Education Specialist – Teacher for GEAR UP/College Bound (PT)

Mercer County Community College; West Windsor (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercer County Community College seeks an Education Specialist to provide direct educational support services for students, delivering instruction aligned with state standards. The role spans five positions across middle school to high school levels in English, Math, Science, and Technology, with duties across both campuses.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree, experience in urban/multicultural education settings, and a record of ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting.
• Demonstrated continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.
• Master's or PhD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality instruction aligned to the state and national standards.
• Use a variety of assessment strategies to inform instructional decisions.
• Collaborate with peers to develop, plan, and implement best practices.
• Assess students' developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational decisions and use family and community resources to support learning.

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

If you are considering a new job, work environment or career opportunities you should look at Mercer County Community College. MCCC is a publicly supported college that is open to all and dedicated to student success. In order to support that mission Mercer seeks to attract, retain, and support a skilled diverse workforce which is our most valuable resource. We thrive on and are proud of our diversity and open access. Our students and employees find the College large enough for a multitude of offerings yet small enough to keep the “Community” feel for all. The College consists of two campuses, the James Kerney Campus (JKC) in the capital city of Trenton, NJ and a larger 292 acre suburban campus just six miles north of Trenton.

As part of the comprehensive and valuable benefits package the College offers credit course tuition waivers for employees, spouses and dependents. This allows for employees and their families to take advantage of earning a higher education degree without the high cost. The College offers students 69 Degree Program Options and 35 Credit Certificates from which to choose.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide quality instruction aligned to the state and national standards. Use a variety of assessment strategies - diagnostic, formative and summative, to inform instructional decisions and increase student self-management of learning. Rigorous inquiry-based learning tasks engage students in deep content of the discipline as well as the habits of scholarship. The Education Specialist is responsible for providing direct educational support services for students. There are five positions available in middle school to high school level English, Math, Science, and Technology.

• Have a working knowledge of and implement the New Jersey State Standards; knowledge of the designated subject matter, classroom management techniques, current researched best practices, and strategies, as well as students' learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.
• Teach students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning and problem solving.
• Collaborate with peers to develop, plan, and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students.
• Assess students' developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs.
• Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful, and interesting as well as multicultural/gender and ability fair/developmentally appropriate.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational decisions and use family and community resources to support learning.
• Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team and individual professional development.
• Please note that assigned tasks and responsibilities span both campuses for all MCCC positions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• Prior successful experience student teaching or teaching in an urban, multicultural education setting.
• Demonstrated continued professional development through course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's or PhD preferred.

Adaptability:

Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.

Building Trust:

Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.

Customer Focus:

Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.

Decision Making:

Identifying and understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.

Mercer County Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, religion, age, disability, handicap or other legally protected status in its provision of employment, education, and activities, or other services. Mercer County Community College is an EEO/AAP Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

Disclaimer: This job description outlines the general nature and key features performed by various positions that share the same job classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of all employees assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or re-assign duties to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other business reasons.