Relief Professional Community Teacher at Stanford Medicine Children's Health — MENLO PARK, CA

JOB SUMMARY

The Professional Community Teacher is trained to teach in the variety of programs we offer in this department. This position sets up, teaches and evaluates curriculum, meets with families, both adults and children, establishes positive relationships between the hospital and the community through the vehicle of community education.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Teaches curriculum in community classes that the hospital has established to present. These classes can be for expectant parents, new parents, grandparents, preteens and their parents and older adolescents.
• Answers curriculum questions of class participants as well refer them to other resources including the resources of the hospital/enterprise.
• Trains to stay current with information necessary for the accuracy of class content in keeping with standards of the hospital.
• Prepares classroom set-up, a-v, resource materials to the enhance class experience.
• Attends meetings necessary to stay abreast of current hospital information and program information.
• Works with the community at large to represent the hospital.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Associates' Degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university

Experience: Seven (7) years of progressively responsible directly related work experience

License / Certification: None

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of adult learning principles.
• Knowledge of the over-arching topic's effect on the life of a family's health.
• Knowledge of Health English, spelling and pronunciation.
• Ability to teach a diverse group of adult learners.
• Ability to stay abreast of current information and objectives of our hospital and clinicians for information dissemination.
• Ability to translate to a lay audience the position of the hospital and the resources necessary to learn a specific content.
• Ability to inspire class members through a variety of teaching methods.
• Ability to explain terms from the clinical to the lay language in oral as well as written communication.
• Skill in a variety of teaching modes including lecture, auditory-visual and experiential/ role-playing techniques for effective learning across a broad spectrum of learners.
• Skill at translating health information into lay terms.
• Skill in communicating information in a way that will be internalized and practiced by the class attendee.
• Skill in clear expressive language.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Pay Range

Minimum to Midpoint Range (Hourly): $32.50 to $125.00