What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Construction/Construction Trades Teacher position at GEO Academies?
Description
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
About Us
21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12 public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
Reports To/Term
Principal and Administrative Team
This is a full time 10-month position.
Essential Functions
REQUIREMENTS
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
About Us
21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12 public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
Reports To/Term
Principal and Administrative Team
This is a full time 10-month position.
Essential Functions
- Develop and teach an appealing and engrossing curriculum for high school students.
- Provide hands-on learning experiences in all the essential areas of the construction industry.
- Highly promote workplace safety, tool handling, and construction site best practices.
- Incorporate industry trends and technologies into lessons.
- Collaborate with local businesses, trade organizations, and apprenticeship programs to create career pathways for students.
- Maintain a safe and organized classroom and workshop environment.
- Enable students to achieve industry skills certifications.
- Work with school administrators and fellow educators to align course objectives with career and technical education (CTE) goals.
REQUIREMENTS
- At least 4,000 clock hours in the construction field to qualify for the Workplace Specialist Teaching License required
- Workplace Specialist License required
- Bachelor's degree required
- OSHA 30 Certification required
- NCCER Certification required
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