Provide leadership and daily support in implementing the Blueprint individualized career counseling initiative and connection to college and career readiness. Provide leadership to school-based staff and community stakeholders while working closely in the planning, monitoring, and developing career counseling plans. Lead the Blueprint for Maryland career counseling initiative to ensure students are counseled into viable career pathwaysand build a foundation for post-secondary success through effective career goal setting.Assigned to multiple school locations to provide daily support to teachers and staff in career-connected learning, assists with professional development activities in coordination with individualized and group career coaching experiences. Monitor data, student engagement, equity, and access. Perform other duties as assigned.

• Attends monthly Career Navigator (Wayfinder) professional development meetings.
• Develops and facilitates program advisory/planning committees of key stakeholders, including parents, students, faculty, school administration, and community and partnership representatives.
• Plans and implements individual and group instruction in career pathway planning.
• Works with students to identify potential career exploration work-based learning options.
• Supports the recruitment of area business partners to assist with career development activities, work-based learning opportunities including job shadows, worksite tours, mock interviews, and mentoring.
• Prepares strategic plan for Blueprint for Maryland Pillar 3 progress in collaboration with building administration to ensure alignment to the School Improvement Plan and county-wide initiatives.
• Collaborates with the Stakeholder Committee and the Blueprint partners and staff to develop promotional materials, plan events, develop business/community partnerships, conduct outreach and recruitment, and monitor progress on required data points.
• Collaborates with Baltimore County Department of Economic and Workforce Development and Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) partners on areas related to the specific career pathways and program development that support middle school students in determining an appropriate academic and workforce pathway, such as CTE programs, value-added certifications, college and career preparation options.
• Coordinates career development data collection by using the prescribed instructional materials and career development framework with scope and sequence.
• Serves as middle school liaison to counselors and staff in feeder elementary and high schools to support career development experiences spanning across grade levels leading to a strong planning process for all students.
• Coordinates site-related career development experiences for staff and students (e.g., student recruitment, summer programs, speaker series, job shadowing opportunities, field experiences, professional development, and advisory/planning meetings).
• Manages the implementation of school-based summer camp for career development activities.
• Completes and submits monthly and quarterly reports pertaining to career development projects.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Training and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor6s degree in an applicable field.
• Master6s degree preferred.
• Three years of successful teaching experience in an area related to the position duties.

Licenses and Certificates:

• Possession of a Maryland Educator Certificate appropriate to the area of assignment.

OR

• Possession of, or eligibility for, a Maryland Educator License appropriate to the area of assignment.

• Possession of, or eligibility for, a Maryland Educator Advanced Professional License appropriate to the area of assignment is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of pedagogy.
• Knowledge of curriculum.
• Knowledge of effective instructional techniques.
• Knowledge of instructional materials and equipment.
• Knowledge of CTE programs, articulations, and certifications.
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in content area.
• Skill in instructing students.
• Skill in preparing and implementing lesson plans.
• Skill in the use of data analysis, professional learning communities, instructional leadership, and spreadsheet, word processing and related applications.
• Skill in communicating with students, their parents, administrators, business partners, and other stakeholders.
• Coursework and/or experience which supports knowledge of curriculum development and supervision.
• Demonstrated expertise in appropriate content areas, including age-appropriate career development for students.
• Technology competency: knowledge of and skill in the use of database, internet, spreadsheet, word processing, and related applications.
• Outstanding communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to implement and model effective instructional strategies in the classroom.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

The work of this class is generally performed in a school environment. Middle School Career Coaches may be assigned two or three school locations. Work requires travelto schools and documentation of daily activity and travel.Work may require connecting to community partners, including visits with local stakeholders. Work may require the ability to move around the school and classroom.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Requires attendance at after-school and evening meetings and events.

This is a Blueprint funded position. As such, in order to apply for this position, you will be required to acknowledge that, should the position not receive funding for any future year, the Superintendent has the right to reassign you to a position based upon the needs of the schools, the requirements of Board of Education Policy and Superintendent Rules as well as the then-current TABCO Master Agreement.

FLSA: Exempt

RETIREMENT: Eligible for the Maryland State Retirement System.