Continuing Education Trainer- Spanish CPR

South Texas College; United States; On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

South Texas College seeks a Continuing Education- Spanish CPR Trainer to teach AHA CPR courses in Spanish, including BLS and First Aid, across the college district.

The instructor will develop and assess curricula, maintain records, and coordinate with coordinators. This on-site role requires bilingual communication, reliability, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED is required.
• Current American Heart Association Instructor Certification is required.
• Minimum of 1 year of CPR instructional experience.

Responsibilities

• Instructs students in Spanish CPR courses including BLS, Heart saver CPR AED, and First Aid.
• Implements and evaluates curriculum to ensure student success.
• Maintains student and class records and issues CPR certificates.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Spanish CPR Instruction

Public speaking

Education

HS Diploma/GED

Current American Heart Association Instructor Certification

CPR Instructional experience

Job description

The Continuing Education- Spanish CPR Trainer

The Continuing Education- Spanish CPR Trainer is responsible for teaching American Heart Association (AHA) CPR courses in Spanish, including Basic Life Support (BLS), Heart Saver CPR AED, and Heart Saver First Aid.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Instructs students in Spanish CPR courses including: BLS, Heart saver, and First Aid.
• Implements educational curriculum to ensure student success.
• Evaluates and optimizes educational curriculum.
• Motivates students to attend class, learn, and be successful.
• Creates individual educational plans to support timely coursework completion; ensures that students complete their individual educational plan in a timely manner.
• Maintains student and class records.
• Tracks student attendance.
• Assess students' academic performance.
• Completes and submits course documentation when due.
• Issues CPR certification cards to students after each course.
• Informs Coordinators of students not meeting attendance and academic goals and/or not complying with behavior expectations.
• Informs Coordinators of support services for students.
• Maintains a positive, productive classroom and handles behavior problems effectively.
• Communicates with students, staff and peers in a professional, respectful, and constructive manner.
• Conducts sponsor-teacher conferences.
• Travels throughout the College district, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Transcripts

Transcripts must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Foreign transcripts

Applicants submitting employment applications with foreign transcripts must provide transcript equivalency documentation from an approved evaluation service. The evaluation service must be a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

Required Education and Experience

• HS Diploma/GED required.
• Current American Heart Association Instructor Certification required.
• Minimum of 1 (one) year of CPR instructional experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Requirements

Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely. Standing particularly for sustained periods of time. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Minimum Compensation $15.75 Desired Start Date November 12, 2026 Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank) 28 October 2026 11:59pm

Founded in 1993, South Texas College offers more than 127 degree & certificate options, including associate degrees in a variety of liberal art, social science, business, math, science, technology, advanced manufacturing, and allied health fields of study. Additionally, South Texas College is the only community college in the State of Texas to offer 5 baccalaureate degrees. South Texas College has a faculty and staff of more than 2,200 to serve the college’s five campuses, two higher education centers, and one virtual campus. Since 2000, the Dual Credit Programs has served 130,000 high school students at 70 high school partners, saving families over $340 million dollars in tuition.