Chicago Public Schools
Career Connected Pathways Specialist
Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60601
Career Connected Pathway Specialist
Reporting to the Manager of Career Connected Pathways, the Career Connected Pathway Specialist is responsible for implementing targeted strategies that prepare students to access and thrive in postsecondary career options. The primary responsibility is to provide direct services to high schools in order to advance a coherent and universal understanding of career readiness by tactically preparing and supporting students, teachers, counselors, and school leaders. This includes procuring and coordinating work-based learning opportunities for students, ensuring students have access to advanced coursework and certification in CTE fields, and building operational capacity at the school to implement high-quality CTE. The Career Pathway Specialist is based at the school and acts as a member of the school's leadership team. This is a full-time, exempt position that will be paid for time worked on a salary basis. This position will be held accountable for the following responsibilities: Collaborate with ECCE, OCCS, and school staff to provide direct student support for the implementation, improvement, and evaluation of OCCS activities including Work-based Learning, Career and Technical Education programs, and Early College coursework. Represent ECCE as the school point-person for CTE programs by connecting school-based staff to the central office, area teams, and community (parents, external partners, etc.) Develop and implement the school-specific strategy for marketing and student recruiting, leveraging central office resources and team members and working with school-based staff as needed. Support design and execution of capstones, college & career fairs, and other career pathway events at their school. Support CTE program performance and improvement through strategic operational support that aligns to the indicators of high-quality CTE and CPS vision, including the collection and analysis of data and student outcomes. Support annual budgeting and expenditure efforts, working with school-based staff (e.g., school business operations administrators) to monitor purchase orders and ensure funds are used in a timely and appropriate manner to support the delivery of CTE instruction and other ECCE programs. Identify and coordinate with the central office to address teacher needs (e.g., propose professional development topics for the central office to facilitate, and support CTE and Early College teacher recruitment efforts, disseminate CPS policies and procedures, etc.) Other duties as assigned In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, this position must possess the following qualifications: Education Required: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Master's degree preferred. Experience Required: Minimum of three (3) years of related youth development and/or career programming experience including facilitating collaboration within and among businesses, post-secondary institutions, schools, and community-based organizations, required. Minimum of two (2) years of experience in college and career-related work, outreach, recruitment, and engagement, and experience in a supervisory role is preferred. Experience with program evaluation and improvement, working in school environments, and/or leading and executing large-scale projects and programs is preferred. Conditions of Employment As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to: Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions, however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.
Reporting to the Manager of Career Connected Pathways, the Career Connected Pathway Specialist is responsible for implementing targeted strategies that prepare students to access and thrive in postsecondary career options. The primary responsibility is to provide direct services to high schools in order to advance a coherent and universal understanding of career readiness by tactically preparing and supporting students, teachers, counselors, and school leaders. This includes procuring and coordinating work-based learning opportunities for students, ensuring students have access to advanced coursework and certification in CTE fields, and building operational capacity at the school to implement high-quality CTE. The Career Pathway Specialist is based at the school and acts as a member of the school's leadership team. This is a full-time, exempt position that will be paid for time worked on a salary basis. This position will be held accountable for the following responsibilities: Collaborate with ECCE, OCCS, and school staff to provide direct student support for the implementation, improvement, and evaluation of OCCS activities including Work-based Learning, Career and Technical Education programs, and Early College coursework. Represent ECCE as the school point-person for CTE programs by connecting school-based staff to the central office, area teams, and community (parents, external partners, etc.) Develop and implement the school-specific strategy for marketing and student recruiting, leveraging central office resources and team members and working with school-based staff as needed. Support design and execution of capstones, college & career fairs, and other career pathway events at their school. Support CTE program performance and improvement through strategic operational support that aligns to the indicators of high-quality CTE and CPS vision, including the collection and analysis of data and student outcomes. Support annual budgeting and expenditure efforts, working with school-based staff (e.g., school business operations administrators) to monitor purchase orders and ensure funds are used in a timely and appropriate manner to support the delivery of CTE instruction and other ECCE programs. Identify and coordinate with the central office to address teacher needs (e.g., propose professional development topics for the central office to facilitate, and support CTE and Early College teacher recruitment efforts, disseminate CPS policies and procedures, etc.) Other duties as assigned In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, this position must possess the following qualifications: Education Required: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Master's degree preferred. Experience Required: Minimum of three (3) years of related youth development and/or career programming experience including facilitating collaboration within and among businesses, post-secondary institutions, schools, and community-based organizations, required. Minimum of two (2) years of experience in college and career-related work, outreach, recruitment, and engagement, and experience in a supervisory role is preferred. Experience with program evaluation and improvement, working in school environments, and/or leading and executing large-scale projects and programs is preferred. Conditions of Employment As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to: Establish/Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions, however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.