Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in education or related field,  
• Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree with training and experience as instructor in adult education

Skills:

• Possess patience and sensitivity when working with adults.  Accepting, nonjudgmental attitude toward people from varied backgrounds with varied academic needs.

• Ability to use technology.

• Organizational ability, flexibility, and understand need for confidentiality.

In the role of ABE Instructor, instructors have three areas of duties and responsibilities:

•  Teaching / Instruction
•  Class Management / Record keeping
•   Professional Development / Evaluation

Teaching / Instruction

• Instructors are responsible for ensuring that class meets according to the set schedule.
• Instructors integrate the College and Career Readiness Standards and workforce preparation activities into instruction. 
• Ability to integrate technology into instruction. 
• Instructors use research-based instructional materials that meet the instructional level and needs of the students.
• Instructors utilize a variety of instructional techniques, to include individualized instruction, pairing, group work, teamwork, and whole class instruction. 
• Instructors administer tests for placement (locator), diagnostic (pre-test), progress, and follow-up (post-test) to each student to determine progress and adjust instruction if needed.
• Instructors develop learning plan with each student based on student interest and goals.
• Instructors review and update learning plans with each student after 30 hours of instruction. 

Class Management / Record Keeping

• Instructors enroll students and are responsible for documenting required demographic information, goals, assessments, attendance, and career plan on the ASPD forms.
• Instructors maintain accurate student files and turn in complete and accurate attendance and student data to the regional office by the fifth of each month.
• Instructors ensure that the classroom environment is welcoming and conducive to learning.
• Instructors maintain adequate supplies of instructional materials in the classroom.
• Instructors supervise any instructional aides or volunteers in the classroom.
• Instructors are responsible for contacting each student who has missed 10 – 12 hours of instruction and encourage students to come back to class, or to find out why student left (goal completion or other reason) and document follow-up calls in student file.

Professional Development / Evaluation

• Instructors must be able to utilize technology to participate in professional development activities.

• Instructors must complete required online training every two years:
• TABE certification training
• VA Goal Setting training
• VA Assessment Policy training
• Instructors attend all local or regional meetings and complete training required by the regional office.
• Instructors participate in a professional learning community.
• Instructors attend other professional development activities whenever possible.
• The local supervisor or regional office may visit a classroom to observe and make suggestions for the instructor to implement to improve instruction.