Career Explorations Teacher (work-from-home) - Vacancy ID: 205671

Purpose of Position:

Destinations Career Academy is seeking a full-time work-from-home Career Explorations Teacher. This position needs a passionate candidate who wants to help students define their passions and potential career areas—in high school and beyond.  Middle and high school classes are part of the role.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

●      Teaching duties including, but not limited to supervision of students, grading, lesson planning, and implementation

●      General management of online classroom

●      Committee participation & student support

Minimum Training and Experience Required to Perform Essential Job Functions:

●      Bachelor’s degree

●      Passion for supporting career development

●      Related work experience is a plus

 Desired Qualifications:  

●      Master’s degree

●      Dual credit certification with the Wisconsin Technical College System

●      One of the following Career & Technical Education licensure areas:

○      Agriculture

○      Business & IT

○      Family/Consumer Science

○      Health Science

○      Marketing

○      Technology & Engineering

●      Three+ years of experience

●      Appropriate industry certifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

●      Ability to teach in a hands-on, project-based environment

●      Ability to facilitate students in problem-solving strategies

●      Skilled in a computer-based environment

●      Effective classroom management practices to facilitate learning in a virtual environment

●      Ability to work collaboratively with other CTE teachers at both the school and district levels

●      Demonstrated commitment to supporting a strong/rigorous curriculum focused on preparing students for relevant technical careers in today's ever-changing workplace

●      Ability to flex instruction across all career pathways

●      Ability to work with post-secondary programs and instructors to develop and deliver dual credit opportunities for students

●      Demonstrated desire and skills required to design programming and make recommendations for classes that will prepare students for competitive careers after high school

●      Ability to infuse career development programming within the classroom

●      Training/experience with: incorporating computer technology skills in curriculum, use of inclusion models, working within an instructional team, standards-based assessment and instruction, teaching a diverse student population, multi-aged groupings

●      Teaching strengths in integrating Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

●      Demonstrated successful experience in writing curriculum and developing relationships with the business community

●      Understanding and commitment to connecting classroom to business/industry experiential and work-based learning options

●      Expectation of continued professional growth and cross-curricular support and
integration