Job Description:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Qualifications: Must have or be eligible for North Dakota teaching license or ability to be Alternatively Certified. Middle School or High School License preferred. Job related experience preferred.
Job Summary: The role of the Career Advisor is to deliver and support the Career Education program that educates students’ on making their career choices. The Career Advisor will also provide support for the Career Education curriculum and materials for the Grand Forks Consortium schools. They will provide leadership, develop, and implement programs, and continually upgrade the career education curriculum, the portfolio process, mentorship programs, career fairs, and career education special events. The Career Advisor is a valued and contributing member of the Career Education department and K-12 Counseling Program of the Grand Forks Public Schools.
Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:
Coordinates and delivers career education units to students in the Grand Forks Public Schools
Teaches and presents 7th – 8th grade career units to assigned schools.
Communicates and collaborates with the high school and middle school counselors on the scheduling, delivering, and evaluation of career units.
Coordinates and assists on all aspects of the three 8th grade career fairs including: determining event dates, facility and equipment needs, connecting activities, workshop schedule, workshop presenters, hospitality room, and evaluation of program.
Assists with student registration of all 8th grade consortium school students and place students in appropriate workshops according to their career interests.
Identifies and oversee state grant opportunities for funding nontraditional career opportunities and educational equity.
Provides career education curriculum materials and support to Grand Forks Consortium school counselors.
Career Education Curriculum Development
Reviews and manages the curriculum for the Career Education program
Reviews and manages the software and available resources for Career Education program
Provides staff in-service on changes to curriculum, software, and available resources
Coordinates the printing and distribution career education materials.
Willingness to attend professional development trainings and conferences related to Career Development and Career Advising for the purposes of enhancing the program.
Coordinates and works with data gathering for the Career Education Department
Record and maintain records of students visits to the Career Center
Provide support in gathering and reporting Year-End Annual Reports data
Gathers records and submits CTE state reports on advisory committee activities.
Assist with the implementation of the Choice Ready accountability measurements and data recording
Other duties as assigned.
Work Environment and Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; occasionally walk and stand. The ability to hear and see in order to communicate effectively as well as communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; Maintain effective audio/visual discrimination and perception to the degree necessary for the successful performance of assigned duties; Maintain mental capacity, allowing for effective interaction and communication with others.
Evaluation: By the Principal at least twice each year in the first three years of service (December 15 & April 15), and at least once each year thereafter (April 15).
A teaching contract of 188 days.
Current certified benefit information as well as the Teacher Negotiated agreement can be found at Human Resources - https://sites.google.com/mygfschools.org/human-resources/home
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Primary Location -MARK SANFORD EDUCATION CENTER
Salary Range -$49,477.00 - $71,312.00 / Per Year
Shift Type -Full-Time