Job Description
Part-time; contracted
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Priority Screening: July 30, 2025
Position Summary:
SUNY Ulster County Community College, a two-year branch of the State University of New York located ninety miles north of New York City in the Catskill Mountains, is currently accepting applications for an Instructor for the Impaired Driving Program (IDP) through Continuing Education.
The IDP Instructor will co-teach the NYS DMV Impaired Driver Program for 16 hours over seven weeks with a second instructor. Courses are offered repeatedly throughout the year.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete weekly attendance roster.
- Instruct students utilizing the Prime for Life approved NYS OASAS/DMV approved Course Curriculum with a 2nd Instructor in a group setting.
- Review students’ driver license abstracts
- Collect and record course fees as needed.
- Other duties as may be assigned.
- Reports to the IDP Director
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years of age.
- Must have a high school diploma or GED
- Must demonstrate at least 72 hours of verifiable experience counseling, teaching, or providing structured training/counseling in a group setting. The experience must have occurred in the five years prior to the application.
- The experience may be waived if the applicant holds a degree in education, psychology, counseling, social work, or a related field from an accredited institution of higher learning.
- Strong communication skills and must be able to facilitate discussion-oriented instruction.
- Be of good moral character with no felony convictions and have a clean driver’s license.
And
- Commitment to community college goals and objectives of providing quality programs and services for culturally, socio-economically, ethnically, and academically diverse students and students with disabilities; personal qualities to work effectively and with sensitivity in a multicultural environment; awareness of and commitment to the needs of non-traditional and/or re-entry students with diverse abilities and interests.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3 years of verifiable experience counseling, teaching, or providing structured training/counseling in a group setting. The experience must have occurred in the five years prior to the application.
- 21 years of age
Salary :
A salary of $27.00 per hour will be offered ($432 per course) and a stipend of $225 for the successful completion of the Prime for Life training.
Application Process :
The position is open until filled. However, to ensure consideration, application materials should be received via email by
July 30, 2025 at 4:00 pm EST to be given priority consideration. Applications received after the deadline are not guaranteed to be reviewed. SUNY Ulster reserves the right to close, continue, cancel, postpone or restart the recruitment at any time.
Applicants must submit the following materials to be considered for the position:
- Resume or CV
- Cover letter which discusses your qualifications and interest in the position
- Contact information for 3 professional references
Please submit only materials requested. All documents included in your application file become the property of the College. Applicants who fail to submit all required materials will not be considered.
We invite you to be part of a dedicated community of learners in an academic department that puts students first. Please go to the SUNY Ulster website for additional campus community information.
SUNY Ulster is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The college encourages applications from all qualified applicants. This position is contingent upon adequate funding. Offer and assignment of employment is subject to verification of all information provided on the employment application, credentials, transcripts, fingerprint check, verification of the right to work in the United States and all other required pre-employment conditions are met.
Applicants who are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act and who, due to a disability, require accommodations for completing the application process, testing (if required for the position), or the interview, should notify the Human Resources Office 10 working days before the accommodation is required.
Neither the smoking of tobacco (nor other substances) nor the use of electronic vaporizers is permitted on the campus grounds.
SUNY Ulster does not reimburse applicants for travel, lodging or any other costs incurred by applicant to attend interviews. All interviewing costs incurred will be the responsibility of the applicant. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview. Internal applicants are not guaranteed an interview.
Conditions of Employment
Employment with SUNY Ulster is not complete or official until applicants meet all pre-employment requirements, and the Board of Trustees has approved. Offer and assignment of employment is subject to verification of all information provided on the employment application, fingerprint check, verification of the right to work in the United States and all other required pre-employment conditions are met.
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