Instructor

Description

Basic Function

The Instructor at Graduation Solutions fosters a supportive and motivating learning environment that encourages student participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills development. The instructor delivers instructional best practices, supports students in their courses, analyzes student progress and encourages course completion. The instructor offers study sessions and will intervene with students who need additional support. This is a hybrid position allowing for flexing of on-site and remote work opportunities related to corporate and departmental needs and goals.

The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) that measures the Instructor’s efficacy and successfulness is the individual earned credit rate for students (CER). Success in this position is defined by maintaining an average of 0.5 monthly credit earned rate for a student roster.

Responsibilities

1. Tutoring: Support students with tutoring in their current courses to help them understand the content presented in the course. Guide the learning process through proactive and reactive tutoring support, whether in person or online. 
2. Student Courses: Participate with students in their online courses, answering any questions that arise. Manage students' courses, staying on top of warning signs and alerts that would require instructor intervention to guide students through their courses.
3. Communication: Maintain regular communication between students, parents, teachers, and mentors using a variety of platforms regarding course expectations, assignments, and academic progress.  
4. Student Support: Refer students to ancillary services when barriers are perceived and discovered. Maintain quality contact with a student’s mentor to ensure he receives the academic and referred support needed.
5. Intervention: Implement data tracking systems to monitor student progress and performance, analyze data to identify trends and areas for improvement, and intervene as needed to support struggling students or adjust instructional strategies to meet the diverse needs of students.
6. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Skills

• Oral Communication 
• Project Management
• Written Communication 
• Professionalism
• Organizational Skills 
• Time Management
• Customer Service
• Computer Literacy
• Telephone Etiquette
• Keyboard Skills  

Education/Training

Degree: Bachelor’s degree is required. A valid teaching certificate is required.

Experience

2 years of teaching experience. Online education experience is preferred. You are required to obtain and maintain a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card. 

List of Physical Requirements

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 talk or hear. The employee frequently in an 8-hour shift is required to sit; stand; walk; kneel; use repetitive motions; lift up to 25 lbs; reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger; handle or feel and look at a computer or hand-held screen for long periods of time.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to perform this job. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. Please see your immediate supervisor with any questions you may have.