Adult Education Teacher Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of an Adult Education Teacher includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Utilize various instructional methods, including tactile, visual, and aural learning preferences.
- Work with students on an individual basis.
- Incorporate real-world context into classroom settings.
- Promote active classroom participation.
- Teach adults how to read and write.
- Create lesson plans.
- Utilize various curriculum resources.
- Provide weekly, quarterly, or yearly academic reports.
- Provide students with suggestions and feedback.
- Incorporate specific, measurable, behavioral objectives and timeframes.
- Implement continuous improvement plan.
- Utilize public library resources.
- Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans.
- Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served.
- Work with program coordinators to ensure initiatives are being met.
- Tutor students on an individual basis.
- Use interactive and participatory methods to empower students.
- Assist in the recruitment of participants, including participating in community outreach programs.
- Develop incentives to keep participants in class.
- Develop professional relationships with other agencies and programs
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Adult Education Teacher duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Adult Education Teacher roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.