Date Posted: August 2, 2023

Position Title: Part Time - Career and Technical Education Connections Liaison
Split Assignment Location: Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, MN within the Career and Tehnical Education Program 
Hours per Day: 4 Hours, 8 AM to Noon

Schedule: Monday through Friday, following the assigned calendar (220 total days, including
12 paid holidays)

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Assignment Length: 2023-2024 School Year, continuing contract

Salary: Starting at 29,243.50 (half-time/0.5 FTE) per the Dean/Liaison contract

Application Deadline: August 11, 2023 with interviews scheudled the week of August 14, 2023


POSITION OVERVIEW:

Performs intermediate skilled administrative support work connecting Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming for students to outside industries to enhance the education and experience for students, developing and maintaining relationships with a variety of outside agencies to bridge industry support to educational pathways, promoting ISD 917 CTE programming to member districts and those outside the educational areas, ensuring programming supports student achievement through funding sources and best practice, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of Secondary Principal.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides outside experiences for CTE students by coordinating guest speakers, field trips, tours, and other connections.
• Develops, maintains, and joins industrial communities to bridge industry support to educational pathways, including participation in special events.
• Facilitates tours of the CTE program for member districts and non-member districts.
• Participates as a member of all current Career and Technical Education (CTE) advisory boards.
• Promotes CTE to member districts and outside educational entities through a variety of activities, such as speaking with high schools, colleges, and universities.
• Obtains a basic understanding of CTE funding, including Perkins Grants and General Education Funding; ensures program operations comply with instructional best practices to support student achievement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor's degree and considerable experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
2. Comprehensive knowledge of applicable district policies, practices and procedures; comprehensive knowledge of career and technical education programming processes and best practices
3. Comprehensive knowledge of Perkins Grant CTE funding; comprehensive skill operating standard office equipment and applicable hardware and software
4. General skill in organizing multiple events for students; general skill in developing and implementing framework for student success with CTE
5.  General skill in accounting software; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals
6.  Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages
7.  Ability to understand and apply governmental accounting practices in maintenance of financial records
8.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, advisory boards, businesses, industrial personnel and leaders, member district staff, non-member district staff, and the general public.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Industrial certifications upon hire.
• Completion of communications and marketing training upon hire.
• Education/Career and Technical Education license upon hire preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions, frequently requires reaching with hands and arms and occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
2.  Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels
3.  Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities;
4. Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic)

DISTRICT PROFILE:

Intermediate School District 917 provides special education, career & technical education (CTE), and/or alternative learning for nine member districts in the south metro. Our programs are located in more than 20 sites throughout the south metro, including Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) where our district office is located. We focus on being purposeful, personalized partners within our community as we model an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff. The culture of ISD 917 is built on the core values of collaboration, empathy, innovation, stewardship, communication, integrity, personalization, equity, and diversity. Our programs are designed to provide high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students. We serve students from birth through age 21 in a variety of special education programs located in multiple sites. Our CTE programs are all located at DCTC, and our alternative learning program (Dakota County Area Learning School (DCALS) has two locations, one co-located in DCTC in Rosemount and one in West St. Paul. At ISD 917, we belong to each other, and no one is invisible.

Mission (= Our Core Purpose)
In partnership with member districts, Intermediate School District 917 provides high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students.

Vision (= What We Intend to Create)
Intermediate School District 917 models an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff.

Core Values (= Drivers of Our Words and Actions)

• Collaboration: Working together to achieve more collectively.
• Empathy: Considering and respecting the perspective and needs of member districts, students, families and staff.
• Innovation: Ongoing improvement of programs and services.
• Stewardship: Managing financial and human resources carefully and responsibly.
• Communication: Multi-dimensional, transparent conversation focused on sharing information and creating a positive learning and working environment. 
• Integrity: Aligning our actions with our values and beliefs.
• Personalization: Building on the strengths and addressing the unique needs of individual students.
• Equity: Intentionally providing opportunities while removing barriers at all levels of the organization.
• Diversity: Appreciating and valuing everyone’s unique selves.

Strategic Directions (= Focus of Our Improvement Efforts)

• Increase student achievement and engagement
• Support and lead staff through continuous improvement
• Deepen engagement of stakeholders through quality, equitable communication practices
• Increase social-emotional learning and skills for students and staff
• Increase support for ALL through inclusive practices

 
District Motto
Purposeful. Personalized. Partners.

For more information on Special Education Services, click here
And for more information on Secondary Services, click here
Application Procedure: Can be completed at https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/onlineapp/
District 917’s Website: http://www.isd917.org/
jessica.huss@isd917.org