Adult Education Instructor

Title: Adult Education Instructor

Salary Range: $41,880.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Somerset Community College

Campus Location: Somerset Community College, McCreary Center

Department: Adult Education

Total Rewards

Somerset Community College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Somerset Community College invites applications for an Adult Education Instructor position. This position will require some travel as needed. The KCTCS SCC Adult Education program is grant funded and funded through Commonwealth of Kentucky, Education and Labor Cabinet, and Office of Adult Education. KCTCS currently holds the SCC Adult Education contract for FY26-28.

Job Duties:

• Provides contextualized, academic instruction to adult education students. Plans, implements, documents, and evaluates instructional practices, procedures, and materials.
• Other complementary responsibilities will include: assessing and monitoring learning; classroom management; and professional development.
• Provides instruction in literacy, adult basic education, GED® test preparation, English language acquisition, family literacy, workforce preparation, integrated education and training, including career pathways, workplace education, Kentucky Career Readiness and Essential Skills certificates preparation.
• Applies research-based instructional practices that incorporate the use of computers and other technologies.
• Knowledgeable of reading, writing, and/or math instructional strategies.
• Uses instructional strategies, learning practices, and tools appropriate to the needs of the adult student.
• Uses lesson plans integrating instruction across content areas and Kentucky Adult Education Employability Standards.
• Provides continuous feedback and adjusts instruction to maximize student learning.
• Collaborates with colleagues to develop and evaluate curriculum and materials.
• Integrates work-, family-, and community-related activities into instruction.
• Administers and interprets appropriate placement and diagnostic tests when necessary.
• Applies adult education principles and methods in the classroom.
• Facilitates the transfer of learned skills from the classroom to the job.
• Plans learning experiences that are interactive and relevant to the specific workforce environment stated within students’ career goals.
• Customizes, develops, and delivers workforce-focused education curriculum and lesson plans that facilitate transference from the classroom to the workplace through the integration of the
  Kentucky Adult Education Employability Standards (essential skills).
• At a minimum, dedicates 75% of time in scheduled instruction in managed classrooms or facilitated labs.
• Travel to and work in correctional facilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  ** Applicants selected to interview will be asked to take the TABE 13/14A Mathematics and Reading as part of the hiring process.  All instructors shall score within NRS Level 6 on the 13/14 TABE A in Mathematics and Reading.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university or college required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in education or a content-related field from a regionally accredited university or college. Previous teaching experience.

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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.