Education Coordinator

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Education Coordinator position, at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center (YKCC), located in Bethel, Alaska.

What You Will Be Doing:
As an Education Coordinator with Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center, you will be responsible for:

• Program developing, including designing programs and developing curriculum for inmate education in the areas of Adult Basic Education; General Equivalency Diploma (GED); Life Skills; Vocational Education; and Post-Secondary Education
• Determining the appropriateness of programs to a correctional facility, educational needs, interests, and skills of the prisoners.
• Providing testing to determine academic and/or vocational aptitude, interest, and placement.
• Providing prisoner academic and vocational counseling, including information on pursuing post-secondary or other educational goals upon release.
• Supervising and managing computer-based education and training systems, evaluating student progress and attendance, and providing documentation of student progress for facility files as well as reports for the Department of Education or other regulatory agencies.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:
The mission of the State of Alaska Department of Corrections Division of Institutions is to promote public safety. Our Division provides secure confinement, access to reformative programs, and offender management planning that promotes successful community reentry.

The Benefits Of Joining Our Team:
As a member of a trained professional/dynamic team, committed to a safe working environment and highly respectful organization, employees receive the following benefits:

• Work with a variety of experienced DOC professionals.
• Flexible work schedule to accommodate your needs or the needs of your classes.
• Assist and promote personal growth of inmate students through training, coaching, and vocational counseling.

If you possess the characteristics outlined above, we want to hear from you! 

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The position requires working in the secure side of the correctional center and interacting with both male & female inmates, both sentenced and unsentenced, of all custody levels. You will be provided an office within the educational space and will perform direct instruction in classrooms and oversee educational activities in the computer lab.

Who We Are Looking For:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.
• Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in education, counseling, social or behavior sciences or a closely related field;
AND
One year of journey level paraprofessional experience in educational or vocational education programs or services. This experience is equivalent to work such as the Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant 2 or Education Program Assistant, and similar classes with the State of Alaska, or the equivalent with another employer.

Additional qualifying work experience may substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis.

Special Note:
An extensive background investigation will be required for successful applicants.

Working with inmates requires care in observing institution security policies and procedures and may involve personal risk. Some positions perform activities that require bending, crouching, walking or standing for long periods of time. Some work activities involve discomfort or unpleasantness such as moderate noise levels, vibration, dust, dirt or odors associated with operation of equipment and/or tools in performance of duties.