General Purpose

The Career-Tech Center Classroom Teacher shall organize, coordinate, promote, and give direction to a comprehensive instructional program for the Newaygo County Career-Tech Center. Instruction is rounded in the Newaygo County Career-Tech Center’s Portrait of a Graduate competencies, with an intentional focus on developing students’ perseverance, communication, critical thinking, adaptability, and empathy alongside technical skill attainment. Instructors are expected to intentionally integrate these competencies into instruction, classroom culture, and student learning experiences, ensuring students develop both technical expertise and durable, transferable skills aligned to industry and workforce expectations.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Valid and current Michigan Teaching Certificate or eligible to teach Classification of Instruction Program with an Annual Career Authorization (which requires a minimum of 4,000 hours of recent and relevant work experience).
• CTE endorsement in specific job area.
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  Experience working with high school age students and diverse student populations (preferred).
• Solid organizational and planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work as a member of a team and contribute to the agency vision and goals.
• Able to demonstrate confidentiality in all matters.
• Positive leadership skills.
• Must complete and pass required criminal history check.

Essential Duties (shall include, but are not limited to the following):

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

PROGRAM SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Deliver engaging standards-aligned instruction in agricultural sciences, animal science, plant science, agribusiness, agricultural mechanics, and natural resources. Differentiate instruction using classroom, laboratory, greenhouse, and field-based learning experiences.
• Supervise the safe operation and educational use of agricultural laboratories, greenhouse facilities, barns, livestock, agricultural equipment, and tools while ensuring compliance with all applicable safety, environmental, and animal care standards.
• Collaborate with the Barn Manager and other instructional staff to coordinate livestock care, facility operations, equipment maintenance, inventory management, and instructional activities that support authentic student learning.
• Develop and sustain partnerships with agricultural employers, producers, community organizations, and post-secondary institutions to expand work-based learning opportunities, industry certifications, dual enrollment, advisory committee engagement, and career exploration.

Advise and support students through FFA participation, Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs), leadership development, career development events (CDEs), and other authentic agricultural learning experiences that promote technical and employability skills. 

Maintain compliance with Michigan Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) requirements by participating in continuous program improvement, maintaining required program documentation, utilizing student performance data, supporting credential attainment, and promoting equitable access to high quality agricultural education. 

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.  The RESA does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination or harassment in any program or activity that it operates, including in admission and employment, as required by Title IX and other applicable law, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, disability, age, or any other basis prohibited by law. 

NC RESA reserves the right to alter/amend this job description at any time, following language in the NCEA Master Agreement.