OFFICE OF SCHOOLS
Traditional 235 work days per year
FTE: 1.0
Salary Range: $54,018 - $64,822
**Please note: Applications will be received until April 23, 2024. If the position is not filled by then, we may consider applications submitted after the deadline. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting the Denver Public Schools job board at careers.dpsk12.org.**
Essential Functions and Objectives:
Support the overall success of Career and College Success (CCS) initiatives and provide career exploration and development for all students at the high school. Serve as experts in work-based learning, including: workforce trends, job readiness and essential skills. Additionally, play a critical role in driving equity through hands-on navigation assistance to students who have risk factors for graduation.
- Execute career exploration, Launch Internship, and Apprenticeship programming for students.
- Launch Internship Program and the Youth Apprenticeship Program.
- Provide special support for students with one or more risk factors for graduation and build capacity of staff to host meaningful career conversations.
- Serve as a liaison for business partners to ensure program continuity and intended outcomes.
- Provide feedback and open communication with Career and College Success (CCS) Leadership Team and other central staff to ensure continued program effectiveness and improvement.
- Serve as experts in career development. Work to transform that system from the inside--to build more equitable career and college outcomes than anywhere else in the country.
- Participate in regular meetings with CCS central team members to ensure strong communication flows.
- Identify and recruit students for participation focusing on equitable engagement and students with high risk.
- Provide interview and resume preparation, program application support, student on-boarding, performance issue management, ongoing job support, site visits and business partner meetings and maintain documentation for the Launch and Apprenticeship programs.
- Execute career exploration opportunities for students, including coordinating career exploration logistics (ie. food, technology, expenditures for equipment and supplies, bus scheduling, master calendar scheduling, room assignments, work site and college visits, business partner and student surveys).
- Provide career coaching support: referral to Advanced Pathways in a student’s home school and other schools, internship placement, family outreach, and monitoring of student progress in Infinite Campus (IC).
- Complete small activity bus initial and re-certification training schedule in collaboration with district Transportation Department in order to operate the small activity bus for all CareerConnect events as needed and assist in the exchange of buses with other CareerConnect schools.
- Coordinate the distribution and collection of evaluation materials, permission packets, and other pertinent documents for students, business partners and school-based staff. - Help with execution of program events, including: food, technology, expenditures for equipment and supplies, bus scheduling, master calendar scheduling, room assignments, business partner and student surveys.
- Gather and support the school’s analysis of CCS data; create and/or utilize bi-annual reports based on information gathered through on-line event management systems and/or other online tools.
Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:
- One (1) or more years of related experience.
- Knowledge with Google Suite.
- Effective time management and organizational skills.
- Effective communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Effectively handle multiple demands and competing deadlines.
- The ability to take responsibility for one’s own performance.
- Work collaboratively with others on a team.
- High degree of integrity in handling confidential information.
Education Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Additional Information:
- Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129
- Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397
- Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244
- Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools
About Denver Public Schools:
Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.
DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.
Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.