Career Practitioner (Permanent Full-Time)

Career Practitioner (Permanent)

Location: Coaldale Prairie Winds Secondary School
Anticipated Start Date: August 26, 2024
Assignment: Career Practitioner
FTE: 1.0 (37.5 hours per week)

The Palliser School Division is committed to engendering and supporting the values of the broader society: empathy, integrity, respect, trust, and responsibility. If the children of this community are to realize these values, the division acknowledges its responsibility to provide an exemplary education. Students come first. Learning is our central purpose. Public education serves the common good.

The Palliser School Division encourages an inclusive and equitable workplace, which supports our diverse student and employee community. We encourage all applicants to join our dynamic, diverse, and collaborative culture and welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

The Palliser School Division currently invites enthusiastic individuals to apply for the Full-Time Career Practitioner position available starting August 26, 2024, to work with students in Coaldale and surrounding area.

When you apply to the Palliser School Division, you can feel good about serving our future leaders and contributing to student success.

Benefits:
• This position qualifies for a robust and comprehensive paid benefit plan (ASEBP)

Responsibilities:
• Assisting students in the career planning process: self-awareness (personal assessment), exploration and discovery, action planning and decision-making utilizing division supported programs and tools.
• Assisting students and parents with exploring all facets of planning for post-secondary education: applications, financial assistance, scholarships, bursaries, awards. (May include scholarship information nights, career nights, etc.)
• Promoting and providing a program that enables parents and school staff to become active partners in the education and career plans of their children.
• Supporting academic success and high school completion through advising students in course planning aligned to high school diploma requirements and students’ postsecondary and career/employment aspirations.
• Providing on-going communication with parents with regard to opportunities for information such as application and scholarship deadlines, job fairs, and graduation requirements.
• Work in conjunction with the off-campus teacher to support and encourage student participation in off-campus opportunities such as work experience, RAP, Green Certificate and Dual Credit that encourage career exploration and skill development.
• Collaborating with off-campus teachers to address the post-secondary & career needs of students.
• Liaising with the off-campus teacher to support business and employment contacts for students to become familiar with local and regional career opportunities.
• Provide access to information and resources that support student exploration of post-secondary opportunities.
• Supporting teachers with the integration of career education across all subject areas.
• Assisting schools in planning and/or facilitating career activities and events.
• Supporting staff by providing career research and information services.
• Maintaining linkages with other youth-serving organizations in the region.

Experience & Qualifications:
• University degree in related field;
• Training and/or experience in Career and Academic advising for high school students;
• Successful Criminal Reference Check, including vulnerable sectors (within 3 months of contract start date)

Skills and Competencies:
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to relate well with students, staff and parents
• An ethic of service to students, colleagues, and community
• Strong interpersonal skills combined with the ability to create positive relationships and establish rapport
• Trustworthiness and integrity
• Commitment to the Palliser Policy-Governance model
• Ability to articulate a coherent understanding of educational aims
• Commitment to fostering collaborative working relationships
• Ability to manage professional learning time and be a self-starter
• Commitment to personal lifelong learning
• Commitment to the lifelong quest for self-understanding
• Commitment to strengthening communication skills.

In order to maintain a safe and secure working environment, applicants new to The Palliser School Division must provide:
• Criminal Record Check, including vulnerable sector check from Local Police Service or RCMP detachment;
• Social Insurance Number (SIN) card or document issued by Service Canada; SIN card/document must be in current legal name. Name on SIN card/document must match your Government Issued ID and Criminal Record Check;
• Government issued ID – valid driver’s license, valid passport or Nexus card.

Please ensure you attach the following documentation to your application:
• Cover letter directed to Jason Kupery, Director of Learning, Palliser School Division;
• Resume summarizing training and experience;
• Copy of your most recent evaluation;
• Minimum of three professional references.

We thank all those who apply, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

By virtue of the submission of an application, the applicant agrees that the superintendent or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer.

Mr. Jason Kupery, Director
Palliser School Division
https://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/
https://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/hr/career-opportunities