Teacher C - ESL Instructor - MCI Norfolk

Hiring for the 2025-2026 School Year, Start Date: August 10, 2025 Duties: •Teach academic classes as assigned by supervisor including ABE, ESL, PreASE and/or ASE, with a strength in ESL preferred. Classes may be departmentalized to include Reading, Language, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. •Utilize research-based practices, current instructional methods, and current materials to ensure effective instruction. •Possess the ability to teach in a correctional setting and interact with an adult incarcerated population with possible medical, psychosocial, or educational deficits. •Work with the Education Division and administration staff to deliver specialized instruction in a secure setting. •Responsible for completing student attendance daily and updating student case plan as required by Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), including the awarding of Earned Good Time and completing performance ratings on time each month and time sensitive documentation for program completion as directed in SOP. •Responsible for completing the required 40 hours of training within the fiscal year as well as maintaining a current teaching license. •Administers standardized testing to students including TABE, TABE CLAS-E, HiSET and HiSET qualifying exams as needed. •Maintains student education files: perform monthly purge, process incoming and outgoing files, and update inmate educational documentation as needed. •Track EGT for academic and vocational boosts. •Identifies and recruits potential inmate class participants when necessary. •Schedules incarcerated individuals for academic testing and meets with students to determine appropriate placement as needed. •Determines student eligibility for placement in educational programming based on program participation history, current assessment scores, program requirements and interest as needed. •Maintains and reviews educational program waitlists as needed. •Addresses incarcerated individuals’ Case Plan referrals to academic and vocational programming within 30 days as needed. •Utilizes an informed understanding of current educational assessments to provide educational instruction. •Responsible for maintaining a record of professional development and DOC trainings attended. •Illustrating a comprehensive and current knowledge of DOC policies and procedures. •Engaging in Division priorities to enhance the progression of strategic goals, and collaborating with other professionals, both inside and outside of the Education Division, to contribute to the goals of the Division. •Expected to interact and communicate with staff and incarcerated individuals in a professional manner while always utilizing appropriate boundaries. •Responsible for reporting any security related matters to their supervisor promptly in addition to managing their assigned classroom in a manner consistent with institutional rules and regulations. •Responsible for any other duties assigned.

Salary : $57,941 - $92,554