Alternative Education Teacher: CTE Human Services/ Advisory

Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23J•Tigard, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Creekside Community High School is seeking a Human Services CTE teacher to lead and continue developing our Human Services Career Pathway; Life Lab: Helping Hands, Healthy Communities. This pathway is grounded in a simple belief: healthy communities depend on thoughtful connection, communication, facilitation, wellbeing, and responsive care. Through this program, students explore careers in behavioral health, education, youth work, counseling, social work, community organizing, peer support, and other helping professions. The Human Services CTE teacher will teach a sequence of courses focused on personal wellbeing, healthy relationships, human development, communication, group facilitation, ethical helping practices, community engagement, and career exploration. The teacher will also strengthen the pathway over time by refining curriculum, coordinating applied learning opportunities, and guiding students through capstone experiences such as peer mentoring, assistant teaching, elementary school support, internships, service projects, and community action work. Like all Creekside teachers, this teacher will also serve as an Advisor. At Creekside, Advisory is more than a homeroom. Advisors are the primary relational anchor for a small group of students. They build strong, consistent relationships with students and families, monitor academic progress, support attendance and engagement, help students navigate challenges, and partner with students as they make plans for graduation, future pathways, and personal growth. Advisory is one of the main ways Creekside creates belonging, accountability, and individualized support. This is a teaching, advising, and program-development position, not a clinical counseling role. The teacher will help students learn about human services, practice relational and professional skills, explore career pathways, and apply their learning in supervised, school-supported experiences. This position requires appropriate CTE licensure or the ability to obtain licensure through Oregon’s provisional sponsorship process. Traditional teaching licensure is not necessarily required at the time of application. Candidates with relevant education and experience in social work, counseling, therapy, education, social-emotional learning, youth work, community services, or another helping field may be eligible for CTE licensure through district sponsorship. The ideal candidate is relational, organized, flexible, reflective, and excited to help grow an existing Creekside pathway. We are looking for someone who can teach, advise, mentor, coordinate, and collaborate as Creekside continues developing opportunities for future behavioral health practitioners, educators, youth workers, community organizers, and leaders ready to support their communities.

Requirements

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Education
Proven track record of work with at-risk student population required
Appropriate CTE licensure or the ability to obtain licensure through Oregon’s provisional sponsorship process
Relevant education and experience in social work, counseling, therapy, education, social-emotional learning, youth work, community services, or another helping field may be eligible for CTE licensure through district sponsorship
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Ability to work with a variety of students and demonstrate a willingness to gain the information and training necessary to work effectively
Possess the characteristics and understanding to be an effective member of an educational support team
Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and complete work within established time lines
Communicate with appropriate student age group requiring the exercise of both empathetic and disciplinarian approaches
Maintain a confidential, non-preferential manner and non-judgmental attitude towards the students, staff, and program
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, staff, and general public

Nice To Haves

Relational, organized, flexible, reflective, and excited to help grow an existing Creekside pathway

Responsibilities

Teach classes following District approved curriculum
Conducts conferences and communicates with parents as necessary
Follows District standards including reporting concerns, abuse and infractions of student handbook policies
Works effectively and collaborates with the building administrator and work team or grade level
Demonstrates effective classroom management techniques
Comply with Oregon Teacher’s Stands of Competent and Ethical Performance
Lead and continue developing the Human Services Career Pathway
Teach a sequence of courses focused on personal wellbeing, healthy relationships, human development, communication, group facilitation, ethical helping practices, community engagement, and career exploration
Strengthen the pathway by refining curriculum, coordinating applied learning opportunities, and guiding students through capstone experiences
Serve as an Advisor, building strong relationships with students and families, monitoring academic progress, supporting attendance and engagement, helping students navigate challenges, and partnering with students on graduation and future plans
Help students learn about human services, practice relational and professional skills, explore career pathways, and apply their learning in supervised, school-supported experiences