FirefighterEMT Instructor

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TITLE: Firefighter/EMT Instructor

CLASSIFICATION: Instructor

Who We Are: Tri County Tech is a highperformance organization that strives to hire the best and the brightest talent. The ultimate goal is to find the perfect candidate for the position and someone who will meld naturally in the TCT culture. Every educator at Tri County Tech helps us further our vision of inspiring success through lifechanging learning experiences.

Tri County Tech isnt just a place where we work. Its a mindset we embody. We thrive on challenges innovate through constraints and do it all with the student in mind. Whether youre called to create exciting content help students with financial assistance or keep a budget in check youll first need a commitment to the culture weve built and a strong desire for continuous improvement. Successful Tri County Tech employees are here to give everything theyve got to serve something bigger than themselves.

Who You Are: The Firefighter/EMT Instructor at Tri County Tech is dedicated to helping students achieve their aspirations in the emergency response and firefighter industry. This position requires a strong background in various sectors including medical care patient stabilization and transport as well as proficiency in key firefighter responsibilities including fire suppression search and rescue operations and public safety education. The instructor will lead students through comprehensive courses in the Firefighter/EMT pathway utilizing handson training and realworld scenarios to enhance learning. This approach ensures that students develop the technical skills physical endurance and decisionmaking abilities essential for excelling in these vital roles ultimately enabling them to make a lifesaving impact in their communities.

Do you have a passion for helping others become the best version of themselves Do you believe your individual contribution can make the whole team better If youre ready to use your gifts and talents for the vision of lifechanging learning keep reading for more information.

What Youll Possess

As a qualified candidate:

• Youll possess an Associates Degree or be willing to obtain.
• Youll possess an Oklahoma Teaching Certificate or be willing to obtain.
• Youll possess national and state EMT or higher level EMS and IFSAC Firefighter 1 certification.
• Youll possess a CPR instructor HazMat Operations HazMat Awareness EMS instructor and Fire Service Instructor 1 certifications or be willing to obtain.
• Youll possess a minimum of three years of related work experience.
• Youll have a background in EMT/firefighter concepts.

• Youll have familiarity with pedagogy and the training and development of others.
• You are detailoriented and organized.
• Youll strive to exceed expectations and have excellent communication skills.
• Youll take the initiative seek out projects and openly accept other duties as assigned.
• You continually look for ways to improve your skill set and are always open to receiving feedback.

What Youll Do

Instructors plan and deliver highlevel rigorous instruction to students in a trade area. They are technical experts in a given field/ area of specialty with the ability to teach leadership and employability skills. They understand the concept of andragogy and pedagogy and the learners motivation while displaying patience and enthusiasm to help their students meet their goals. Instructors are lifelong learners who can adapt easily to meet the needs of their students. They manage multiple projects with selfdirected deadlinedriven accountability. They are highfunctioning professionals applying the use of discretion and independent judgment while maintaining ultimate accountability.

Essential Functions:

• Develop lesson plans and instructional materials that meet the districts curriculum goals as well as the individual needs of each student.
• Coordinate and evaluate on the job training as applicable for students.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences that effectively utilize the available time for instruction.
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Evaluate students academic and social growth keep appropriate records and prepare reports relating to students progress.
• Communicate with parents if applicable through conferences and other means to discuss student progress and interpret the school program.
• Identify student needs and cooperate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health attitude and learning problems.
• Select and requisition books and instructional aids; maintain required inventory records.
• Develop and encourage a viable student organization for his/her area.
• Participate in faculty committees and sponsorship of student activities and equipment.
• Establish and/or maintain an active advisory committee as per ODCTE requirements.
• Work with industry to ensure students are able to find and maintain employment.

• Other JobRelated Duties as Assigned by the Supervisor: The omission of duties does not exclude it from the position if similar related or a logical assignment to the job. In other words youll be helping out on spontaneous projects and opportunities not listed above.

Benefits & Perks

Youll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical dental life vision disability Teachers Retirement Pension and 403B matching. You will also enjoy an outstanding worklife balance with an abundant amount of paid time off including 10 paid sick days 5 paid FLEX days and over 24 paid holidays. Tuition Reimbursement and free access to our onsite fitness center are additional perks and halfprice tuition for your children in our child development center.

What Youll Also Get:

• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means youll have access to unlimited professional development with a wealth of stateoftheart learning resources including our TCT culture courses and over 5000 ondemand courses through LinkedIn Learning.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being a Great Place to Work. We respect and embrace differences because thats how the best work gets done. Youll find we like to have fun here too.
• PurposeDriven Company: Youll help us continue to make positive changes in our local communities through volunteerism giving back and producing lifechanging learning opportunities.

Terms of Employment: Ten months; salary to be established by the Board of Education.

Evaluation: Performance evaluated by the Instructional Director per Board policy.

Status: Exempt

Salary: 61500 DOE

There will be no discrimination in the technology center because of race color sex pregnancy gender gender expression or identity national origin religion disability veteran status sexual orientation age or genetic information in its programs services activities and employment. The following individual is designated to handle inquiries regarding the technology centers nondiscrimination policies including Title IX:Tara Stevens Director of HR & Compliance Officer 6101 Nowata Road Bartlesville OK. According to the State of Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act registered sex offenders must selfdisclose their status before admissions. View our. View our fullnondiscrimination policy. Title IX Training provided by:OSSBA Workshop Resources