Teacher Vocational - Surgical Technician (26-27)

Teacher Vocational - Surgical Technician (26-27)

Baltimore City Public Schools

200 E. North Avenue

Teachers & Licensed Professionals - Position - VOCATIONAL

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Plans and implements an instructional program in Career Technology Education (CTE) and provides related educational services for students in a skills-based learning environment. Manages student behavior, assesses and evaluates student achievement, and modifies instructional activities as required. Carries out a variety of student monitoring and control activities and provides instructional and leadership services that prepares students with the related academic, critical thinking, computer technology, workplace readiness and technical skills essential to pursuing careers in health occupations, including CPR/First Aid. Prepares students to sit for and successfully pass the aligned industry certification exam including the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA).

Essential Functions

• Performs and promotes all activities in compliance with equal employment and non-discrimination policies; follows federal laws, state laws, school board policies and the professional standards.
• Prepares students to sit for and successfully pass the aligned industry certification exam including the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA). Prepares students to sit for and successfully pass the aligned industry certification exam including the Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
• Manages the behavior of learners in instructional settings to ensure that the environment is conducive to the learning process, as well as assists and participates in the management of student behavior in other parts of the school, center, school grounds, or on work site.
• Coordinates instructional activities and collaborates with other professional staff, both school and non-school based as required, in order to maximize learning opportunities.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional materials and available multimedia and computer technology to enhance learning.
• Develops, adapts, modifies, and individualizes educational materials, resources, techniques, methods, and strategies to meet the needs of students within the Baltimore City curriculum framework.
• Assumes direct responsibility for the development of appropriate behavior of students within the school setting by establishing and maintaining effective discipline and management procedures.
• Prepares materials and classroom for class activities.
• Maintains accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Instructs students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Instructs and monitors students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injury and damage.
• Enforces all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Instructs students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audiovisual presentations, laboratory, shop, and field studies.
• Plans and supervises work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.
• Requests the assistance of, and works with, resource personnel as needed.
• Works in a self-contained, team, departmental, itinerant capacity, or at field work site as assigned.
• Participates in in-service and staff development activities and staff meetings as required or assigned.
• Continually assesses student achievement and maintains appropriate assessment and evaluation documentation for institutional and individual reporting purposes.
• Ensures continuous communication with parents, both written and oral, to keep them informed of student progress.
• Continually communicates with students on instructional expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Assigns work to and oversees paraprofessionals, parents, and student volunteers as required.
• Ensures that the classroom and instructional environment are attractive, healthy, safe, and conducive to learning and that materials are in good condition and accessible to students.
• Serves at two or more schools on a regular basis if itinerant.
• Makes school site visits to monitor students or confer with employers or site instructors as required.
• Supports or participates in school-wide student activities and social events as well as approved fundraising activities.
• Monitors student behavior in non-instructional areas as assigned or required and intervenes to control and modify disruptive behavior, reporting to administrators as appropriate.
• Collaborates with other professionals (guidance counselors, librarians, etc.) to carry out school-wide instructional or related activities.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and leads student experiences in SkillsUSA and other student organizations.

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Desired Qualifications

Required:

• Three to five years of related work experience as a Surgical Technician for the state of Maryland
• Possession of or eligibility for National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) Certification
• Experience in one or more of the major areas: instrument sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer, and patient and team scrubbing

Preferred:

• Teaching experience preferred (student teaching acceptable).

Full time or Part time Full time

Benefits-- This position is eligible for benefits. To review the available options please see the information relevant to the union for this position by viewing the following link:

This position is affiliated with the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU) bargaining unit.

This position is affiliated with the State Retirement Plan.