Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Contact Name: George Kerr

Email and Phone: George.kerr@aps.edu

Status: Full Time Position

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

WEEKLY HOURS - .5 COURSE CREDIT: No more than 10 hours per week. No more than 6 hours per day, plus complete a self-reflection project and present it during the last week of the internship. Currently a 1 - 2 semester limit.

The internship is unpaid, and interns will not receive any financial compensation.

WHEN WORK HAPPENS: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM unless instructed differently by your SEL Teacher/Advisor/Mentor Contact Name above

Albuquerque Public Schools:

Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) is the largest of New Mexico's 89 school districts, serving about a fourth of the state's public-school students in 143 schools scattered across 1,200 square miles. APS is the largest employer in Albuquerque, providing full-time jobs for more than 11,000 people including about 5,300 teachers.

Position Summary:

Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) Internship program provides paid internships for local youth outside the classroom and inside elementary schools. The Internship Teacher Advisor promotes the success of the (APS) Internship program by facilitating effective social, emotional and work-based learning coaching for Interns, teachers, and other key partners while offering high-touch support for all. Having a passion for work-based learning is a key lever for improving outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Internship Teacher Advisor, under the supportive supervision of APS's Work-Based Learning Coordinator and Business Community Liaison, will collaborate with APS's Director of Career Connected Learning/Career and Technical Education and Career Connected Learning staff and work directly with key stakeholders including Interns, teachers, and tutees regarding social and emotional needs of students. The descriptors below are illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and are not all-inclusive.

Intern Support

• Monitor and maintain proactive, problem-solving communication with Interns and Career Connected Learning staff to ensure successful internship participation and completion.
• Support Intern orientations, training, etc., and offer ongoing feedback for improvement.
• Monitor interns' progress and learning milestones during Intern sessions (e.g. resolving iSolved punching in/out and monitoring weekly hours, 1:1 coaching/mentorship, site visits)

Professional Development

• Attend required professional development and training sessions (e.g., Intern onboarding, training, and orientation). Attend the two semesters' CTE Teacher PD days each school year.

Reporting

• Ensure that you complete the Intern Check-In Visit form each semester.
• Assist if able at The Final Exhibition by filling out 8a Intern Final Exhibition form.
• Ensure that your interns fill out the Intern Reflection form at the end of each semester.

Experience

• APS teacher or approved business partner.

Skills

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, problem-solving, dependability, and integrity.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to exercise cultural competency and manage multiple types of relationships in professional, educational, and outreach settings.
• Self-reflective and a willingness to continually learn and grow the program and yourself personally via reflective supervision, collaborative group learning, positive and constructive feedback and professional development opportunities.
• Must manage multiple types of relationships in professional, educational, and diverse community settings.
• Genuine interest and ability to build healthy relationships with youth and young adults.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong group facilitation skills.
• Must be community-oriented and highly motivated.
• Functional knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
• Spanish language skills are highly preferred.
• Knowledge and connection to local communities.
• Willingness to learn and use software utilized in the internship program (e.g. iSolved)

Alignment with APS's Guiding Principles

• We seek to work in collaboration
• We choose to influence rather than control
• We value local wisdom to inform our work
• We are responsive to the local community, and we follow through on our commitments
• We are learners, and we adapt based on the "data" we collect
• We use an asset-based perspective
• Transparent communication is a tool for growth
• We challenge ourselves to root all work in racial and economic justice
• Our mission "to provide the best education for the students who need it the most" informs and guides our work

Work Environment:

Work is performed in a variety of community and office space settings. Willingness to travel in and around the programming location and reliable transportation is required. Evening, weekend, and/or holiday work may be required. APS follows all CDC guidelines for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic; this includes responding to the need for hybrid and remote work-from-home conditions when needed.

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