PT Friendship Fields Instructor - Social Emotional Teaching

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Friends University in Wichita invites applications for a Part-Time Friendship Fields - Instructor position. The role plans, leads, facilitates, and instructs to maximize student learning in a university classroom, with hours largely in the early evening.

The ideal candidate has experience with individuals with disabilities and in special education, and a Bachelor's degree is preferred. Teaching in group homes or volunteering with SPED students is also valued, with a personable, upbeat approach

Qualifications

• Experience with individuals with disabilities is required.
• Previous experience in special education is preferred.
• Teaching background in group homes, volunteering, or interacting with SPED students is valued.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, facilitate, and instruct for maximum student learning in a university classroom.
• Teach adult SPED students about personal safety, health boundaries, preventing harassment and bullying, and making safe choices.
• Create engaging activities designed to foster personal growth and social development.

Skills

Disabilities experience

Social/emotional teaching

Special education experience

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: WICHITA, KS 67213

Friends University is seeking to fill a Part-Time Friendship Fields - Instructor position in Wichita Kansas. This position plans, leads, facilitates, and instructs for maximum student learning and socialization in a university classroom. Meets established outcomes based on daily lesson plans and capacity to master learning objectives. Provides activities designed to create interest and enthusiasm for personal grasp of knowledge.

This position calls for an individual with social/emotional teaching and learning experience. The instructor will be responsible for teaching adult sped students about personal safety, health boundaries, preventing harassment, preventing bullying, making safe choices, etc.

Work hours vary between 12:45 to 7:45 pm, depending on classes taught and needs of the program.

Friends University seeks to hire individuals who will embrace our mission and celebrate our commitment to equipping students to honor God in their personal, professional, and spiritual lives by adhering to the University's RISE Core Values (Respect, Inclusion, Service and Excellence). The mission of the University is: Friends University, a Christian University of Quaker heritage, equips students to honor God and serve others by integrating their intellectual, spiritual and professional lives.

Qualifications

Experience with individuals with disabilities is required. Previous experience in special education is preferred. Teaching is not the only background experience taken into consideration. Experience working in group homes, volunteering, and interacting with special education students is also considered valuable.

Bachelor's degree preferred.

The ideal candidate is habitually upbeat, approachable, and easy to talk to. Knowledgeable about special education students instructional needs. Able to maintain emotional control in stressful situations is a must.