COOPERATIVE EDUCATION COORDINATOR - FULL-TIME - 2024-2025 SY GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP CAMPUS - Camden County Technical Schools

CAMDEN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

POSITION DESCRIPTION

TITLE:        COOPERATIVE EDUCATION COORDINATOR - FULL-TIME 

                   2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR

                   GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP CAMPUS

DEADLINE:  This position will be filled in no less than ten (10) days after the date of this posting.

QUALIFICATIONS:        

QUALIFICATIONS:        

    1.   Cooperative Education Coordinator/Hazardous Occupations (NJ Certification #3464) or

          otherwise acceptable NJ certification or willingness to pursue this certification and endorsement.

1.  Hold a standard instructional certificate with a Career and Technical Education (CTE) endorsement in any field.

1.  Two years of successful teaching experience under the standard CTE teaching certificate.

1.  Have at least one-thousand hours of documented employment experience in a hazardous occupation, as approved by   the Chief School Administrator (CSA), in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:2-21, (not required for teachers holding a   standard CTE certification in a hazardous occupation), preferred.

1.  Successfully undergo a criminal history check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.

1.  Meets the health qualifications required of all personnel.

1.  Meets NJ residency requirements or willingness to relocate to NJ within 365 days of employment. 

1. Must follow the guidelines of the Camden County Technical Schools’ Nepotism Policy, File Code: 0142.1.

Interviews are at the discretion of the superintendent and/or designee and based on qualifications for the position. 

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECLARES IT TO BE THE POLICY OF THIS DISTRICT TO PROVIDE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL APPLICANTS REGARDLESS OF AGE, COLOR, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, ANCESTRY, AFFECTIONAL OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, FAMILIAL STATUS, LIABILITY FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR NATIONALITY.

POSITION GOALS:       To act as liaison for students between the school and the cooperating employer’s training station.

REPORTS TO:               Supervisor assigned per the CCTS’ Organizational Chart

PERFORMANCE

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Instruction:                                       

     1.  Coordinate the assignment of students to part-time cooperative and other work-based training

          stations as assigned (on both campuses, as needed).

1.  Assist students in locating and obtaining employment at training stations.

1.  Screen prospective cooperative education students using district-established criteria.

1.  Assign students only to approved work-based learning training stations as assigned.

1.  Counsel students to resolve conflicts arising at training stations.

1.  Provide related cooperative education instruction as assigned.

1.  Visit each assigned student at the workplace training station on a semi-monthly basis.

Curriculum:                                      

     1.  Assist in the formation and functioning of appropriate advisory councils for further promotion of

          cooperative education assignments.

1.  Assume responsibility for the development, approval, and supervision of training stations as assigned.

1.  Develop training schedules and list of tasks to be performed by the workbased learning student with               employers as assigned.

Evaluation:                                       

     1.  Evaluate student progress, maintain liaison with career program instructors as applicable, and develop

          student portfolios as needed.

1.  Submit student records relating to training station assignment, performance, earnings and supervision to cooperative   education liaison on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

1.  Monitor training stations to verify that federal and state labor regulations, worker compensation laws, school policies   and laws governing employment of student learners are being observed.

Miscellaneous:                    

     1. Provide information for regular and occasional fiscal, statistical, and programmatic reports as requested.

1. Perform other tasks as assigned.

Approved:      April 22, 1998

Revised:        November 17, 1999

Revised:        October 20, 2021