Teacher Specialist FT - CTE Workforce Development

Jordan School District; West Jordan (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Worksite benefits (Aflac)

Job summary

Jordan School District is seeking a dynamic professional to expand job shadow, internship and apprenticeship opportunities for students. You will build partnerships with local employers, visit sites, and align placements with labor-market data to maximize meaningful experiences for learners.

You will collaborate with teachers, administrators and partners, supporting professional learning and ensuring placements are well-coordinated and impactful for student goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with employers and communities.
• Experience turning data into actionable partner strategy.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with local employers, community organizations and partners for job shadow, internship and apprenticeship sites.
• Visit sites with new and existing partners to assess needs and ensure safe, meaningful placements.
• Use local and national employment data to guide partnership efforts.
• Collaborate with instructors to ensure classroom learning connects to on-the-job experiences.
• Facilitate focus groups and advisory meetings, and support professional learning.
• Maintain accurate records of partners and placements and report results to district stakeholders.

Skills

Relationship building

Opportunity creation

Data fluency

Communication

Organization

Student-centered coaching

Job description

Help Us Build Exceptional Opportunities

At JATC North and JATC South, students learn by doing and leave with skills employers want. This position helps make that real. You will build the bridges between our classrooms and the workplaces, organizations and industries where students can job shadow, intern or apprentice.

Job Description

Salary Schedules

If you know how to open doors, earn an employer's trust and turn a handshake into a student opportunity, we want to hear from you. We hire for what you can do. Show us your skills, whatever path brought you to them.

What You Will Do

• Build partnerships. Connect with local employers, community organizations and philanthropic partners to create job shadow, internship and apprenticeship sites for students.
• Visit and listen. Conduct site visits with new and existing partners, learn what they need, and make sure every placement is safe, meaningful and well matched to student goals.
• Work from the data. Use local and national employment data to identify growing industries and in-demand skills, and point our partnership work in those directions.
• Collaborate with instructors. Partner with internship instructors so that what students learn in class connects to what they do on the job.
• Lead and support learning. Facilitate teacher focus groups and advisory meetings, support professional learning, and take part in CTE teams as assigned.
• Keep the work visible. Maintain accurate records of partners and placements, and share results with district leaders, schools and community members.

The Skills You Bring

We look at demonstrated skills first. Tell us how you have used these in classrooms, workplaces, community roles or any setting where you have done the work.

• Relationship building: you earn trust quickly with employers, community leaders, educators and students, and you keep those relationships strong over time.
• Opportunity creation: you have a record of creating placements, programs or partnerships where none existed.
• Data fluency: you are familiar with local and national employment data and can turn it into practical decisions.
• Communication: you listen well, speak and write clearly, and present to varied audiences.
• Organization and follow-through: you manage many partners and timelines at once without dropping details.
• Student-centered coaching: you can support teachers in designing learning that is hands‑on, connected to the real world and responsive to each learner.

Required Qualifications

• Compliance with Utah State Board of Education license requirements
• Five or more years of applicable experience
• Valid Utah driver's license and reliable personal transportation for district travel

Our Portrait of a Graduate, Lived in This Role

We ask our students to grow into the Portrait of a Graduate. We ask the same of the adults who serve them. Here is how each characteristic shows up in this position.

• Curious ThinkersYou study labor market trends, ask what employers really need and keep learning about the industries we partner with.
• Creative Problem SolversYou find a way to place students when schedules, transportation or site requirements get in the way.
• Engaged CitizensYou strengthen the community by connecting businesses and organizations with the students who will become their future workforce.
• Empathetic CommunicatorsYou listen to employers, instructors, families and students, and translate between their different needs.
• Resilient Lifelong LearnersYou adapt as new partnerships take shape, learn from what works, and adjust what does not.
• Responsible TeammatesYou work closely with instructors, administrators and partners, and you follow through on what you commit to.

Our Strategic Plan, Lived in This Role

• High Quality InstructionReal‑world learning experiences reinforce classroom instruction and give students a reason to master the content.
• Opportunities for Every LearnerEvery student, regardless of background or path, has access to job shadows, internships and apprenticeships.
• Culture of BelongingStudents see themselves in the workplaces and careers open to them, and employers welcome them as contributors.
• Student and Staff WellnessPlacements are safe and supportive, and instructors have a dependable partner in the work.
• Effective CommunicationEmployers, schools, families and community partners know what is available and how to take part.

Licensure Requirements

All applicants must have a Professional Educator License awarded by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) or apply for an Associate Educator License (AEL) to be eligible to apply to Jordan School District and participate in our Alternate Pathway to Professional Educator Licensing (APPEL) Program when hired.

Proof of an AEL is required before you will be added to the candidate pool. Follow this link for information on how to apply for an AEL.

Proof of enrollment in a teacher certification program at a local university will also be accepted in lieu of an AEL.

INSURANCE

Jordan School District offers a comprehensive benefits package at competitive premiums. The benefits package includes:

• Medical (3 plans, 2 networks), includes an Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Dental
• Voluntary Vision
• Basic Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment $50,000
• Supplementary Life and AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• Worksite Benefits (Aflac)

An overview of all the benefits included can be found at https://jordandistrict.org/departments/insurance/

UTAH STATE RETIREMENT

Benefit eligible employees are automatically members of the Utah Retirement Systems (URS). This means that the District contributes into the URS plan on your behalf each month. After the URS vesting period of four years, you will have either the Hybrid option, which is a combination of a pension with a 401k plan, or the 401k option if you choose. Both plans are employer-paid. You can also choose to enhance your retirement with URS by contributing additional money from your paychecks into a 401k, 457, Traditional IRA, or Roth IRA. Learn more at www.urs.org. You may also contact the Payroll Department at 801-567-8154 with any questions.

Jordan School District is committed to unleashing potential and providing exceptional educational opportunities for every student.