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Position TitleJob NumberJob DescriptionPay Scale
Teacher, Health Careers (Anticipated) 0525-00120525-0012

Location:     
Erie 1 BOCES
Career and Technical Education
Harkness Career and Technical Education Center
Cheektowaga, NY

Annual Salary:
$47,533-$54,749
PLUS $1,750 Masters Stipend

Hours:      
7:25 AM - 2:55 PM

 Exceptional package including but not limited to:  Employment - Erie 1 BOCES

  • Paid annual Holidays

  • Generous Paid Personal/Sick time

  • Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

  • Medical Insurance waiver allowance

  • Life insurance at NO cost to you

  • FSA plan

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • NYS Retirement System

  • 403b AND 457 retirement plans

 

Job Responsibilities:

1. Teaches career and technical skills and knowledge and employability skills to prepare students for the world of work or post-secondary education.

2. Instructs pupils in citizenship, basic communication skills, in accordance with New York State Learning Standards, general elements of the course of study, as specified in state law, administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.

3. Participates in planning and developing goals, objectives, curricula, and reports.

4. Develops lesson plans and organizes class time so that preparation, instruction, shop work, and cleanup activities can be accomplished with the allotted time.

5. Demonstrates career and technical materials, equipment, tools, and processes using standard or teacher-prepared models, mock-ups, sketches, and other instructional aids.

6. Guides pupils in selection and performance of appropriate activities.

7. Provides individual and group instruction appropriate to the needs of the pupil(s) and the requirements of the activities being performed.

8. Instructs pupils in the appropriate safety precautions and the safe operation and use of tools, machinery, and equipment.

9. Assists in the control, storage, maintenance, and use of materials and property to prevent loss or abuse.

10. Establishes and maintains standards of classroom pupil conduct to provide an orderly, safe, and productive environment.

11. Collaborates with academic teachers to integrate academic coursework into career and technical curriculum.

12. Establishes contacts with the business community to maintain industry standards and provide students with internship opportunities.

13. Communicates with employers, parents, and school counselors on individual pupil progress as the need arises.

14. Identifies pupil needs, and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve attitude, and learning problems.

15. Provides encouragement for continuation of formal education and assistance to pupils in employment awareness skills through development and maintenance of student portfolios.

16. Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom program related activities during the assigned working day.

17. Attends faculty meetings and works with Career and Technical Education Program Advisory Committee in the development and implementation of specific career and technical education programs.

18. May share in the sponsorship of student activities and club activities.

19. Coordinates work schedules and clinical sites with participating facilities where training is done, for example; hospitals.

20. Assesses each pupil's performance, knowledge, and skills and prepares progress reports and grades.

21. Maintains accurate and complete student records.

22. Researches and maintains bid specifications. Selects and requisitions books, instructional aids, equipment, tools, materials, supplies, and parts as required, working under established budget and procedures.

$47,533 - $54,749
School Social Worker 0525-00110525-0011

Location:     
Erie 1 BOCES
Career and Technical Education
Harkness Career and Technical Education Center
Cheektowaga, NY

Annual Salary:
$47,533-$54,749
PLUS $1,750 Masters Stipend

Hours:      
7:45 AM - 2:45 PM

 Exceptional package including but not limited to:  Employment - Erie 1 BOCES

  • Paid annual Holidays

  • Generous Paid Personal/Sick time

  • Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

  • Medical Insurance waiver allowance

  • Life insurance at NO cost to you

  • FSA plan

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • NYS Retirement System

  • 403b AND 457 retirement plans

 

Job Responsibilities:

The School Social Worker serves as a liaison between the home, school and community. Activity is directed toward those students whose academic or behavioral difficulties impair their learning. The school social worker is responsible for consulting with school personnel, acting as a referral source to and liaison with community agencies, and short term casework with parents and students.

Casework:
1. Works closely with the administrators, teachers, counselors, and other members of the home school staff in making provision for the optimal education of all home school students.

2. Supplements the information contained on each referral by reviewing the cumulative folder and health record of the student and by discussions with the writer of the referral. The social worker will observe the student in the classroom when advisable.

3. Collects pertinent and appropriate information on the student and his home environment.

4. Interprets the aims, objectives, and procedures of the school, and assist in establishing a close, cooperative relationship between the home and the school.

5. Interprets to the parents their responsibilities for the student's proper development and adjustment to school.

6. Assists the parents in locating factors interfering with the student's effective use of school.

7. Assists with family financial, health, or other problems which may be interfering with the best development of the student.

8. Increases the parents' understanding, their constructive and consistent participation, and recommends their use of appropriate community resources.

9. Maintains short term casework with the individual student to assist in the improvement of personal, social, or emotional maladjustment, and to develop an attitude of responsible self-direction in school and community life.

10. Maintains case conferences with school personnel to interpret home and community conditions in order that they may be more aware of the student's problems outside of the school, and to establish and plan for their respective roles in the modification of the pupil's behavior.

11. Completes a final written summary with recommendations upon the closing of each case.

Community Agencies:
1. Maintains familiarity with community agencies and recommend to the appropriate office children who should be referred there; then assist in making referrals and follow-up where advisable.

Other Duties:
1. Maintains a good working knowledge of law as it pertains to minors.

2. Assists in the reporting of suspected cases of abuse to Protective Services.

3. Provides short term therapeutic counseling or instruction to students whose behavior or emotional difficulties interfere with their school adjustment or progress. Advise teachers and parents with regard to the instruction or counseling given.

4. Prepares written and oral presentations as required.

5. Participates in the development of resources to the school districts and communities at large that includes teacher orientation, inservice training, parent meetings and professional conferences.

6. Prepare an annual report at the close of the school year.

$47,533 - $54,749
Teacher, Plumbing 0525-00060525-0006

Location:     
Erie 1 BOCES
Career and Technical Education
Harkness Career and Technical Education Center
Cheektowaga, NY

Annual Salary:
$47,533-$54,749

 

Hours:      

7:45 AM - 2:45 PM

 Exceptional package including but not limited to:  Employment - Erie 1 BOCES

  • Paid annual Holidays

  • Generous Paid Personal/Sick time

  • Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

  • Medical Insurance waiver allowance

  • Life insurance at NO cost to you

  • FSA plan

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • NYS Retirement System

  • 403b AND 457 retirement plans

 

Job Responsibilities:

  1. Teaches career and technical skills and knowledge and employability skills to prepare students for the world of work or post-secondary education.
  2. Instructs pupils in citizenship, basic communication skills, in accordance with New York State Learning Standards, general elements of the course of study, as specified in state law, administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
  3. Participates in planning and developing goals, objectives, curricula, and reports.
  4. Develops lesson plans and organizes class time so that preparation, instruction, shop work, and cleanup activities can be accomplished with the allotted time.
  5. Demonstrates career and technical materials, equipment, tools, and processes using standard or teacher-prepared models, mock-ups, sketches, and other instructional aids.
  6. Guides pupils in selection and performance of appropriate activities.
  7. Provides individual and group instruction appropriate to the needs of the pupil(s) and the requirements of the activities being performed.
  8. Instructs pupils in the appropriate safety precautions and the safe operation and use of tools, machinery, and equipment.
  9. Assists in the control, storage, maintenance, and use of materials and property to prevent loss or abuse.
  10. Establishes and maintains standards of classroom pupil conduct to provide an orderly, safe, and productive environment.
  11. Collaborates with academic teachers to integrate academic coursework into career and technical curriculum.
  12. Establishes contacts with the business community to maintain industry standards and provide students with internship opportunities.
  13. Communicates with employers, parents, and school counselors on individual pupil progress as the need arises.
  14. Identifies pupil needs, and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve attitude, and learning problems.
  15. Provides encouragement for continuation of formal education and assistance to pupils in employment awareness skills through development and maintenance of student portfolios.
  16. Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom program related activities during the assigned working day.
  17. Attends faculty meetings and works with Career and Technical Education Program Advisory Committee in the development and implementation of specific career and technical education programs.
  18. May share in the sponsorship of student activities and club activities.
  19. Coordinates work schedules and clinical sites with participating facilities where training is done, for example; hospitals.
  20. Assesses each pupil's performance, knowledge, and skills and prepares progress reports and grades.
  21. Maintains accurate and complete student records.
  22. Researches and maintains bid specifications. Selects and requisitions books, instructional aids, equipment, tools, materials, supplies, and parts as required, working under established budget and procedures.
$47,533 - $54,749

Staff Notice of Nondiscrimination

Erie 1 BOCES is committed to creating and maintaining an educational and work environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. Consistent with this commitment and in accordance with law and regulation, Erie 1 BOCES is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in its programs and activities on the basis of any legally protected class or category including, but not limited to: age; race; creed; religion; color; national origin; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; military status; sex; disability; predisposing genetic characteristics; familial status; marital status; status as a victim of domestic violence; and criminal arrest or conviction record.