciprocity may be possible provided the applicant holds a current valid teaching license from another state.
• Must be eligible for a Virginia Teaching License by the Virginia Department of Education. License in 'relevant educational field' is required. If you do not currently hold a teachers/trade license from the Department of Education you must submit all documentation and be approved for a provisional license before starting employment.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required.
• One year of relevant teaching experience in the last 5 years.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally: lift or carry up to 20 lbs.; push or pull up to 40 lbs.; sit.
• Frequently: lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, walk, or stand.