Introduction
Are you an endorsed educator in Connecticut and looking to transform the lives of our incarcerated population? If so, we have the opportunity for you!
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is creating a recruitment pool for the role of State School Teacher. We are interested in hiring for all endorsement levels throughout our various facilities with current positions available and anticipated openings over the course of the next year!
We encourage endorsed educators who are interested in becoming a State School Teacher with the DOC to apply directly to this recruitment!
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
- First shift, Monday through Friday, typically 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM each day depending on facility
- Full time, 35 hours per week (7 hours per day)
- These positions may be directed to any one of our facilities based on the candidates Education Endorsement and Department needs:
Bridgeport Correctional Institution - Bridgeport, CT
Brooklyn Correctional Institution - Brooklyn, CT
Cheshire Correctional Institution - Cheshire, CT
Corrigan Correctional Center - Montville, CT
Garner Correctional Institution - Newtown, CT
Hartford Correctional Center - Hartford, CT
MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution - South Suffield, CT
Manson Youth Institution - Cheshire, CT
New Haven Correctional Center - New Haven, CT
Osborn Correctional Institution - Somers, CT
Robinson Correctional Institution - Enfield, CT
Willard Cybulski Correctional Institution Enfield, CT
York Correctional Institution - East Lyme, CT
ABOUT US
The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.
The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.
The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.
YOUR ROLE
The Connecticut Department of Correction Unified School District #1 is dedicated to providing quality educational programs for incarcerated individuals. Academic knowledge, vocational competencies and life skills integrated with technology are offered to students in a positive environment to foster lifelong learning, multicultural awareness and a successful transition to society.
As a State School Teacher with the DOC, you will be responsible for:
- Prioritizing safety and security as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens, and offenders;
- Teaching early intervention, elementary, secondary, special subject, and/or special education curricula;
- Developing educational plans for individuals and groups;
- Setting short and long term goals and evaluating student progress;
- Participating in planning team meetings and case review conferences to assess student behavior;
- Holding conferences with parents or officials concerned with student performance;
- Relating to professionals in ancillary educational roles;
- Maintaining student records and writing reports;
- Modeling positive teaching practices;
- More details can be found in the class specification.
We are seeking a candidate who possesses:
- An understanding of the different types of learning styles of students
and being able to teach to their ability levels.
- The ability to work with a variety of different disciplines throughout
the day.
- Working knowledge of classroom routines and disciplines.
- Outstanding personal and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to follow the class schedule as provided by the school
administration with the understanding that it may change unexpectedly.
Endorsements we're recruiting for include:
- Business & Financial Technology (010)
- Elementary (001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 013, 113, 305)
- English & Language Arts (015)
- History & Social Studies (025, 026, 027, 028)
- Mathematics (029)
- Science (030, 031, 032, 033, 034)
- Special Education (065, 165, 265)
- Technology Education (047)
- TESOL & Non-English Speaking Adults (088 or 111)
- Unique Subject Area - Computer Science (110)
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Note: Candidates selected for hire, are required to attend a fourteen (14) week training at the CT DOC Training Academy. More details can be found in the 'Selection Plan' of this job bulletin.
Salary Information:
*Candidates new to the State of Connecticut will start on Step One of the pay plan, in the tier that their highest level of education corresponds to.
Bachelor’s Degree
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Master’s Degree
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Sixth Year
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$68,792
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$72,241
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$77,294
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WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
- A variety of medical and dental plans
- Participation in a hybrid retirement plan which provides a retirement benefit, that may include retiree health insurance.
- Option to maintain State of CT Teacher Retirement Plan or enroll in the State Employee Retirement System
- Sick and personal leave
- Five (5) weeks of scheduled vacation time
- We encourage a healthy work/life balance to all employees.
- Annual $1,000.00 lump sum payment
Learn more about what it's like to be a State Employee:
Selection Plan
This is a non-examined recruitment, open to the public.
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e. Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS RECRUITMENT:
- Please include any related endorsement certification and licensure credential details (e.g. Mathematics 029, TESOL 088, etc.) within your application.
- Be sure to select all locations you are interested and commutable to.
- This is a hazardous duty* position.
- Candidates selected for hire will be required to attend a 14-week hazardous duty training at the Maloney Center for Training & Staff Development located in Cheshire, CT. This training consists of both classroom and on the job training (one day of classroom presentation and nine days of “hands-on” physical training.) The Behavior Management Program training will education on the use of physical force as it applies to self-defense, and the maintenance of order and security within the inmate population. In order to graduate, trainees will be required to pass a written exam, as well as a practical skills test which will be scored.
TO APPLY:
- In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
- The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
- Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
- Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
- In order to receive educational credits toward qualification for this job posting, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the recruiter listed on this job posting.
- All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:
- Please read or watch our Applicant Tips on How to Apply!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFTER YOU APPLY:
- This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
- Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
- Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
- Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
- The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
- Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview.
CONNECT WITH US:
- Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Samantha.Rivera@CT.Gov
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state institution, facility or region within a state unified school district this class teaches appropriate early intervention, elementary, secondary, special subjects and/or special education curricula to individuals enrolled in departmental education programs.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Teaches early intervention, elementary, secondary, special subject and/or special education curricula;
- Develops educational plans for individuals and groups material level to students ability;
- Sets short and long term goals and evaluates progress of students;
- Participates in planning team meetings and case review conferences assessing student behavior;
- Relates to professionals in ancillary educational roles;
- Maintains student records and writes reports;
- May hold conferences with parents or officials concerned with student's performance;
- Performs related work as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of
- the philosophy and methods of education and teaching;
- the principles and practices of education for special needs population;
- student program needs and goal setting;
- Ability to
- motivate students;
- communicate at the appropriate level;
- establish cooperative relationships with those contacted in work;
- prepare written reports.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience teaching a diverse group of people;
- Experience working in an institution setting;
- Experience teaching groups of people with differing
levels of education;
- Experience teaching Computer Sciences;
- Experience with special education identification and
referral processes;
- One or more of the following State of CT teaching Endorsements:
Business & Financial Technology (010)
Elementary (001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 013, 113, 305)
English & Language Arts (015)
History & Social Studies (025, 026, 027, 028)
Mathematics (029)
Science (030, 031, 032, 033, 034)
Special Education (065, 165, 265)
Technology Education (047)
TESOL & Non-English Speaking Adults (088 or 111)
Unique Subject Area - Computer Science (110)
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Employment in this class is conditional upon possession of a valid Connecticut State Board of Education teaching certificate appropriate to the teaching assignment.
- Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a current Connecticut Motor Vehicle operator's license.
CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS
In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made prior to appointment.
Conclusion
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.