College and Career Specialist

College and Career Specialist

Performs skilled/professional consultation, planning and implementation functions under limited supervision to provide resources, programs, information, and advisement that will enhance awareness for career and job opportunities for students. In addition, this position will assist in the operations of the Career Tech local programs at the secondary levels, as well as some other elective course offerings. This position will provide assistance to various sites in regard to program requirements and opportunities, career exploration, and career portfolios. This individual will be seek to form relationships with community partners to help create opportunities for students to access internships. An incumbent in this position will utilize discretion, ingenuity and good judgment when dealing with the complexity of the jobs.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Help to oversee all aspects of the Carl Perkins Grant and be responsible for the Performance Measures and Goals as stated in the grant are met or exceeded.
• Assist with the coordination and supervision of guidelines and requirements for the district Career Tech programs; help to ensure success in implementing program standards, and serve as a contact for the school district and a liaison with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
• Consult with and assist district staff and parents concerning Career and Technology Issues.
• Attend workshops, in-services and conferences that relate to Career and Technology Issues.
• Serve as the designated Testing Liaison for the competency testing in the district Career Tech programs.
• Provide professional development and in-service opportunities for the Career Tech program instructors during designated local in-service meeting times, and assist with extended opportunities as available.
• Recruit, coordinate and instruct students for the Professional Internship Program.
• Be available to provide both resources and classroom group career awareness and job opportunities and employability skills information as requested.
• Assist students in the development of career portfolios and provide additional uses of the "Explore" and "Plan" tests information.
• Be available to parents to help explore and interpret career path opportunities for their children.
• Serve on the Educational Services Instructional Team.
• Develop initiatives and strategies to improve program recruitment and assist in recruitment activities as needed.
• Assist in textbook information distribution, review, selection and obtaining resources for the Career Tech programs as needed.
• Serve as an Educational Services liaison to the middle school and high school counselor meetings, and as a resource to these counselors for career tech and career planning issues.
• Lead district ICAP Committee and Implementation Lead and organize the Early College Program

Length of Contract: Two hundred and forty (240) contract days. Evaluation: the Executive Director of Educational Services in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policies and state law will evaluate performance of this job. Supervisory Responsibilities: NA Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience: Master's degree with classroom experience; experience in Career and Technology Education preferred. Certificates, registrations: Valid Oklahoma Teaching certificate, administrator's certification, and completion of the State Dept. of Education Supervisory training. Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: Communication Skills (oral, written, or business: Basic communication skills to exchange information, give/receive simple to more complex instructions and respond to inquiries. Includes filling out forms. Knowledge of grammatical structure, vocabulary for preparing correspondence from rough draft to proofing of completed material. Communicates in clear, grammatically correct English. Is computer literate. Contact with Others: An incumbent will be in contact with leaders of industry, Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, The Edmond Chamber of Commerce, students, teachers, counselors and principals in an effort to work together to assure career and technology and career information is provided, to increase the understanding of the components of Career and Technology Education, and to develop close working relationships with various entities within this community to enhance the job opportunities for our students. Other Performance Measure: The incumbent/employee will need to: Be student focused to resolve problems effectively Manage human resources and diversity while promoting productivity and efficiency; employee training and development, empowerment, and appraisal, corrective counseling and intervention Manage information and communications with staff and public effectively Conduct short and long range planning to set and/or attain district goals and objectives Demonstrate leadership by being a good role model to reinforce productive and student-focused behavior; use creativity, innovation, and initiative to identify solutions to problems Be a team player with co-workers, subordinates, and community leaders to accomplish objectives or goals Manage compliance of the Carl Perkins Grant Sit in as a consultant/advisor on the secondary counselor meetings Mathematical Skills: Ability to plan budgets and use the mathematical skills required to do so. Maintain accurate records and support documentation for projects under the supervision of the position. Reasonable Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to use computer and computer related programs and other technologies needed to perform essential job functions. Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the community. Ability to organize and chair or facilitate committees and meetings. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.