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Adult Education Medical Assistant
Director/Instructor

Location:  521 Tuscarawas St W, Canton, OH 44702
Company:  Canton City School District Adult Community Education 

Pay: $44,116.81 - $64,376.22 per year

Job description:
Reports to: Director
Employment Status: Regular/Full-time

Description: Facilitate learning by identifying and understanding individual
characteristics of all students taught and presents subject matter accordingly;
manage the classroom by organizing it to stimulate learning and to foster
discipline; make professional decisions about what to teach across subject areas
based on available curriculum guidelines. The program director must be
responsible for program effectiveness, including outcomes, organization,
administration, continuous review, planning and development.

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance
Essential Functions:
? Ensure safety of students
? Teach and evaluate the students using sound instructional practices
? Effectively manage the classroom and individual student behavior to
maintain a good learning environment
? Prepare clear and timely lesson plans, write course description, develop
curriculum and create syllabi for each individual course.
? Maintain accurate, complete and correct records as required
? Provide guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their
welfare and their proper educational development
? Provide complete lesson plans for substitute
? Make provisions for being available to students for educational-related
purposes outside the instructional day
? Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules
governing student life and conduct, develop reasonable rules of classroom
behavior and procedure for the classroom, and maintain order in the

classroom in a fair and just manner, as stated in the employee and student
handbooks.
? Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect equipment, materials,
and facilities, and keep a current inventory, following replacement
procedures as needed.
? Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present clear, complete and
accurate explanations utilizing a variety of instructional techniques and
media suitable to the level of learners
? Identify student needs, and cooperate with other professional staff in
assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning
problems
? Interact in a positive manner with staff and students
? Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g., student
records/information
? Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and
conversation
? Attend meetings and in-services as required
? Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with staff and students
through effective communication and conferences
? Observe ethics of the teaching profession; exhibit professional behavior,
emotional stability, and sound judgment
? Maintain record of student progress and ensure grades are distrubed in a
timely manner each grading period
? Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and
appropriate to the maturity and interests of students
? Notify student and administration if student is not meeting classroom goals
? Maintain and improve professional competence
? Maintain student files and ensure that all students have the necessary
requirements fulfilled for externship/practicum
? Adhere to employee handbook guidelines
? Track daily student attendance (including days missed and makeup days)
? Assist in creating and implementing academic improvement plans for at risk
students
? Provide ideas for improving program curriculum to administration
? Assist students in their job search activities
? Establish and manage externship/clinical experiences
? Initiate paperwork and/or schedule students to sit for state and national
credentialing examinations
? Assist in marketing the program and recruiting students

? Assist in screening of applicants for enrollment
? Make all efforts possible to retain students in the program and coordinate
student assistance with Success Coaches and ACTE Coordinator as necessary
? Maintain an advisory committee and participate in at least two advisory
committee meetings per year
? Stay current with industry standards and update credentials as needed and
as relates to program compliance and instruction
? Complete all required paperwork to maintain or achieve program
certification/accreditation
? The Program Director/Instructor will also serve as Practicum Coordinator;
select and approve appropriate practicum sites, provide orientation for the
on-site supervisors, provide oversight of the practicum experience, and
insure appropriate and sufficient evaluation of student achievement in the
practicum experience
? The Program Director/Instructor will complete all required reports and
documentation as indicated by credentialing organizations
? Maintaining knowledge of current medical assisting practice should include
continuing education in administrative and clinical areas as indicated in the
MAERB Core Curriculum Appendix B of these Standards (documented
annually).

Other Duties and Responsibilities:
? Interact with public in official capacity when required
? Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens
and as responsible, intelligent human beings
? Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely, appropriate manner
? Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships
? Assist in the determination of appropriate curriculum, materials, supplies,
and texts in cooperation with the Program Coordinator
? Attend professional growth seminars, workshops, etc., to keep current on
relevant issues
? Refer attendance, health, and psychological emotional problems to Program
Coordinator
? Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator or designee

Qualifications:
? Valid Adult Education Teaching Permit.

? The Program Director must have a minimum of an Associate Degree and
instruction in educational theory and techniques.
? The Program Director must be credentialed in good standing in medical
assisting, by an organization whose credentialing exam is accredited by the
National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI).
? The Program Director will maintain the program’s compliance with the
current Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Educational
Programs as per CAAHEP, MAERB and COE.
? The Program Director must have a minimum of three (3) years experience of
employment in a healthcare facility, including a minimum of 160 hours in an
ambulatory healthcare setting performing or observing administrative and
clinical procedures as performed by medical assistants.
? The Program Director must have a minimum of one year teaching
experience in postsecondary and/or vocational/technical education.
? The Program Instructor is responsible for preparing the students for:
cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective domains
(learning).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
? Knowledge of academic area and teaching methodology
? Ability to work effectively with others
? Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both
orally and in writing
? Effective, active listening skills
? Organizational and problem solving skills
? General computer skills

Equipment Operated:
? Various Office Equipment
? Technology appropriate for position/assignment
Additional Working Conditions:
? Occasional requirement to travel daily and/or overnight
? Occasional interaction among unruly students
? Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue

? Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach,
stretch with hands and arms, crouch, kneel, climb, and stoop
? Frequent operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., being
prepared to come to work on all scheduled work days, except calamity days
? Frequent weekend/evening/summer work
? Requirement to lift and/or carry up to a maximum of 75 pounds, and
push/pull up to a maximum of 300 pounds, various supplies and/or
equipment
This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that
these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent.
The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties
required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.

Benefits:
? Dental insurance
? Health insurance
? Life insurance
? Professional development assistance
? Retirement plan
? Vision insurance

Criminal Record may not disqualify applicants
Work Location: In person