Title: | IT Instructor |
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ID: | 1175 |
Job Title: | IT Instructor |
Client: | Guadalupe Alternative Programs (GAP) |
Application Deadline: | N/A |
IT INSTRUCTOR
Guadalupe Alternative Programs (GAP) is a community-based education and social service agency serving at-risk individuals throughout the Twin Cities. GAP’s mission is to empower communities challenged by transition and poverty through education and enrichment opportunities, social and emotional support, and training that leads to employment. GAP serves children and youth at high-risk of school failure, and immigrants and refugees seeking to create a better life in this country.
To ensure youth are cognitively, socially, and emotionally equipped to succeed, our programming maintains a focus on three critical goals: 1) Educating our students by providing at-risk adolescents a safe, structured environment to learn and grow; 2) Supporting our students with comprehensive counseling and support services that are socially and culturally sensitive; and 3) Empowering our students with a continuum of training that builds personal leadership as well as job and career awareness/readiness.
(www.gapschool.org)
Job Title: IT Instructor
Reports To: Director of Employment and Training
Do you have passion for:
- Impacting the lives of young people?
- Helping solve technology issues of a nonprofit organization?
- Sharing your IT knowledge and expertise in a teaching/learning environment?
Reason position exists:
- To implement and deliver IT curriculum.
- To help with technology issues/concerns in the building.
- To build rapport with students and develop positive relationships.
- To work with outside tech. support to ensure technology concerns are met at GAP.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Deliver IT instruction
- Design, implement and evaluate a curriculum for an information technology course that is aligned with the pathway goals
- Provide four hours of instruction per day for our Youth Employment & Training program
- Actively participate in assessment and data reporting processes
- Support Students
- Participate in case management and advising processes for a caseload of Youth Employment & Training program students
- Develop and maintain positive home/school relationships
- Be an advocate for the program and Youthbuild/Americorp
- Have positive relationships with students and staff
- Implement strategies to help the pathway team succeed
- Build relationships with students, employers and volunteer sites
- Contribute to the program’s success
- Support Organizational IT Technical Needs
- Provide general technical support to staff – hardware, software, troubleshooting
- Work with 3rd party IT vendors for various technology needs – Wi-Fi, computer and IT equipment maintenance, software upgrades, IT equipment purchases etc.
- Build community internal and external to GAP
- Be an ambassador for GAP’s mission
- Step outside the job description when needed
Qualifications:
Required:
- Education: BA or AA
- Experience: 1+ year of experience in the IT field
- Software: Superior technology skills in all areas
- Interpersonal: Must be able to work well with students and staff
Preferred:
- Education: BA, Teaching License
- Other: Connections to employers/care facilities
Attributes:
- Strong communication skills (listening, writing, presenting, facilitating, coaching, leading)
- Comfortable working with students 16-24 years of age
- Ability to work with ELL students
- Flexible, adaptable and open to others’ ideas
- Strong critical thinking/problem solving skills with results-orientation
- Desire and ability to hold self and others accountable
- Effectively work with cross functional teams
Compensation:
- Salary range: $30,000-45,000 annually
- Complete benefits package including personal days, sick days, health and dental insurance, long-term disability, and 403b program (matching after one year).
- Competitive Time Off Plan: 10 personal days and all school holidays/breaks
- Contract is school year plus 240 hours over summer break