Law Enforcement Instructor

Iowa Law Enforcement Academy

Law Enforcement Instructor

The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) is seeking applicants for the position of a general Law Enforcement Instructor. This position will require collaboration and instruction with multiple training programs, with an emphasis on flexibility and program layering. This position works closely with the Director and management team to support the Academy mission.

Applicants must display a high level of initiative, effort and commitment toward completing tasks efficiently, demonstrating proficiency and attention to detail.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide training and instruct classes at the Academy, in the field and through the use of any electronic media to ensure reception by students/officers of accepted principles, theories and techniques used in multiple law enforcement topics.

• Responsible for planning, preparing and evaluating training materials, course outlines, lesson plans and performance objectives for courses being taught.

• Provide instruction at in-service and specialty school training for law enforcement across the state of Iowa.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other agencies and disciplines involved in investigating, preventing or researching law enforcement topics for the classroom. Participate in joint training sessions with other agencies in planning, organizing and researching relevant sources to ensure a high quality of training is disseminated to students.

• Administers exams. Counsels and provides guidance to students in the areas of the instructor's proficiency. Correspond with officers and agencies in response to questions or problems; coordinates FTO visits for progress reports. Assist other instructors in the evaluation of students. Provide supervision, discipline and structure for the Academy students.

• Miscellaneous duties as assigned to perform. Essential Functions of the Position Include:

• Provide training and instruct classes at the Academy and the field

• Plan, prepare and evaluate training materials, course outlines, lesson plans and performance objectives for courses being taught

• Provide instruction at in-service and specialty school training for law enforcement across the state of Iowa

• Coordinate and collaborate with other agencies and disciplines involved in investigating, preventing or researching law enforcement topics for the classroom

Preferred Qualifications:

• Law Enforcement Instructor certifications or additional specialized training

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in police administration, police science, criminal justice, criminology, nursing, or the social or behavioral sciences, or a closely related field, and five years of full-time experience as a certified peace officer in a law enforcement agency or program, civilian jailer, jail trainer, jail administrator, or correctional officer in a jail, holding facility, prison or correctional institution, dispatcher, dispatch trainer, dispatch supervisor/administrator, nurse (RN or LPN), EMS paramedic or other closely related emergency medical services provider;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting 30 semester hours of graduate level course work in law, police administration, police science, criminal justice, criminology, nursing, the social or behavioral sciences, or a closely related field, for each year of the qualifying experience to a maximum substitution of three years;

OR

an equivalent combination of experience and education, substituting one year of full-time experience as a police or certified peace officer, civilian jailer, jail trainer, jail administrator, correctional officer, training instructor in a recognized law enforcement training program, dispatcher, dispatch trainer, dispatch supervisor/administrator, nurse (RN or LPN), paramedic or other closely related emergency medical services provider, for each year (30 semester hours) of the required education to a maximum substitution of four years.

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