MADERA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CERTIFICATED JOB DESCRIPTION TEACHER: ADULT EDUCATION Overall Responsibilities Provide instruction using principles of adult learning to enable students to make academic, vocational, and/or personal growth. Specific Responsibilities 1. Provide instruction as assigned. 2. Prepare material needed to assist adult learners. 3. Implement policies, procedures, and mandates as required. 4. Prepare and submit requested reports in an accurate and timely way. 5. Participate in appropriate development and organizational activities. 6. Work with other staff including administrative counseling, clerical, and other instructors. 7. Other related duties as assigned. Qualifications Specific knowledge of: 1. Content of instructional assignment. 2. Principles of adult learning. Specific Ability to: 1. Assist an array of adult learners to fulfill their educational goals. 2. Maintain patience when confronted with challenges and stressful situations. 3. Contribute to the successful fulfillment of the District Mission. 4. Work cooperatively with others. 5. Conduct responsibilities of the position based on information and instructions provided in English. 6. Learn and appropriately apply district policies and procedures and other regulations related to the position. 7. Operate calculator, computer and data entry terminal. 8. Learn and apply current technology to assigned duties. Education: 1. College degree for academic instructor. 2. Two years of education in an area of non-academic instruction. Experience: 1. One year of teaching experience. MADERA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Teacher: Adult Education - Job Descriptions cont’d Page 2 of 2 License: 1. Appropriate teaching credential for subject(s) taught. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION Supervisor’s Title: Principal Unit Membership: Madera Unified Teacher Association (MUTA) Current Salary Schedule Placement: Adult hourly PHYSICAL DEMANDS IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT These physical characteristics are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job safely. 1. Mobility sufficient to move about, stand, and/or sit for extended periods, and access all locations in the work environment. 2. Manual skill to appropriately control objects, tools, materials, and equipment used on the job, including a telephone and a computer. 3. Flexibility and strength to reach with hands and arms, bend and stoop. 4. Ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels, and to hear and understand speech on the telephone. 5. Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal conversations and on the telephone. 6. Ability to see, read, and distinguish colors, with or without vision aids: computer screen, equipment used in the work environment, instructional materials, training materials, directions, rules, policies, calendars, agendas, manuals, and other printed matter. 7. Physical strength and agility to push, pull, squat, twist, turn, and lift and carry bulky objects of up to 80 pounds with or without assistance. 8. Mental acuity to perform the essential functions of this position in a safe, accurate, neat, and timely fashion and to make and evaluate the results of judgments and decisions. 9. Ability to drive a car. 10. High tolerance for continuing stressful situations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in the work environment. This environment may be expected to include: moderate noise, frequent interruptions, and some movement from inside to outside with exposure to elements, exposure to toxic substances, stairs, children, moving vehicles, and duty hours before sunrise or after sunset. 01/31/01