LAW ENFORMENT TRAINING INSTRUCTOR - 70632

Executive Service

Who we are and what we do:

Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) TLETA strives to provide service to government agencies through police science and administrative education programs for officers at all levels of responsibility; provide timely and relevant information to officers who attend these training programs, which increases their capabilities to better serve their departments and citizens of the State of Tennessee; and be the center of law enforcement training for all law enforcement officers.

How you make a difference in this role:

By providing knowledge and experience to an ever-changing and evolving pool of new aspiring law enforcement officers.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Produce and execute lesson plans on an assortment of Law Enforcement specific topics and activities.
2. Provide information to the students in an easy-to-understand method.
3. Be an example for future law enforcement officers through discipline and integrity.

Possess the following competencies:

1. Integrity and Trust, Presentation Skills, Customer Focus, Organization, Time Management, Action Oriented, Technical Learning, Functional/Technical Competency, Perseverance, Intermediate knowledge of public safety and security, Intermediate knowledge of law and government.
2. Knowledge of educational and training procedures and principals, Intermediate knowledge of Tennessee Code Annotated.
3. Knowledge of court procedures, Knowledge of basic computer operations.
4. Public speaking skills, Intermediate instructing skills.
5. Judgment and decision making skills.
6. Active learning skills.
7. Active listening skills.
8. Social perceptiveness.
9. Writing skills.
10. Ability to speak clearly.
11. The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation.
12. The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor's degree or the equivalent in years of service/experience as an active certified law enforcement officer. Three years of full time responsible law enforcement experience.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.