SUMMARY:

The Instructor is entrusted with imparting the knowledge and skills each student needs to be successful by providing quality delivery of assigned courses while ensuring that all students achieve competency in the course objectives.

Instructors evaluate and resolve student questions, issues and problems, and ensure appropriate action is taken to the satisfaction of the student, Dorsey Schools, and/or regulatory agencies in compliance with policy, procedures, and legal requirements. Instructors are to be motivating, fair and impartial, creative, dedicated, and professional.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver quality classroom instruction in lecture, clinical, and/or laboratory format based on the approved course outline by selecting and utilizing a variety of approved course materials and teaching methods that address all learning modalities to insure that the needs of individual students in the program are met.
• Assess student learning using appropriate methods.
• Demonstrate effectiveness with strong outcomes in Student Retention, Student Success, and Student Attendance, as measured by the Faculty Development Program.
• Conduct an engaging classroom lecture and/or lab based on the course outline.
• Motivate students by demonstrating sensitivity for concerns and actively involving students in classroom discussions and/or activities.
• Advise students on attendance, grades, and issues in order to ensure successful completion of their course.
• Contact absentee students by text, email, and/or phone as needed to improve retention.
• Manage classroom environment through compliance with campus policies including but not limited to classroom management, attendance, punctuality, and professionalism.
• Ensure instructor preparedness before class by listing the following information on the white board in class: Instructor Name and Contact Information (Google Voice Phone Number and Dorsey Email Address), Date, Class Name, Day’s Objectives, and

Next Session Objectives.

• Monitor and prepare supplies and equipment to ensure readiness prior to class, informing appropriate campus personnel when areas requiring attention are discovered.
• Participate in faculty, staff, committee, and in‐service meetings. Attendance at commencement is strongly encouraged.
• Demonstrate professional growth in the subject in which you teach through a combination of several of the following activities: membership and participation educational associations, professional organizations, continuance of education, concurrent related business experience, educational research, and awareness of current practices and standards. Attendance at seminars, conventions, field visits, vendor shows, equipment exhibits, etc., are excellent opportunities for instructors to gain enrichment. Professional writing by an instructor is also an example of professional growth.
• Actively support other departments such as Financial Aid, Admissions, and Career Services.
• Ensure that all educational activity is conducted in a legal and ethical manner.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement by working within the guidelines of the Company’s Faculty Development Program or other criteria as identified (such as Success Rate, Retention Rate, Student Attendance Rate, Student Evaluations of Instructor, and Final Exam Pass Rates).
• Maintain employer relationships by at least annual contacts with employers, one must be a site visit, one may be by phone conversation.

KNOWLEDGE – SKILLS – ABILITIES:

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and analytical skills as well as the ability to work well independently and within a team environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS *:

• At least a high school diploma or equivalent, some program instructors require further education.
• Prior experience teaching is preferred, as applicable.
• Electrical Technician instructors must have a Michigan Master or Electrical Journeyman License; a bachelor’s or associate’s degree, diploma, or certificate in the field taught from a post‐secondary institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. DOE; or a minimum of one year of post‐secondary education from a U.S. DOE recognized institution, teaching or field experience in the course(s) taught. For EL100, El105, or EL110: at least one year of college in an electrical science program and one year’s documented experience in the subject taught to teach EL100, EL105, or EL110.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit for extended periods of time; and have sufficient hand, arm and finger dexterity to operate a phone, computer keyboard and other office equipment.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $27.02 - $32.54 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
• HVAC: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Detroit, MI 48228 (Required)

Work Location: In person