Learning Specialist - Essex County Sheriff's Department

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About Northern Essex Community College:

THE COLLEGE: Northern Essex Community College (NECC) serves about 5,000 credit students each semester on two campuses located in the beautiful, historic Merrimack Valley region of northeast Massachusetts.  Our suburban Haverhill campus sits on 106 acres near Kenoza Lake and features a Technology Center and an award-winning Student One-Stop Center.  Our urban campus in Lawrence occupies a number of buildings in the heart of downtown.  Most recently, we have constructed a new 44,000 square foot health technologies facility, the Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Allied Health & Technology Center.  Both campuses are a short drive to Boston and to the beaches and state parks along the coast.

The College has been building an organizational culture that values initiative and innovation, and seeks to identify and develop the strengths in students, faculty, staff, and programs in order to grow and improve.  NECC is also committed to using evidence to guide planning and decision-making.  These values are reflected in the use of Appreciative Inquiry for strategic planning and accreditation; in our investment in strengths-based, institution-wide professional development; and in our ten-year involvement as a Leader College in Achieving the Dream, a national network of community colleges dedicated to using data to close student achievement gaps.

We are also committed to the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.  With over 40% Hispanic students, NECC was the first federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in New England.

We seek leaders who are committed to the community college mission, actively engaged in promoting diversity, and prepared to use their unique strengths and innovation with the goal of student success.

Job Description:

POSITION: Part-Time Learning Specialist (Learning Specialist): Essex County Sheriff's Department; position includes travel within the Essex County Sheriff's Office Continuum; MCCC/MTA Unit Professional Position; 18.75 hours per week, Monday through Wednesday 8:00am - 2:45pm (Hours may be adjusted and compensated in alignment with contractual guidelines); Grant Funded Position

SUMMARY: The Learning Specialist will report to the Education Director and support incarcerated, and justice involved individuals in Adult Education and ESOL. Adult Education and ESOL instruction, improves the reading, writing, math, social studies, science, English language, and digital literacy skills necessary to earn a High School credential and to be college and career ready, supports students, at all levels, in attaining the necessary skills to succeed in continuing education, training and employment.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Specific duties for this position include: 

• Provides individualized and small group instruction
• Teaches in a correctional setting and interact with incarcerated adults and/or justice involved individuals who may have educational gaps, and/or disabilities
• Works with individual students as needed
• Determines student learning sequence requirements
• Collaborate with colleagues and other faculty on curriculum, student assessment and instructional materials and strategy
• Adheres to ADA (American with Disabilities Act) to include Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and accommodations/modifications approved by NECC
• Develops course curricula and prepares/previews/evaluates instructional materials for courses
• Monitors student performance progress through formative and summative assessments
• Provides students with leadership opportunities (e.g. incorporate Peer Tutors into classroom instruction)
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