Teacher - Auto Mechanics @ Newtech Prep, 1.0 Fte, Cont.

Spokane Public Schools•NEWTech Prep - Spokane, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Spokane Public Schools is seeking qualified candidates who are prepared and excited to provide a 21st century learning environment that effectively addresses the emerging necessity of social emotional supports and blending learning strategies. This is a 1.0 FTE, continuing contract position with an anticipated start date for the 2026-27 school year.

Requirements

Washington State Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching certificate with the appropriate Endorsement to teach in the content area advertised.
Documentation of 6,000 hours of paid occupational experience directly related to automotive service management or a closely related field.
Ability to integrate employability skills such as attendance, professionalism, communication, teamwork, and customer service into daily instruction.
Ability to build and maintain positive partnerships with local automotive businesses, industry partners, and postsecondary programs to support work-based learning and student career pathways.
Knowledge of shop safety procedures and ability to maintain a safe, organized, and industry-aligned automotive learning environment.
Recent industry experience in automotive service management, including areas such as customer service, service advising, estimating, shop workflow, scheduling, or dealership/repair facility operations.
Demonstrates classroom management procedures that provide for large and small groups, and individuals, and provides an environment conducive to learning.
Uses appropriate disciplinary procedures, establishes clear parameters for student behavior, responds properly when problems occur, and helps students toward self-discipline.
Demonstrates ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both written and oral form.
Flexible in learning new concepts, cooperates with others, and adapts to a variety of assignments and conditions.
Enthusiastic and displays an overall optimism toward teaching and student learning.
Assesses needs of students, prescribes and implements effective lessons to meet students' needs through the use of appropriate and current instructional skills.
Gains the respect and confidence of students, parents, and staff through modeling appropriate demeanor, behavior, and attire.
Sets and attains high level of expectations with a commitment to using available resources so that accomplishment and growth occurs.
Develops favorable relationships with students; listens to, cares for, and works collaboratively with them.
Relates positively to youth and adults of varying socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic backgrounds, different learning styles, and various disabilities.
Demonstrates the ability to learn new ideas and skills and to solve problems; the possession of a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 is expected. (This requirement may be waived if an inadequate pool of fully qualified applicants for a specific position exists.)
Aware of current educational developments and applications, works collaboratively with others; believes in the importance of education, and interested in the welfare of all students.
Uses democratic processes to work out problems in a supportive and understanding nonauthoritarian manner.
Integrates technology into planning, learning, and record-keeping activities.
Knowledge of effective teaching strategies related to the appropriate age of instruction.
Demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge in a classroom setting.
Willingness and commitment to participate in professional collaboration and student supervision.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse group of students, teachers, parents, and administrators in a confidential manner.
A fingerprint background check is required for all prospective employees.

Nice To Haves

Experience training, mentoring, supervising, or coaching others; experience working with high school students or apprentices preferred.

Responsibilities

Organize instructional programs within the prescribed curriculum to provide for individual differences.
Be able to effectively teach students of varying abilities.
Be able to maintain classroom discipline and use effective classroom management skills.
Utilize and maintain district/building curricular and student learning objectives.
Prepare and maintain long-range and weekly lesson plans.
Maintain appropriate student records.
Work as an effective member of the department to evaluate and improve the program.
Communicate and interpret school programs to patrons.
Communicate student progress to parents.
Be familiar with state essential leanings, district targets, qualifying standards, testing, etc.
Work as an effective member of the grade level, staff, and community to evaluate and improve student learning.
Fulfill other responsibilities as assigned by the building administration.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision through SEBB (School Employee Benefits Board) for employees working at least 630 hours per academic year.
Vacation, sick, personal days, and paid holidays.
Additional pay provisions in accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Multiple medical plans offered from various providers such as Kaiser Permanente WA, Premera Blue Cross, and the Uniform Medical Plan.
Vision and Dental plan options.
Standard Life and AD&D insurance at no cost to the employee.
Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) (employee paid).
Supplemental Life and AD&D (employee paid).
Long-Term Disability insurance (employee paid).
Medical Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) (employee paid).
Free, confidential counseling, consultation and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program for benefit-eligible employees and their dependent family members.
Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) public pension plan (lifetime retirement pension plan or a hybrid pension and investment plan).
DRS Deferred Compensation Program.
403(b) retirement plan through the District’s plan manager, OMNI.