Position:

Food Services/Culinary Arts Instructor

Primary Function:

To provide instruction, classroom management, placement, and professional relationships relating to instruction in the food services and culinary arts field.

Responsible to:

Instructional Leader

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: Qualified for Provisional Certificate and Pursuit of Bachelors’ Degree
Preferred:  Standard Vocational Teaching Certificate in related field and two years work experience in related field, Work Keys Credentials  

Responsibilities:
General:

• Maintain good communications and work cooperatively with all co-workers and administrative staff.
• Perform various other duties assigned by the supervisor within the physical constraints of the position.
• Ability to lead initiatives, work well with others, and attend to several tasks simultaneously. Reliable, dependable, and punctual attendance.

Essential:

• Manage classroom and students using Teacher/Leader Effectiveness (TLE) standards.
• Serve as advisor for student organization.
• Conduct employment and placement activities and complete follow-up for all students.
• Coordinate work based learning experience.
• Counsel students concerning attendance, classroom progress, employment opportunities, and school policies/procedures.
• Organize Business Education Council and maintain close working relationship with business and industry.
• Attend all local staff meetings, conferences and approved professional development training at the local, district and state levels.
• Coordinate catering for internal customers and external customers.
• Coordinate purchases and maintain supplies/equipment.
• Supervise, evaluate and conduct staff meetings.
• Recruits interviews and hires staff.
• Orientates staff on the guidelines set forth by Licensing and Regulatory Services.
• Design and /or modify curriculum for individual learning.
• Review and update all curriculum to maintain alignment with approved ODCTE duty task list and industry standards.
• Articulate curriculum with higher education.
• Review and update all curriculum to maintain alignment with industry standards.
• Conduct workshops and seminars as needed.
• Develop Individual Growth Plan for Professional Development and set leadership goals for staying on cutting edge of education and technology.
• Maintain good communications and work cooperatively with all co-workers, administrative staff and classified personnel.

Employment Status and Terms:

10 month/Certified

Evaluation:

Performance appraisal conducted annually.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical demands include stooping, kneeling, reaching, handling, occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, finger dexterity, feeling, learning, near acuity, far acuity, depth perception, field of vision, naturally or with correction, isolation, close areas, and good eye-hand coordination or with suitable accommodations.
• Be able to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, or unusual situations.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.