ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) creates and coordinates services that enhance the quality of life for Cambridge residents. Driven by the needs of residents, DHSP's extensive services and programs touch almost every sector in the city: from newborns to senior citizens, from school-aged children to homeless families, from non-profit organizations to local employers.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER:
The Community Learning Center (CLC) empowers a diverse community of adult learners to transform their lives and realize their potential through education, skills development, and community participation. Learners are predominantly low-income Cambridge residents and come from a variety of ethnic, linguistic, and racial backgrounds. Learners enroll in English classes or Adult Education for high school equivalency, employment training, or preparation for college. Classes meet 2 mornings or 2 evenings per week. Watch these videos to learn more about us
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The CNA Reading Teacher position is a part-time position and the person to be hired is responsible for developing contextualized curriculum and teaching reading to students enrolled in the CNA for fluent English speakers training program seeking a career in the healthcare industry. The ideal candidate is a teacher who has a commitment to racial equity, an understanding of the challenges adult learners face, and a willingness to promote and advance the CLC's mission and core values.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are looking for a reading teacher who will:
Dynamically teach contextualized reading to adult learners in person.
Provide scaffolded, explicit instruction, practice, and assessment in reading to help students achieve career, and personal goals.
Develop/revise curriculum contextualized to the field of healthcare and based on the CLC curriculum.
Develop lesson plans and instructional materials.
Communicate with the Training Programs Coordinator/Advisor on student issues.
Keep records of student attendance.
Work as a team with teachers and staff of the CNA Training programs to share best practices.
Engage in ongoing professional development to continually improve our services.
Additional duties assigned as needed.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
Familiarity with postsecondary education, training programs and community resources.
Three years of experience teaching adults.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of methods and materials used in adult basic education.
Sensitivity to the needs of the adult learner population.
Strong organizational and technology skills.
The City of Cambridge's workforce, like the community it serves, is diverse. Applicants must have the ability to work and interact effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
You may possess some, but not all of the following:
Experience developing and teaching contextualized curricula
Familiarity with the field of healthcare.
Master's degree.
Experience with remote instruction, digital literacy, and distance learning.
A passion for collaboration, problem-solving, and learning new things.
Experience teaching adults in a community-based setting.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORK FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOMODATIONS
The job requires regular daytime work.
General office and classroom environment with air conditioning and fluorescent lighting; work to be performed onsite.
There is extensive computer use. Ability to access, input and retrieve information from a computer. Ability to lift and carry up to 5 pounds of books and papers.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
OF BENEFITS:
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Please upload the following documents to complete your application:
Resume
Cover Letter
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, a nexus of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Notably, Cambridge is home to two internationally prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to a 2008 census estimate the city population was 105,594. It is the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield. Cambridge is one of the two county seats of Middlesex County (Lowell is the other).
The site for what would become Cambridge was chosen in December 1630, because it was located safely up river from Boston Harbor, which made it easily defensible from attacks by enemy ships. The first houses were built in the spring of 1631. The settlement was initially referred to as "the newe towne". Official Massachusetts records show the name capitalized as Newe Towne by 1632. Located at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newe Towne was one of a number of towns (including Boston, Dorchester, Watertown, and Weymouth) founded by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under governor John Winthrop. The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square. The marketplace where farmers brought in crops from surrounding towns to sell survives today as the small park at the corner of John F. Kennedy (J.F.K.) and Winthrop Streets, then at the edge of a salt marsh, since filled.
