Career Experience Coordinator - Vacancy ID: 208049

The Career Experience Coordinator is a collaborative leadership position tasked with increasing community partnerships to foster opportunities for student college and career readiness. The Career Experience Coordinator will leverage partnerships with businesses, post-secondary institutions, community, and public education to increase the relevance of the school curriculum for all students. 

CERTIFICATION:

• Certified by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as Teacher or School Counselor.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Academic and Career Planning (ACP)

• Onboards and trains high school staff on ACP/Advisory delivery practices.
• Collaborates with ACP stakeholders 6-12. 
• Develops and shares to all staff weekly ACP notifications, announcements, and activities for students to include opening week ACP activities.
• Monitors, maintains, and improves ACP dashboard.
• Updates annual Education for Employment (E4E) policy and presents annual update to School Board in June.
• Updates website and course guide for ACP and work-based learning programs.
• Coordinates all software related to ACP.
• Participates in annual building and district ACP programming evaluations.
• Coordinates with district ACP team to ensure quality scope and sequence of opportunities for students.
• Connects with and brings in appropriate speakers/presenters from multiple career clusters throughout the year.

Youth Apprenticeship (YA) and Workplace Learning Experiences

• Works extensively to create, support, and maintain high quality youth apprentice opportunities.
• Expands and develops community partnerships that lead to a variety of unique career-based experiences for students to include partnerships with post-secondary institutions, businesses, nonprofits, and K-12 education. 
• Attends quarterly Workforce HUB meetings, NTC School-to-Career meetings, and YA Steering Committee and Coordinator meetings.
• Participates in community career nights.
• Participates in community meetings to orient businesses on various partnership options.
• Increases the number of students involved in internships, job shadows, youth apprenticeship, and general employment. 
• Organizes, advertises, and supervises industry tours. 
• Organizes and coordinates job shadows (group/individual).
• Organizes, advertises, supervises business career panels, resume/mock interviews, etc.
• Advertises general employment opportunities.
• Reviews student resumes and cover letters.
• Post jobs, youth apprenticeships, industry tours, job shadows, etc. in Canvas and updates content pages in the course.
• Organizes career cluster specific business and industry tours.
• Organizes Annual Greater Wausau Youth Hiring & Career Fair in collaboration with a committee of local high school representatives. (D.C. Everest hosts 2024-2025).
• Builds and sustains partnerships with local business and industry partners as well as post-secondary institutions.
• Performs additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

WHAT IT TAKES:

• Experience in developing school to business partnerships.
• Leadership experience.
• Regular travel to various off-site locations using personal vehicle.

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE:

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
• Teacher contract plus a per diem stipend for five additional workdays.
• 11 days of paid time off (PTO) each school year.
• Comprehensive benefits package effective your first day of work, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and Wisconsin Retirement System pension plan.
• Free Greenheck Turner Community Center fitness center membership for employee and spouse.

HOW TO APPLY:

Apply on WECAN at https://wecan.waspa.org

Screening will begin after three days and candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The Board does not discriminate on the basis of the Protected Classes of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, creed or religion, genetic information, handicap or disability, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, military service (as defined in 111.32, Wis. Stats.), ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, use or non-use of lawful products off the District’s premises during non-working hours, declining to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer about religious matters or political matters, or any other characteristic protected by law in its employment practices.