Job Description
Position Title: Career and Technical Education Career Development Coordinator Term of Employment: Full-Time; 11 months Reports To: Principal/ Director of Career and Technical Education Pay Information: State Salary Scale; 5% local supplement General Statement of Job The primary purpose of this position is to provide and coordinate career development services to students in local schools and school systems. Essential Job Functions Career Development: Career development services within the CTE department include, but are not limited to, the creation of personalized career development plans, and the use of career interest inventories. The Career & • Technical Education Coordinator will act as the back-up resource for the school-level work-based learning process. This position will also be the lead for school-level career fairs and events. Curriculum Support: The Career & • Technical Education Coordinator will manage the purchase request process for the department to help teachers maintain equipment and supplies. The coordinator will audit the CTE Honors process to assure that teachers are completing all honors portfolios. This position will be the responsible party for any adjustment to Programs of Study that take place at the school-level, by communicating state and district changes to school administrators, counselors, and data managers. The coordinator will also provide guidance for school-level summer camps. Instructional Coaching: The Career & • Technical Education Coordinator will act as an Instructional Coach, to support teachers within an assigned feeder pattern. The coordinator will support teachers within the department through cooperative instructional strategies, including team teaching and lesson planning. Inventory Management: The Career & • Technical Education Coordinator is the keeper of the Career & • Technical Education inventory process. This position will maintain and keep accurate records of all inventory within the CTE department. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, SmartBoard, and data projectors. Ability to listen and communicate effectively in order to gather, convey or exchange information, including giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Ability to respond appropriately to inquiries or complaints. Ability to read, comprehend, and prepare various kinds of communication and information including emails, correspondence, reports, articles, spreadsheets, staff development plans, educational forms and data. Ability to interpret, infer, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate materials, resources, situations and problems to generate options and solutions. Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing. Ability to listen and communicate effectively in order to gather, convey or exchange information including giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Additional assignments as assigned by the supervisor. Minimum Training and Experience A bachelor’s degree in a Career & • Technical Education program area. Hold, or be able to obtain, the Career Development Coordinator license (747) Hold, or be able to obtain, the Instructional Management Coordinator license (830) Complete Instructional Coaching Training (i.e., Constructive Learning Design) Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions Physical Requirements: This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 20 pounds of force. Work regularly requires speaking or hearing, frequently requires standing, walking and sitting and occasionally requires using hands to finger, handle or feel, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, lifting and repetitive motions. Work has standard vision requirements. Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly. Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound. Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data. Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic) Data Conception : Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether simila