Small Engine Repair Teacher: Coffeewood Correctional Center #ED005

DHRM; Culpeper (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Department of Corrections invites applications for a Small Engine Repair Teacher at Coffeewood Correctional Center. The role provides Career and Technical instruction, helps inmates complete required competencies, and ensures safe, compliant lab operations.

The ideal candidate holds a Technical Professional License or teaching certificate and meets DPOR/DOE licensure requirements; experience in correctional education is preferred, with strong record-keeping and classroom management

Qualifications

• Ability to engage students in one-on-one teaching and in classroom/lab settings.
• Maintain accurate records; understand adult education policies and DPOR/DPoE licensing requirements.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required; DPOR Technical Professional License or DOE teaching certificate preferred; provisional license possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective Career and Technical instruction in the assigned trade area.
• Assist students to complete required competencies for the trade area.
• Demonstrate effective classroom or lab management and ensure safety compliance.
• Maintain accurate student records and lab inventories.

Skills

Ability to engage students

Maintain accurate records

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Technical Professional License issued by DPOR

Teaching certificate by the Department of Education

Provisional License

Job description

Small Engine Repair Teacher: Coffeewood Correctional Center #ED005

State Role Title: Trainer and Instructor II

Hiring Range: $65,112.00 - $91,314.00

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Corr - Central Admin

Location: Coffeewood Correctional Center

Agency Website: www.vadoc.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

To provide effective Career and Technical instruction in the assigned trade area; to assist assigned students to complete the required competencies for that trade area; demonstrate effective classroom or lab management; ensure that the lab is operated in compliance with all aspect of safety management; and to maintain accurate and current students records for the assigned student.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to engage students: The demonstrated ability to engage students in one-on-one teaching and work with students and inmate aides in a classroom/Lab environment.
• Maintain accurate records: The demonstrated ability to maintain accurate records; Knowledge and experience of policy and procedure governing adult education. Must possess working knowledge of basic adult education field, adult literacy, and computer software appropriate for program needs. Experience in maintaining classroom, equipment, and inventories; Demonstrate competency in the related field of current trade licensure.
• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: Must have at least two years' full time or 2000 hours of verifiable experience in the last 5 years in the relevant field/trade area for a teaching certificate.
• License: Must be eligible for Technical Professional License’ issued by Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) and license/certification’ or a ‘Technical Professional License’ in the related trade area/field issued by Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). Must be eligible for a teaching certificate by the Department of Education.
• Provisional License: If you do not currently hold a teachers/trade license from the Department of Education (DOE): 1. You must submit all documentation for your provisional license to the licensure designee for Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) during the first 90 days of employment. 2. Obtaining a provisional license within the 1-year probationary period is employee’s responsibility and is required to continuing employment at the Department of Corrections (DOC).

Additional Considerations

• Experience in correctional education classroom management: Experience in correctional education classroom management. Five years experience in the related trade/field.
• License: Must have Technical Professional License’ issued by Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) and license/certification’ or a ‘Technical Professional License’ in the related trade area/field issued by Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). Must have a Teaching certificate by the Department of Education.
• Knowledge of trade area: Knowledge of all phases of the trade area; ability to supervise adult in-mates in a classroom/lab environment in a correctional facility.
• Experience in correctional education classroom management: Knowledge and experience in correctional education classroom management. The ability to facilitate other instructors; knowledge of the Department of Corrections (DOC) institutional policies and procedures and policies governing correctional education.

Special Instructions

VADOC is an EEO employer and is committed to supporting workforce diversity, equitable opportunities and inclusivity. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

VADOC values our Veterans and encourages all to apply and receive preference in the hiring process. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other nation service alumni are also encouraged to apply. Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program - Virginia Department of Veterans Services.

Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program | Virginia Department of Veterans Services

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: [phone]

Email: Emailed applications are not accepted.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Advertised:

10 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: