Teacher-Programming and Web Development 9-12 (Anticipated)

DISTRICT OVERVIEW

Holyoke Public Schools is a PreK-12 public school district serving nearly 5,100 students, of whom 80 percent are Latino/Latina, in 11 schools. We employ nearly 1,300 people who together educate and support a richly diverse community of learners. We are committed to recruiting and retaining top-quality educators who believe all children can and will learn and who strive daily to make school a joyful place of discovery, support, and belonging.

Holyoke Public Schools’ strategic plan, “Moving Forward Together,” builds on the strengths of our past while serving as a call to action to accelerate student learning by thinking differently about how we teach, how we work together, and how we support students’ well being. 

Our Equity Commitments are pledges we are making to address systemic equity challenges. 

• We intentionally build a community that is anti-racist, inclusive, and culturally responsive.
• We ensure that students, families, and staff get the support they need to be successful.
• We seek out and incorporate the voices of those impacted, with a commitment to include those who have been excluded in the past. 
• We promote access and inclusion for all students, staff, and families.
• We respect, embrace, and honor the diversity of our students, families, staff, and community.
• We reflect on our own behavior to minimize harm to others.
• We create a culture of acceptance and empathy so that everyone feels valued and is able to contribute to our community’s success.

Please visit the Holyoke Public Schools website to learn more about us as well as some of our recent accomplishments. 

Job Description:

• Teach students to build, maintain and repair both computer and networking systems.
• Teach students to administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Novell/Windows networks.
• Teach students how to configuration and maintain a web server as well as design and maintain a website
• Teach occupational skills and knowledge to provide students with the competence to become skilled in their field.
• Develop lesson plans and organized class time so that preparation, instruction, shop work, and clean-up activities can be accomplished within the allotted time.
• Demonstrate occupational materials, equipment, instruments, and processes using stand or teacher-prepared models, mock ups, sketches, and other instructional aides.
• Guide students in the selection and performance of appropriate activities. 
• Provide individual and group instruction appropriate t the needs of the students and the requirements of the activities being performed.
• Instruct students in the appropriate safety precautions and the safe operation and use of instruments and equipment.
• Control storage, maintains standard of student conduct to provide an orderly, safe, and productive environment in an activity-type classroom.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Communicates with employers, parents, and school counselors on individual student progress.
• Evaluates each student’s performance, knowledge, and skills in the course being taught, as well as prepare progress reports.
• Other assigned duties.
• THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION (3-4 months)

Qualifications:

• Associate degree or higher degree related to the subject matter and skills to be taught
• Needs to have, or be prepared to obtain, a Preliminary Vocational Technical Teacher License in Programming and Web Development (The Preliminary License requires passing score of at least 70% on a written test and performance test; and a passing score on the vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST) or the Communication and Literacy Skills Test
• Four years of recent (within the last seven years), full-time employment experience directly related to programming & web development 
• No teaching experience required
• Commitment to ensuring academic success for all students
• Experience working in an urban setting, preferred
• Experience working with diverse student populations, preferred
• Skills in managing challenging student behaviors strongly preferred
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply student performance data to instructional planning and execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; excellent teamwork skills 
• Bilingual applicants (Spanish) strongly encouraged to apply 

Salary : $51,000 - $73,000