Adult Basic Education Teacher, Correction Education pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 25900
- Class code
- 25900
- Pay scale group
- ED 01
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- E4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Adult Basic Education Teacher, Correction Education is $72,215 to $114,706 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 25900.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/22/2015.
What the state says the job is
This is professional education work in providing adult basic education instruction to inmates at a state correctional facility. An employee in this job develops and adapts curriculum, course outlines, and lesson plans to meet the educational needs of inmates at state correctional facilities. Work involves instructing inmates in a variety of general academic and remedial subjects, such as basic math, reading, English, science, social studies, language arts, writing, and similar skills.
Examples of the work
• Prepares instructional objectives that will achieve the goals of the Planned Educational Program. • Prepares lesson plans specifying content and activities to be covered, sequence of instruction, materials needed, and standards for lesson accomplishment. • Prepares instructional aids and materials for use in the classroom. • Reviews and recommends tests, study guides, workbooks, and other learning materials for use in the classroom. • Prepares assessments and analyzes the information gathered to determine inmate capabilities and readiness for learning. • Instructs inmates on the content of a variety of subjects. • Trains and supervises inmates as tutorial assistants.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor's degree in education which includes or is supplemented by successful completion of an institution-approved teaching practicum; or • Four years of paraprofessional experience assisting educational staff in a classroom setting that includes or is supplemented by one year of experience providing classroom instruction or possession of an active Instructional 1 or 2 certification issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes or is supplemented by completion of an institution-approved teaching practicum, one year of experience providing classroom instruction, or possession of an active Instructional 1 or 2 ...
Special requirements
• Certain positions assigned to an institution that houses state mandated school-age students require a valid and active Instructional 1 or 2 certification issued by then Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ED schedule.