JOB TITLE: DIRECTOR OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT STATE SALARY SCHEDULE + LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR SUPPLEMENT**This position will start on January 1st, 2027**GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB Develops, facilitates, and directs all aspects of Career and Technical Education for Catawba County Schools, including promoting the program with students, parents, teachers, businesses, and industry. Provides instructional leadership, community building, and human and financial resources management. Works closely with the local community college to provide a myriad of educational opportunities to support North Carolina's Career and College Promise.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS - Assesses programmatic needs, gleaning input from students, business leaders, IHEs and other individuals/organizations with knowledge of skills imperative for the 21st Century workplace
- Works with other agencies to maintain the most current information concerning the labor market and economic development, and uses this information to expand or modify Career and Technical Education as needed
- Serves on local, regional, and state boards to advance CTE programs and secure additional business and industry partnerships
- Provides curricular and financial support for the CTE programs at each traditional middle and high school, Challenger Early College, and North Star Academy.
- Writes the Workforce Development Annual Application for Federal and State Funding and monitors the workforce development programs to ensure that the plan is being carried out as written
- Oversees the administration of VOCATS assessments; analyzes results to inform programmatic and instructional improvements; and shares results with a variety of stakeholders, including administrators and teachers
- Maintains the various Career and Technical Education budgets and ensures that funds are expended according to the approved Annual Application and state/federal guidelines
- Creates state and local reports as required
- Coordinates the activities and directives of the CTE Advisory Board
- Works with the district's schools to develop Career and Technical Student Organizations(CTSO) to extend classroom experiences
- Oversees work-based learning activities for students
- Develops systems and methods to follow CTE students beyond high school, to demonstrate, in the aggregate, the long-term impact of CTE on the success of students, employers, and communities
- Evaluates and supervises the district's Career Development Coordinators
- Facilitates business, education, and community partnerships that provide opportunities for students and support CTE
- Assist in creating and maintaining a course of action for completion of state-required Career Development Plans.
- Participates in professional development activities at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
- Engages in professional growth opportunities to remain current with trends, demands,
and emerging careers in a rapidly changing workforce.
ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS - May write grants
- May present at various regional/state/national conferences
- Performs other work related duties as assigned
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED: - Clear class VA or A certification in a career technical educational program area
- A master's degree from an approved education program
- A minimum of five years teaching, supervisory, or administrative experience within the preceding eight years (two years minimum in occupational program areas)
- An internship sponsored by the Division of Career Technical Education
- Experience as a principal preferred but not required
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports,
forms, charts, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.
Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.
Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and in emergency situations.
Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.
DISCLAIMER This job description is designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within the classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this job. It is not a contract or guarantee of employment, salary, or benefits.
