Culinary Arts Instructor

Macon Area Career and Technical Education Center is looking for an CULINARY ARTS INSTRUCTOR for the 2025-2026 school year. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides instruction to students using effective instructional strategies.
• Participates in curriculum review and design.
• Creates and implements a classroom disciplinary plan.
• Creates lesson plans and activities to implement and supplement instruction.
• Monitors student progress and adjusts instruction accordingly.
• Participates in building, grade level and/or subject area committees.
• Participates in professional development activities.
• Maintains accurate student records including attendance, grades, and discipline.
• Completes and submits forms and required reports in a timely manner.
• Communicates regularly with parents regarding progress and other educational concerns.
• Reports suspected abuse, neglect, discrimination, and harassment as directed by Board policy.
• Prepares lesson plans for use by a substitute teacher.
• Attends established traditional school-sponsored activities (e.g., Back-to-School Night, Open House, programs, activities, and faculty meetings).
• Assumes other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• Valid Missouri Teaching Certificate or Certification in progress to be considered
• Positive interpersonal relationship skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of digital resources, tools, and instructional applications
  
  OR

Go through the Career Education Temporary authorization route to certification: An individual with closely related occupational experience takes a prescribed list of coursework, teaches for a minimum of two years, and is mentored by the employing school district. The individual works under a one-year, renewable certificate that requires the completion of six (6) semester hours of college credit each year in order to be renewed.

• Must be employed by a Career Technical Center or school district with an approved program for Career Technical Education
• Must possess one of the following qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university and four thousand (4,000) hours of Department-approved, closely related occupational experience obtained within the past ten (10) years; or
  • Associate's degree from an accredited college or university and five thousand (5,000) hours of Department-approved, closely related occupational experience within the past ten (10) years; or
  • No degree and six thousand (6,000) hours of Department-approved, closely related occupational experience obtained within the past ten (10) years.

Applications will be pulled 7 days after initial posting.  If no candidate has been selected, position will remain open until filled.