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Instructor Bootcamp

In Support of Regional Workforce Capacity Building

SUNY Oswego’s Instructor Bootcamp* was created to train up to 120 professionals from high-demand industries: construction, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, electronics, mechatronics, and mechanical technology to serve as instructors in regional community college, adult education, and apprenticeship programs. Upon successful completion of the Instructor Bootcamp, the participants will be more equipped to be employed as instructors who are needed to teach the workforce sought by semiconductor production, supply chain companies, and other related industry partners.

*Note: This Instructor Bootcamp does not lead to K-12 classroom certification

Opportunity

Instructor Bootcamp candidates with validated years of industry work experience and relevant industry certification or licensing will be referred to the Instructor Bootcamp by SUNY Oswego’s workforce development partners.

  • Participants will enroll (at no cost to them) in the 40-hour Instructor Bootcamp taught online during weeknight evenings (40 hours inclusive of class time and additional out-of-class, self-paced assignments).
  • Participants will receive a laptop and earn up to a $1,000 participation stipend.
  • Upon successful completion and confirmation of hire by a workforce development partner, participants will earn a $100 completion bonus.

Each Instructor Bootcamp will cover 5 modules:

  1. Curriculum and Laboratory Management Systems
  2. Instructional Delivery and Assessment in Skills Training
  3. Serving Diverse Learners in Career and Technical Education
  4. Integration of Technology in Curriculum Design and Implementation
  5. Social Emotional Learning and Career Counseling 

Instructor Bootcamp participants will learn:

  • Instructional and classroom engagement strategies which will be practiced in classroom simulation settings with real-time coaching provided
  • Ways to create a welcoming and inclusive learning environment for all students
  • Use of instructional technology and online learning systems
  • Soft skills and occupation-specific employability skills

Outcomes

Instructor Bootcamp graduates will be hired by SUNY Oswego partner workforce development programs to teach in-demand occupations. Active partners include:

  • Cayuga Community College
  • CenterState CEO
  • Mohawk Valley Community College
  • Onondaga Community College
  • SUNY EOC
  • Syracuse Build
  • Tompkins Build (Ithaca Area Economic Development)
  • TradesFutures

 

Bootcamp Dates

The first Instructor Bootcamp cohort will begin in September 2023 and subsequent cohorts will start in December 2023, March 2024, June 2024, September 2024, December 2024, and March 2025.

Cohort Four  
Registration Deadline

Friday, May 10, 2024 

To register, email [email protected]

Cohort 1 participants, instructors, and partners
Instructor Bootcamp Cohort 1 participants, instructors, and partners at SUNY Oswego's Syracuse Campus.

Delivered online with an in-person kick-off at

SUNY Oswego’s Syracuse Campus

2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13202 
oswego.edu/syracuse

Instructor Bootcamp Cohort Four Schedule1

Bootcamp Kick-off in person @ SUNY Oswego’s Syracuse Campus    
Tues. 6/4/24 | 6 – 8 p.m.

Module 1: Curriculum and Lab Management     
Taught via Zoom, Mon. 6/10/24 and Tues. 6/11/24 | 5 – 7 p.m.    
+ Weekly online coursework (at own pace)

Module 2: Instructional Delivery and Assessment in Skills Training     
Taught via Zoom, Mon. 6/17/24 and Tues. 6/18/24 | 5 – 7 p.m.     
+ Weekly online coursework (at own pace)

Module 3: Serving Diverse Learners in CTE
Taught via Zoom, Mon. 6/24/24 and Tues. 6/25/24 | 5 – 7 p.m.
+ Weekly online coursework (at own pace)

Module 4: Integration of Technology in Curriculum Design and Implementation    
Taught via Zoom, Mon. 7/8/24 and Tues. 7/9/24 | 5 – 8 p.m.
+ Weekly online coursework (at own pace)

Module 5: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Career Counseling    
Taught via Zoom, Mon. 7/15/24 and Tues. 7/16/24 | 5 – 7 p.m. 
Mon. 7/22/24 and Tues. 7/23/24 | 5 – 7 p.m. 
+ Weekly online coursework (at own pace)

Micro Teaching    
Taught via Zoom, Date and Time TBD    
No online coursework this week

Building Trades MC3 Train-the-Trainer2    
Held in-person at SUNY Oswego's Syracuse Campus
Mon. 8/5/24 and Tue. 8/6/24 | 5 – 8 p.m.

Closing Ceremony in person @ SUNY Oswego’s Syracuse Campus
Tues. 8/13/24 | 6 p.m.

1All 5 modules will be taught via Zoom.  
2MC3 Training is only applicable to participants who require this training.

Funding for the Instructor Bootcamp provided by the Empire State Development Office of Strategic Workforce Development Pay for Performance Operating Grant and awarded to the Research Foundation for SUNY.

New York State of Opportunity Empire State Development
SUNY Research Foundation