Institution Teach MA

Institution Teach MA

Requirements

• A master’s degree from an Oregon-approved teacher education program.
• An appropriate Oregon teaching license/certificate by the time of appointment.
• Possession of an appropriate Oregon State Teacher’s Certificate at the time of appointment.
• A learning specialty, with experience in adult education and assessment.

Responsibilities

• Engage with students to discern prior knowledge, learning needs, and college and career readiness goals.
• Organize and review information on students’ content knowledge, prior learning experiences, and learning needs from school transcripts, questionnaires, and student interviews.
• Use a variety of culturally sensitive and respectful resources to monitor learning and adjust instruction and goals.
• Facilitate the development of student learning goals that align with the Patient’s Treatment Care Plan and students’ interests.
• Empower students to engage with new ideas and experiences that help refine or change learning goals over time.
• Communicate clear expectations and motivate students to persist in meeting their goals.
• Address diverse learning modalities, abilities, needs, and interests through differentiated instruction in small group settings or 1-on-1.
• Engage students actively in their own learning through relevant, thought-provoking questions, problems, and tasks.
• Select and use resources and textbooks aligned with students’ goals and interests, applicable to their lives.
• Provide multiple means and modalities for presenting and engaging students with concepts, ideas, and materials.
• Engage in active listening, dialogue, and questioning to facilitate and support learning.
• Adapt goals to engage students who have difficulty with a particular approach and to deepen understanding.
• Build student confidence by providing feedback on progress and clear steps needed to continue moving toward goal attainment.
• Establish a community of practice among students to encourage peer-to-peer learning and rapport.
• Provide hands-on opportunities for students to interact with computers, the Internet, and other digital media to build technology literacy skills.
• Monitor clients’ use of classroom computers to ensure safe and appropriate use.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with patients/clients in an institutional mental health setting.
• Experience working in a locked facility.
• Master’s degree in a learning speciality, with experience in adult education and assessment.
• Experience with creating individualized learning plans.