Lead Instructor – Adult Disability Services

Central Valley Training Center; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k

Job summary

Central Valley Training Center in Modesto, CA is seeking a Lead Instructor to provide leadership to a team of Instructors and deliver quality instruction for adults with intellectual disabilities. This full-time, in-person role requires effective supervision, adherence to behavioral programs, and collaboration with the Program Manager.

The position emphasizes safe, structured environments, person-centered planning, and accurate documentation to support participant goals and progress.

Qualifications

• Clear and timely communication with others.
• Follow written and verbal directions.
• Presents information effectively, accurately and thoroughly in a style others can understand and act upon.
• Listen to other’s information, ask questions that clarify the intended message, and respond to questions from manager, participants, and outside organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to an assigned team of Instructors, plan group assignments, age appropriate and person-centered lesson plans and the coordination of participant activities in both the community and classroom settings.
• Provide direct individual and group instruction to assigned participants in accordance with participant’s abilities, goals, agency training level and agency goals.
• Provide constant appropriate supervision of participants, implement age appropriate training activities, and apply agency training methods to ensure structure to working environment.
• Maintain an environment which promotes non-aversive behavior programming; using positive interactions with participants on a daily basis, responding to crisis using good judgment and using approved crisis techniques.
• Collect and tabulate pertinent data in an error-free manner.

Skills

Clear communication

Follow directions

Effective presentation

Active listening

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Central Valley Training Center in Modesto, CA is seeking a Lead Instructor to provide leadership to a team of Instructors and deliver quality instruction for adults with intellectual disabilities. This full-time, in-person role requires effective supervision, adherence to behavioral programs, and collaboration with the Program Manager.

The position emphasizes safe, structured environments, person-centered planning, and accurate documentation to support participant goals and progress.