TITLE: 6-8 Career Development/5th Grade Awareness Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree and licensed as a CDC or School

Counselor by the NC Dept. of Public Instruction or a bachelor’s degree and a clear license in any area of CTE with the ability to obtain the CDC certification within 3 years of hire date.

RELATED DEGREES: Any area of CTE or School Counseling.

REPORTS TO: Principal/CTE Director

JOB GOAL: To help students explore and learn skills that will contribute to their educational and social development in the area of Career and Technical Education.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate career development services for middle school students.
• Promote career awareness, exploration, and planning by continuous monitoring and evaluating of career survey data and student career development plan as defined by local and state General Statutes.
• Provide career development, occupational, labor market, non-traditional career, and post-secondary information.
• Keep the TCS CTE web and social media sites up-to-date with CTE events and activities.
• Assists students with selection of appropriate academic and CTE courses.
• Coordinate career planning activities in classrooms, groups, or individual sessions.
• Provide and coordinate administration and interpretation of career assessments.
• Provide information on postsecondary education programs and employment opportunities.
• Facilitate work-based learning opportunities, such as job shadowing and mini internships.
• Provide and coordinate activities for students to develop employability skills and micro credentials.
• Promote the integration of career research and work-based learning opportunities into middle school academic courses.
• Promote the use of technology for career planning and research.
• Facilitate business, education, and community partnerships that provide opportunities

for students and support CTE.

• Serve as a liaison with the business, industry, education, and military community.
• Publicize partnership resources.
• Participate in professional development activities at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
• Engage in professional growth opportunities to remain current with trends, demands, and emerging careers in a rapidly changing workforce.
• Coordinate with CDC, guidance, CTE teachers, and CTSO’s to promote recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities for prospective and current students in CTE.
• Provide information about CTE opportunities to prospective and current CTE students and their parents.
• Assist with district-wide event planning.
• Treats all students in a fair and equitable manner.
• Interacts effectively with students, co-workers, parents and the community.
• Participates in, upon request, lea communities designed to plan for various aspects of the total career and technical education program.
• Adheres to establish laws, policies, rules and regulations.

Terms of Employment: Eleven-month employment

Starting Salary and/or Grade: Salary based on state salary scale

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board, local and state policy on evaluation of teachers.