Teacher III
Heartland Alliance
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals seeking education and career pathways.
- Collaborate with a diverse and passionate team dedicated to the mission and vision of our organization.
- Enjoy a hybrid work arrangement, providing flexibility and work-life balance.
- Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Paid maternity leave.
- Paid paternity leave.
- Commuter benefits.
- Student loan assistance.
- Tuition assistance.
- Disability insurance
- Provides instruction. Assesses curriculum and develops new curriculum to meet participant needs and program objectives. Acts as the team leader in team teaching situations.
- Develops recruitment techniques and recruits program participants; develops assessment and intake procedures, and provides assessment and intake services to program participants; maintains good relationships with other service providers and recruitment sources; assesses participant needs for referral to additional service providers and makes appropriate referrals.
- Records individual and group progress as dictated by contract compliance and professional standards. Compiles and analyzes statistics and prepares drafts for statistical/programmatic reports for supervisor as requested.
- May order and maintain inventory of instructional materials; develops resources to support program objectives; provides transportation and other financial assistance to program participants under program guidelines.
- Participates extensively in staff meetings, in-service training, and organization activities; may lead staff meetings as requested in absence of supervisor; participates in additional training as assigned.
- Demonstrated through knowledge of instruction theory, technique, and activities; carries the volume of work required by department standards, individual program, and organization. MBO’s can be expected to affect individual accountabilities in daily operations.
- Other duties may be assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
- 3 years of experience in service provision.
- Fluency in a second language may be required if mandated by funder or regulatory agency.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Program sites are located throughout the Chicago area, including the North and South sides of Chicago, as well as the suburbs. Employees may be required to report to any one of our locations on a temporary or permanent basis.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
- The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
- The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl.
- The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- The employee must have unrestricted ability to provide physical restraint.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.