Duties
CTE Curriculum Coordinator Aurora West School District 129
Position: 6-12 Career & Technical Education (CTE) Curriculum Coordinator
Reports to: Executive Director of Secondary Education
Level: District Administrative Level 1
Contract Length: 11 months
Qualifications:
Qualified candidates should:
- Hold a valid Illinois State Board of Education Professional Education License
- A valid Illinois Driver’s License
- Have teaching/clinical experience within the last five years, in the department/grade level of assigned supervisory responsibility.
** If identified for hire a candidate must take and present evidence of completion of Illinois Teacher Evaluation modules
Preferred Professional Experience:
- Demonstrated success in providing staff development using best
- Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use the data from assessments to inform changes in classroom instruction.
- Demonstrated success in working with adults and working knowledge of adult learning
- Familiarity with word processing, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.
Working Conditions
Office Environment
- Classroom environment
- Driving a vehicle to conduct work
Roles and Responsibilities
- Oversee grants for CTE, including Perkins and
- Work closely with VALEES to support SD129 students and
- Serve on the Pathways to Prosperity committee and communicate with city officials as
- Start, implement and grow diploma pathway
- Assist West High admin with supporting students attending off campus locations including Weisner, Mooseheart and the West High Courses held at the West Aurora Learning
- Evaluate assigned teachers using the school district approved evaluation
- Observe classroom instruction and provide feedback to classroom staff on ways to implement the district curriculum and increase the effectiveness of instruction for all students.
- Assist building administrators with the identification, interviewing, and hiring of
- Plan and coordinate district-wide staff development
- Provide staff development on current best practices in CTE and serve as a mentor and model in developing and demonstrating teaching techniques that are effective with a school's
- Work with classroom, building grade level, or content area data, in order to identify student trends as well as to support identification of professional development needs.
- Assist staff in understanding and implementing national, state, and district standards, in analyzing student achievement data, and in determining how to focus instruction to remediate and reinforce skills and knowledge in the content area.
- Regularly meet with district and building administrators to provide assistance in curriculum development and implementation, staff development, and assessment.
- Work with staff to make curricular recommendations to the Executive Director of Secondary
- Develop and monitor the CTE department schedule at the secondary level based on course
- Recommend budget allocations. Administer and monitor approved budget allocations and spending, including Reallocation of funds as appropriate when both programmatic needs and price points shift.
- Assume any other duties as may from time to time be delegated by the Executive Director of Secondary Education. The Executive Director may make any adjustment in the scope of responsibilities as outlined above, which will be in the best interest of the school district.
Qualifications
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSE with CTE ENDORSED AREA REQUIRED & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ENDORSEMENT PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED
Additional Qualifications: Demonstrated success in providing staff development with best practices, desirable; teaching experience within the last five years in the content area, desirable; experience evaluating teachers using a district framework, desirable; and
flexibility and ability to work with multiple grade levels simultaneously, required.
How to Apply
Please apply: https://www.applitrack.com/d129/onlineapp/admin/_admin.aspx
West Aurora School District 129 Website