Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:
| * Paid Time Off | * Paid Holidays |
| * 401(k) Matching | * Health Insurance |
| * Vision Insurance | * Life Insurance |
| * Health Savings Account | * Tuition Reimbursement |
| * Employee Discount | * Reduced Tuition Rates |
| * Disability Insurance | * Employee Assistance Program |
| * 401(k) | * Pet Insurance |
| * Dental Insurance | * Paid Training |
| * Flexible Spending Account | * Other Benefits Available |
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
Do you love teaching? Are you looking to work in a challenging and rewarding environment where you can really make a difference, and where career growth is supported? If you became a teacher to help people acquire knowledge and you believe that everyone deserves the highest quality of education, we have the role for you! This is your opportunity to join our growing team.
Join a Community That Cares
Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.
Role and Responsibilities
As an Academic Instructor with us, you will be teaching in a classroom environment to provide diverse students with adult basic education, English language development, special education, and basic subjects including reading, mathematics, and language arts. This role will require you to:
- Teach career planning, social adjustment, and general life skills courses.
- Instruct conversational English, as well as local ideas and customs to students with limited English proficiency.
- Maintain records including testing, daily inmate/detainee work, and attendance.
- Evaluate and ensure inmate/detainee academic progress.
- Provide individual tutoring.
We're looking for individuals from different backgrounds
Building an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions!
Qualifications
Competencies Required
If you have a natural ability for working in a team with a wide variety of members and you're truly driven by the joy of seeing your students thrive, you are in the right place. Our employees feel proud to play a role in their students' re-entry to society. Apply if you have:
Minimum Requirements* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required.
* Possess or be eligible to apply for a State of Florida Educator's certificate. (Non-Certified applicants must obtain a State or Florida Educator's Certificate within 12 months of hire.)
* Two (2) years of relevant teaching experience preferred.
- * NOTE for Veterans/spouses ONLY: If applicant is a Veteran or a Veteran's spouse (in Florida), they can apply and receive a Temporary License if they meet the following:
* Minimum of 48 months of military service with an honorable/medical discharge;
* Minimum of 60 college credits with a 2.5 grade point average;
* Passing score on a Florida subject area examination
Physical Requirements
- Frequently: lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; bend, stoop, reach above shoulder level, walk, or stand.
- Occasionally: lift or carry up to 20 lbs.; push or pull up to 40 lbs.; sit.
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