Work Based Learning & Future Ready Assistant

Work-Based Learning & Future Ready Assistant

Hamilton High School is seeking an enthusiastic member to join our team as our Work-Based Learning & Future Ready Assistant. This position oversees and manages the high school's career exploration programs, work-based learning experiences, internship placements, and work-release initiatives. This role establishes and maintains relationships between the high school, local business partners, and students, ensuring that all learners have access to future ready opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop high school internships, job shadowing experiences, and apprenticeships across diverse industry sectors.
• Recruit local business partners, employers, and community organizations to host student learners.
• Match students with appropriate work-based learning opportunities based on their career interests, strengths, and academic goals.
• Conduct regular site visits to ensure safe, legal, and educationally enriching environments for participating students.
• Create, in partnership with administration, the application and approval process for the student work-based learning and career readiness programs, ensuring all school and district prerequisites are met.
• Verify student employment and maintain required paperwork, including training agreements, and liability waivers.
• Collect and review hours logged, employer evaluations, and wage tracking to award academic credit appropriately.
• Only minimum duties are listed. Other functions may be required as given or assigned.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent with completion of at least two years of student enrollment at an institute of higher education preferred.
• Routine record keeping.
• Knowledge of public education goals and objectives.
• Assume responsibility for assisting in supervision of students.
• Perform routine clerical work and light typing.
• Learn and utilize basic methods and procedures to be followed in instructional settings.
• Demonstrate an understanding, patient, warm, positive, and receptive attitude toward children.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, students, parents, and general public.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of employment and student matters.
• Ability to effectively manage time and responsibilities.
• Ability to use and/or learn a variety of electronic and technology devices, copiers, telephone/voice mail, and fax
• Ability to drive between HSD buildings and work-based learning sites.
• Ability to pass a fingerprint-based background check per school board policy.