Adult Learning Instructor

2 months ago

Oshawa, Canada JHS Durham Full time

The **John Howard Society of Durham Region** has an exciting opportunity for you. If you have a love of learning, a passion to teach adults and excellent reading, writing, digital and math skills, we would like to encourage you to apply.

**Adult Learning Instructor**

**Division**: Literacy and Basic Skills Program, Employment and Training Services

**Work Status**: Full Time
**Location**: Durham Region (office is based in Oshawa)

**About the Role**:
**You’ll be working on things like**:
**Service User Support**
- Conduct initial, on-going and exit educational assessments to determine adult literacy levels, milestones, and goal attainment.
- Develop individualized learner plans that respond to identified OALCF level, needs for referral, goals, and learning style.
- Facilitate teaching 1:1 in-person or virtually or, to a group with learning objectives and outcomes based on learner goals, labour market demand, and funder requirements.
- Select, adapt, and create appropriate learning materials and resources as required that align with individual learner goals and the OALCF principles
- Utilize a variety of methods, tools, and procedures as determined for assessment and evaluation.
- Contributes to the program strategy by evaluating service user and program performance management framework on an ongoing basis: participate in developing and implementing program improvements.
- Communicate effectively with learners and colleagues both verbally and in writing.
- Shows leadership, and can effectively problem solve and critically think.
- Complete timely follow up interventions with service users as required.
- Take initiative and work as part of the JHS Employment and Training Services team.
- Orient and supervise placement students and volunteers.
- Meet all performance targets as outlined by agency and funder.

**Case Management/Documentation**
- Foster a positive learning environment for service users of diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
- Maintains up-to-date case notes, progress reports and service user files with clear rationale for methods and interventions used, and statistical documentation in accordance with the program requirements.
- Must meet documentation quality standards and provide accurate and timely data entry and filing procedures to program database.
- Provide relevant instruction based on the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF) levels 1-3.
- Able to work in an environment that requires the ability to collect and gather statistical information, meet deadlines and targets.
- Proficient at collection, data entry into spreadsheets (Excel) and online portals (CaMs)
- Maintain and complete monthly performance related statistical reports

**Community, Administration & Other**
- Work in partnership with LBS community and Employment Service Network to support effective service coordination.
- Contribute to program marketing/outreach plan and promote JHS training programs in the community.
- Represent the agency in the community when required
- Attend workshops, meetings and seminars as requested

**If you have the following we want to hear from you**
- Completed post secondary education in Education, Social Services or related field
- Advanced (post-secondary) level of math, reading, writing, grammar and digital technology skills (i.e excel, word). You will be asked to demonstrate.
- Sound understanding of Skills for Success and the OALCF framework, i.e. goal paths, competencies, tasks and levels of performance
- You are a self-starter
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Solid understanding of group dynamics and ability to motivate others
- A strong understanding of adult learners’ needs and circumstances
- Facilitation/Instruction, Employment and general counselling experience
- Extensive knowledge of labour market training opportunities and labour market information and resources
- Proven experience working with all different demographics of learners, including youth, newcomers, internationally trained professionals, newcomers, OW, EI and ODSP recipients, individuals experiencing long term unemployment and differently abled persons.
- Strong case management assessment skills
- Able to take initiative and work as part of a team
- Knowledge of services related to adult literacy
- Understanding and knowledge of learning styles
- Familiar with learning disabilities and their impact on learning
- Experienced in using Zoom to host/co-host meetings, including using polls, breakout rooms, annotation mode
- Strong knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Hootsuite and Wordpress
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

**Working Conditions**
- May be exposed to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc.
- Interacts with clients, visitors, and staff from other organizations
- Intermittent physical activity including walking, standing, sitting, lifting
- Manual dexterity required to use computers and peripherals, kitchen app

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