Career Coach ($59,409+)

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orchester County Public Schools is accepting applications for a Career Coach. Under the direction of the Supervisor of Career & Technology Education, the Career Coach facilitates educational/career decision-making skills among students grades 6-12 through effective counseling, planning, consulting, appraisal, and information/placement services. The successful candidate will demonstrate principled leadership and decision making while assuming this leadership role.

DUTIES:

• Coordinate and supervise career development activities/programs, including college, technical school and business tours, job embedded field trips, employment and college fairs, and speakers.
• Encourage the use of, and assist students with, career interest and other assessment instruments.
• Provides professional advising to students on apprenticeship, career pathways that lead to industry recognized credentials, education, occupational training, and work experience.
• Access, analyze, and synthesize information, interest inventories, career surveys, etc. generated by students through Naviance or other career platforms approved by the school system.
• Collaborate with school counselors to support the student's post-secondary education and career interests.
• Work in collaboration with the USWIB staff and Chesapeake College career and advising staff to create career programs, source employers, and create opportunities for exploration in work and academic options.
• Directly teach a variety of skills to students individually and in small groups during class time and/or Flex block (e.g., technology skills, study skills, digital and time management skills needed to succeed in an online course, professional communication and writing skills, etc.).
• Establish and facilitate connections with industry leaders to foster opportunities for students.
• Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to teach, advise, mentor, and collaborate face-to-face and virtually with a wide range of learners and stakeholders (students, parents, colleagues, business partners).
• Collaborate with school staff to identify partnerships with business and community members for work-based learning experiences.
• Continuously elicit student and parent feedback re: their career experiences; analyze and respond to data and make recommendations to their supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Services, Business, Social Science, or Education or related field.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to teach, advise, mentor, and collaborate face-to-face and virtually with a wide range of learners and stakeholders (students, parents, colleagues, business partners).
• General knowledge of school organization and programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of community resources.
• Experience in youth development.
• Available to work a flexible schedule that includes evenings and some Saturdays.
• Ability to earn the Global Career Development Facilitator certificate or comparable credential within the 1st year of employment.

• Position Type:Full-time
• Positions Available:1

Job Categories :Administrator > Vocational/Career Education
Athletics & Activities > Coaching
Employer Description

Apply online: https://dcps.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

Dorchester County, Maryland, with a population of 29,300, is the Eastern Shore's largest county with 593 square miles of land and 108 square miles of water. The Dorchester County Public School system provides the educational foundation for the county's children.

Highlights of the DCPS System are:

There are 12 schools: two high schools, a career and technology center, two middle schools, six elementary schools and a pre-kindergarten through 8th grade school.

There are approximately 5000 students in the district.

High schools offer a full College preparatory curriculum as well as options in occupational skills.

The Dorchester Career and Technology Center receives students from both high schools and offers programs in Culinary Arts , Masonry, Carpentry, Electricity, HVAC, Collision Repair and Refinishing, Welding, Agriculture, Medium and Heavy Truck, Auto Technology, Cosmetology, Homeland Security, Cisco Academy, Interactive Media Production, Teacher Academy and Medical Services.

IBM-compatible computers are used throughout the system in individual classrooms as well as strategically placed computer labs. There are courses in Technology Simulations, Keyboarding, Computer Applications, and Computerized Accounting.

Every classroom has access to the Microsoft Office Products as well as to the Internet.

The Dual Enrollment Program with Chesapeake College and University of Maryland Eastern Shore offers the opportunity for the students who wish to get started on their college credits.

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Job Requirements

• No experience required

Contact Information

• Jeff Grafton , Human Resources Administrator
• 700 Glasgow Street
• Cambridge,Maryland 21613

• Phone: (410) 228-4747
• Fax: 410-221-5269
• Email: click here

Salary : $59,409 - $0