Job Details

Summary: Assists in direct, individualized support and interventions for Career Center special population students to help them develop the knowledge and skills necessary for successful future employment in their chosen career program. Collaborates with special populations consultant and other instructional staff to provide strategic interventions to students or entire classes for whom support is needed based on assessment, progress and/or teacher recommendation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Work is performed under the general supervision of administration. The employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following (does not include all tasks employee may be expected to perform):

1. Instruction
   1. Under the direction of instructional staff and consultants, prepares for the delivery of daily instruction by preparing students for successful participation in technical classes at JACC and for potential career placements.
   2. Provide instructional support to students, assisting the instructional staff with effective teaching.
   3. Supplement instruction by working with individuals or small groups on follow-up activities specified by the instructor.
   4. Consult regularly with classroom instructors and consultants on matters relating to student learning and progress.
   5. Assist instructors and consultants in identifying and implementing effective teaching strategies to overcome or compensate for special social, emotional and learning difficulties of special population students.
   6. Work with Career Center instructional staff toward the development of adapted vocational needs and objectives, which will lead to increased job retention rates.
   7. Work with students in a variety of settings (in class, lab areas, small groups, individually, etc.) to provide individualized support or interventions as determined in collaboration with the Center for Student Success (CSS) consultant, student’s instructor(s), counselor, and/or academic consultant(s).
2. Management and Supervision
   1. Oversee student groups or individuals in both classroom and lab setting.
   2. Proctor examinations.
   3. Monitor students involved in desk-bound study and learning activities assigned by the instructional staff.
   4. Assist special population consultants and instructional staff with career awareness and pre-vocational training, and vocational assessment needs of special population students before entering the Career Center.
   5. Maintain and enforce Career Center and program standards of behavior. Refer violators of classroom behavior standards to the instructor. Refers violators of Career Center behavior standards to appropriate administrators for discipline.
   6. Confer with special population consultants and instructional staff on program goals, needs, and instructional strategies for students.
   7. Utilize counselor, with approval of program instructor, as a resource when working with a student in bringing about desired behavior changes.
   8. Ensure that outreach, assessment, counseling, career guidance, integration of academics and other supplementary services are provided as necessary to ensure compliance with the grant.
   9. Assist in efforts to prevent at-risk students from dropping out of the Career Center.
3. Record Keeping
   1. Assist with reports, including, but not limited to, the beginning of the year reports for each teacher, indicating special education students, their disabilities, accommodation, etc.
   2. Confer with special population consultants and instructional staff on observed student skills and activities in completing competency profiles.
4. Safety
   1. Report accidents, unsafe conditions or hazards to instructor and/or administrator.
   2. Follow established safety practices and procedures to ensure a safe classroom environment.
5. Equipment and supply inventory
   1. Work with consultants in completing inventory.
6. Attends open house, participates in conferences, and participates in other school sponsored activities, as required.
7. Regular and predictable in-person attendance is required for this position.