Job Description:

• Teaches occupational skills and knowledge to provide students with the competence to become skilled in their field.
• Develops lesson plans and organizes class time so that preparation, instruction, shop work, and clean-up activities can be accomplished within the allotted time. 
• Demonstrates occupational materials, equipment, instruments, and processes using standard or teacher-prepared models, mockups, sketches, and other instructional aides.
• Guide students in the selection and performance of appropriate activities
• Provides individual and group instruction appropriate to the needs of the students and the requirements of the activities being performed
• Instructs students in the appropriate safety precautions and the safe operation and use of instruments and equipment.
• Controls the storage, maintenance, and use of materials and property to prevent loss or abuse
• Establishes and maintains standards of student conduct to provide an orderly, safe, and productive environment in an activity-type classroom.
• Communicates with employers, parents, and school counselors on individual student progress
• Evaluates each student’s performance, knowledge, and skills in the course being taught, as well as prepare progress report.
• Selects and requisitions books, instructional aides, equipment, instruments, materials, supplies, and parts required while working under established budgets and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications: 

• Possession of a current MA construction supervisor license.
• Massachusetts Vocational Instructor Certification in Carpentry, 9-14
• Vocational Instructor experience preferred.
• Five years of recent (within the last seven years), full-time employment experience directly related to carpentry.
• Experience working in an urban setting, preferred
• Experience working with diverse student populations, preferred
• Skills in managing challenging student behaviors strongly preferred
• Ability to read, interpret, and apply student performance data to instructional planning and execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; excellent teamwork skills 
• Bilingual applicants (Spanish) strongly encouraged to apply