Vocational Education Instructor - Red Lake YouthBuild Program

Primary Function: Required to teach basic vocational education skills (primarily carpentry), transport participants to alternative learning center and to job sites and oversee shop and tool area. Salary: $20.00/hour @ 32 hours per week

Responsibilities:

Develop and coordinate a vocational (construction) curriculum and plans for implementation
In collaboration with the academic instructor and worksite instructors, provide vocational education classes which teach construction related skills, including but not limited to:

Demolition, framing, interior work, and blueprint reading

Safe procedures for use and handling of tools

Appropriate ways to handle technical construction problems that arise at the building site

Observe and evaluate trainees at the worksite and provide hands-on assistance in training at the worksite.
Coordinate testing and evaluation of student skills with the site trainers and provide regular assessment of student skills with the site trainers and provide regular assessment of student performance. Document student skill attainment, in coordination with the academic instructor and worksite instructors.
Keep counselor and other staff informed about issues and needs of the trainees and participate in regular team reviews of student progress.
Assist in informal personal and vocational counseling and development of trainees’ leadership skills in conjunction with other YouthBuild staff.
Provide informal crisis intervention

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in education or related field such as: certified construction credentials
Experience in creative curriculum planning and development
Must have deep respect for the ides and intelligence of young adults
Strong commitment to helping young people succeed in an innovative training program, to reorient their lives, nurture their leadership skills and enable them to make difference in their communities.
Ability to relate sensitively to multi-racial and multi-cultural groups of young people.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to team teach and work as part of a team
A valid drivers license with a bus endorsement

To Apply: Applications (resumes w/ application) are accepted at Red Lake Human Resources Department - P.O. Box 546, Red Lake, MN 56671 - (218) 679-3341 x 1040 * (218) 679-4176 Fax * mowens@redlakenation.org