Job Description
The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.
King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community.
This position provides curriculum design and basic skills instruction for out-of-school youth enrolled in the Center for Education and Career Opportunity (CECO) at Shoreline Community College. CECO is a re-engagement school that serves students who have dropped out of high school and supports them to and through a college education, free. CECO students are disproportionately low-income and/or youth of color. These are the same groups that show statistically lower success rates in traditional education and are increasingly under-represented throughout traditional academia, and are increasingly under-represented moving up the education-attainment ladder (i.e., attaining post-secondary credentials). CECO has more than twenty-five years of experience successfully serving these underserved, underrepresented students. We are looking for a strong instructor who can work with 16–21-year-old students, who can implement relationship-building strategies and bring a thorough understanding of Equity Social Justice to continue the successful tradition of supporting students toward their academic and other goals.
WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to all qualified candidates who meet the minimum qualifications. Interviews for this selection process will take place on or around 7/13/2026.
APPLICATION PROCESS
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process, or if you have questions, please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:
- NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete, and will be used in the screening process)
- Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete, and will be used in the screening process)
Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.
This selection process may also be used to create a pool of candidates for current and future career service, term-limited temporary, and special duty opportunities. The pool will be active for 6 months.
WORK SCHEDULE/CONDITIONS: This position is scheduled to work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm. This position is 100% on-site without the option of hybrid or telecommute. This position meets the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is overtime eligible with supervisory pre-approval.
WORK LOCATION: Learning Center North, 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, Shoreline Community College, WA 98133.
MISSION CRITICAL POSITION STATUS: This position has been designated Non-Mission Critical. Unless otherwise directed by the County Executive, department director or agency head, all employees, regardless of designation, are expected to report to work or request leave during an emergency or inclement weather. For more detailed information, please visit HR Policy County Operations During Emergency Situations and the King County Guidelines for Workforce Management in an Emergency.
RECRUITER: Greg Mallory, [email protected]
- Design and development of overall curriculum for individualized, student-centered instruction in GED preparation, basic math and reading remediation, and college math and English preparation.
- Development of individualized educational plans for all students. Updating of all plans through regular review of student work, formal skills assessments, Pre-GED, and consultation with other instructors and social workers.
- Teaching of GED preparation and/or high school completion, basic math and reading remediation, and college math and English preparation. Work at times in a lab format with multiple students with widely different skill levels working on a variety of individual assignments. Work at times in a group instruction format/setting with students with widely different skills.
- Provision of excellent classroom management that respects the needs and different learning styles of students often unfamiliar with academic success. Work with other instructors and staff as a team to provide a consistent, supportive learning environment.
- Administer and track pre-and post-diagnostic tests to students and maintain student records of attendance and educational progress.
- Provide consistent communication regarding classroom expectations to students and the CECO team, and provide disciplinary classroom interventions as necessary.
- Work in cooperation with the program manager, other instructors, and other CECO staff to plan and coordinate overall Learning Center activities and attain non-educational as well as educational goals of the program.
- Work with the program manager and appropriate Shoreline Community College staff to ensure that educational programming provided at CECO meets the requirements of Shoreline Community College.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working with at-risk youth.
- Strong understanding of equity and social justice issues, specifically in education, and the ability to bring equity and social justice issues into all aspects of the classroom.
- Thorough working knowledge of youth learning strategies and effective instructional techniques for youth with special learning needs.
- Experience in teaching mathematics, reading comprehension, and writing through secondary skill set.
- The mathematics skill set should be at Algebra 2 or higher at a High School Level.
- Thorough knowledge of creating and implementing educational scaffolding and accommodations based on individual student needs.
- Ability to be able to quickly build individual relationships with students.
- Familiarity with the GED and its constituent parts.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, results-oriented program.
- Experience developing curriculum and lesson plans.
- Ability to work with and communicate clearly and effectively with individuals of diverse cultural, socio-economic, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with community colleges, WorkSource, juvenile court, parents, and funders.
- Ability to work as a team member and have good interpersonal, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Proficient in the use of personal computers, with working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Ability to pass a Washington State Patrol background check.
- Ability to be on-site in a classroom setting from Monday to Friday.
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To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.