Position: Lansing Correctional Facility Education Coordinator
Department: Workforce Development & Continuing Education
Type of Position: Full-time Salaried
Exemption Status: Exempt
Work Schedule, Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Opportunity for hybrid schedule: No
Starting Salary Range: $56,353.00 - $73,290.00 and determined based on relevant years of work experience provided on application and resume.
Position Summary: The Lansing Correctional Facility Education Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing, evaluating, and continuously improving adult education, GED preparation, and related educational services within the Lansing Correctional Facility, Johnson County Adult Residential Center, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Olathe Jails. The position provides leadership for program operations, instructional quality, staff development, student success initiatives, compliance requirements, and partnerships with KDOC and community stakeholders. The incumbent ensures educational services align with federal, state, KBOR, KDOC, and JCCC requirements while promoting student achievement, transition planning, and postsecondary readiness. This is a full-time, 40-hour per week position at the Lansing Correctional Facility. This position reports to Program Director, JCAE.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Pass Kansas Department of Corrections Background Check.
- 3+ years’ experience in education, program coordination, corrections education, or a related area.
- Availability for occasional evening or weekend work and travel within Kansas.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in related education field.
- Corrections education experience, leadership experience with a team of five + educators.
Position details include but are not limited to:
- Provide program leadership and operations of the adult education/GED programs located at The Lansing Correctional Facility, Johnson County Adult Residential Center, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Olathe Jails.
- Recruit, hire, train, mentor, and evaluate instructors, navigators, tutors, and support staff.
- Conduct performance evaluations. Identify professional development needs.
- Foster teamwork and collaboration among staff. Provide coaching to ensure instructional excellence and compliance.
- Manages classroom scheduling within the facility’s spaces to ensure efficient use of rooms for all educational programming.
- Oversee tutoring positions, including scheduling, communication, and support.
- Helps coordinate GED readiness programming, ensuring students receive appropriate preparation and resources.
- Oversee tablet management, including distribution, tracking, troubleshooting, and compliance with facility expectations.
- Monitor instructional effectiveness through classroom observations, review of assessment data, and collaboration with instructors to ensure high-quality educational services.
- Oversee adult education/GED program management and ensure compliance with KDOC requirements.
- Monitor student progress and analyze educational outcomes.
- Use program data to develop improvement strategies.
- Establish and monitor performance goals aligned with KBOR and KDOC expectations.
- Ensure students have access to education pathways that support postsecondary and career success.
- Submits quarterly reports accurately and on time.
- Uploads required documentation into the KDOC-approved platform in accordance with policy.
- Ensures Athena data is accurate, complete, and updated regularly to meet KDOC expectations.
- Evaluate program effectiveness.
- Identify opportunities for innovation.
- Recommend new education initiatives.
- Implement evidence-based practices. Support expansion of career pathway and reentry-focused programming.
- Collaborate with the Director of Johnson County Adult Education, Education Navigators, Correction Instructors, and facility leadership.
- Maintains consistent communication with instructional and administrative staff to support seamless program operations.
- Works collaboratively to identify and resolve operational challenges.
- Ensures that educational programming aligns with the needs and expectations of the KDOC, Adult Residential and Olathe Jail facilities.
- Supports staff in implementing best practices that enhance student learning and program effectiveness.
- Provide technical assistance to educational programming within The Lansing Correctional Facility, Johnson County Adult Residential Center, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Olathe Jails.
- Maintains a thorough understanding of all educational program components and provides timely support to instructors, navigators, and tutors.
- Troubleshoots issues related to instructional technology, testing platforms, tablets, and other educational tools.
- Responds promptly to staff requests for assistance to ensure uninterrupted instructional delivery.
- Participate in monthly facility meetings, statewide KDOC education network meetings, quarterly meetings and other trainings/meetings with KDOC central office staff and partners.
- Attends monthly facility meetings to share updates, address concerns, and coordinate with facility leadership.
- Provides program updates and advocates for educational needs within the facility. Ensures continuity of representation; if the position becomes vacant, the partner organization designates another employee to attend until a replacement is hired.
- Attends statewide meetings either in person or virtually. Shares program updates, learns from statewide partners, and brings relevant information back to the team.
- Engages in discussions that support statewide alignment and continuous improvement.
- Attends quarterly meetings with KDOC central office staff, facility staff, and reentry navigators.
- Shares information, resources, and best practices to strengthen the navigator program and overall educational services.
- Participates in trainings and professional development opportunities to remain current on KDOC expectations and educational best practices.
- Other duties as assigned:
- Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be updated at any time at the discretion of management.
To be considered for this position we will require an application, resume, and cover letter.
*Unofficial transcripts are required for all Adjunct faculty and Faculty positions.
Benefits Category
For Full‑time Employees:
- Health insurance with some employer paid options.
- Life insurance & AD&D (employer provided)
- Retirement plans (403(b), 457(b), and KPERS)
- Employer paid 8% contribution into a 403(b) no match required
- Paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, and floating holidays)
- 14 days of paid holidays
- Full tuition reduction for JCCC credit courses (for employee and eligible dependents)
- Tuition reimbursement / assistance for non‑JCCC courses for employee
- Free access to the Gym on campus for all employees and dependents
- Discount to the Hiersteiner Child Development Center
- And many more!
About JCCC:
Established in 1969, Johnson County Community College is dedicated to transforming lives and strengthening communities through learning. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, JCCC has enjoyed a national reputation for educational excellence and student success for more than 50 years. That's five decades dedicated to smaller class sizes, more resources and a thriving campus culture – not to mention our competitive tuition rates and extracurricular experiences that transcend the norm.
Mission: JCCC inspires learning to transform lives and strengthen communities.
Vision: JCCC will be an innovative leader in equitable student access, learning and success.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
JCCC is an equal opportunity employer and equal access institution. JCCC does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, religion, marital status, parental status, military status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other factors that cannot be lawfully considered in its programs and activities, which includes employment and admissions, in accordance with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Executive Order 11246, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act, the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, the Kansas Acts Against Discrimination and all other applicable civil rights and nondiscrimination laws.
Inquiries concerning JCCC's compliance with its nondiscrimination policies (including Title IX, Title VI and Section 504 inquiries) may be referred to a Title IX Coordinator (TitleIX@jccc.edu), or Director of Human Resources, or the Dean of Students and Learner Engagement at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210, 913-469-8500; or to Office for Civil Rights, Kansas City Office, U.S. Department of Education, One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone: 816-268-0550, Facsimile: 816-268-0559, Email to: OCR.KansasCity@ed.gov.
Disclosure:
If you need any assistance throughout the search process, please reach out to the HR@jccc.edu. In accordance with the college policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations. Individual hiring departments at JCCC may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection/hiring process. Many departments require those selected for hire to submit a certified transcript for all degrees obtained. For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to apply prior to the review date listed in posting.
Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be updated at any time at the discretion of management. Scheduling, shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity. Scheduling, shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.
If you are an applicant requesting assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at 913-469-3877, or email HR@jccc.edu.
