INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNICIAN SECURED FACILITIES
New Jersey treats Instructional Technician Secured Facilities as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to an associate's degree. The FY 2027 range lands between $50,990 and $73,902, and state payroll currently lists 8 people in the title, most of them at Corrections.
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Instructional Technician Secured Facilities appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Corrections.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Corrections | 8 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 8 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $68,082. The agencies employing the most are:
- Corrections (8)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under close supervision of a professional-level instructor, teacher, or counselor within the Department of Corrections or Juvenile Justice Commission, assists in a variety of remedial/instructional support services during formal and informal classes, discussions, lessons, and educational experiences of assigned inmates, youth groups and/or individuals within a secured facility, residential community home or day program for juveniles. Applies a guided process of assigned paraprofessional level work, discipline, and directed study; does other related work as required
Examples of work
- Assists with teaching subject matter to others or instructing others through explanation, demonstration, and supervised practice.
- Assists and may participate in group and recreational activities of the institution or facility.
- Provides technical expertise.
- Assists in gathering information from newly admitted inmates/youth and those about to leave the institution or facility.
- Assists in building up the initial institutional file on inmates/youth.
- Assists with informal group discussions designed to encourage inmate/youth participation within the bounds of discipline and with a view towards the development of positive attitudes, cooperative relationships, and social reeducation and adjustment.
- Assists in the organization of formal group discussions on a variety of remedial subjects designed for inmates/youth.
- Encourages inmates/youth by building a helping relationship either on a one-to-one or small group educational experience or situation.
- Collects and reads updates on basic educational literature, trends of thought, and new techniques in group learning activities and educational programs for inmates/youth.
- Drafts assigned segments of correspondence relating to educational programs.
- Assists in the preparation of informative, statistical, and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Maintains routine records and files.
- Assists with instructing inmates/youth to attain basic objectives of the intended education/ vocational program.
- Assists with teaching and/or instructing basic educational and vocational skills.
- Under professional supervision, applies a guided process of various teaching/instructional techniques for inmates/youth based on individual differences.
- Helps staff give instruction, and personal assistance concerning activities of inmates/youth daily living, the use of various institutional services, and participation in groups.
- Gathers, sorts, sets-up, and stores appropriate instructional materials.
- May assist in preparing instructional plans.
- Helps set-up physical arrangements of meeting and class rooms that are well ventilated, well illuminated, and properly heated.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Sixty (60) semester hour credits from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by eighteen (18) semester hour credits in a combination of any of the following areas: education, social work, criminal justice/law and justice, psychology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, political science, urban studies, history, geography, communication, math, physical or natural science, English or other related field.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the aims and potential problems of teaching in a State institution or facility.
- Knowledge of the techniques used in group activities.
- Ability to act as an assistant to a professional staff member (instructor, teacher, and/or counselor) and follow established measures when emergencies arise.
- Ability to assist professional level staff and perform routine tasks involved in academic, social, and vocational activities.
- Ability to learn and utilize counseling and guidance techniques.
- Ability to follow oral or written orders, directions, demonstrations, explanations, or plans.
- Ability to prepare varied types of equipment and materials for instructional activities, including paper, pencils, books, pictures, visual aids, and projectors.
- Ability to maintain the instruction site in a neat and orderly condition.
- Ability to assist in maintaining discipline.
- Ability to talk constructively with individuals controlled of their liberty.
- Ability to participate in the planning and implementation of recreation and other group programs and activities.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those interested or involved in the work of the program.
- Ability to interact effectively with inmates/ youth clients and assist them toward social habilitation or rehabilitation.
- Ability to adjust the content and level of instruction and counseling to be most appropriate, useful, and effective for the functional level of the individual inmates/ youth involved.
- Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to select and store appropriate instructional materials.
- Ability to establish and maintain essential records and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: 15/A15 - MER 04/28/07
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed