Flexible Schedule, include daytime, evening, and Saturday hours as required by the needs of the position.
The Introduction to Insurance Instructor reports to the Associate Vice President of Workforce & Continuing Education department who will assign location and hours of the Instructor activities. The Introduction to Insurance Instructor provides academic instruction and student academic support for assigned department. This position is responsible for teaching a curriculum to students that focuses on the competencies of medical insurance as they relate to the healthcare sector. This position may require instruction on-campus and or at an assigned off-campus location.
Maintain responsibility for instruction and classroom management.
Teach provided curriculum in classroom.
Teach theories and fundamentals of medical insurance.
Teach medical and insurance terminology.
Introduce and discuss laws related to medical insurance.
Maintain good communications and working relationships with appropriate staff, appropriate agencies, and class site location staff.
Maintain good communications and work effectively with all other offices of the college on matters concerning the program.
Adhere to procedures and policies for the smooth day-to-day operation of the program.
Participate in professional development activities as required.
Attend teacher meetings as required.
Other related duties as assigned.
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor’s degree and/or significant adult education/career training experience.
Experience as a Medical Insurance Specialist or Medical Insurance Claim Representative (3 years).
Previous teaching experience in a college and or Adult Education/Career Training Program.
Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.
Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to establish positive relationships with students, faculty, and staff. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse faculty, staff, and student body.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Excel spreadsheet software, Word processing software and PowerPoint. Also, experience using Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas is a plus.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills required.
Experience with adult education population, curriculum development, mandated welfare reform, and dislocated workers are preferred.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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Reading Area Community College (RACC) is an accredited, comprehensive, open-enrollment education institution that provides the following: Associate degree, Certificate and Diploma Programs; career-focused training; transitional coursework; skills training for business and industry; personal enrichment programs and public service activities. Sponsored by Berks County, the College provides affordable access to meet identified community educational needs. Students from every age, race, religion and many different countries throughout the world choose to study here. Those who are seeking degrees at the college are attracted to programs like nursing, respiratory care, criminal justice and business. Other people pursue individual courses to brush up on a skill or interest, or pursue certification in a variety of subjects. The Community Education/Workforce Development division offers programs like dental assisting, home health aide and GED preparation.
