[Tall-Corn] FW: Courtesy Copy: Job Posting - Industrial Arts Teacher

Fri Oct 5 19:14:38 UTC 2018

Job posting.

Janice Eggers
Executive Secretary
Iowa Department for the Blind
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Des Moines, Iowa 50309
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Subject: Courtesy Copy: Job Posting - Industrial Arts Teacher

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Industrial Arts Teacher
Industrial Arts Teacher

Salary:  $44,449.60 - $67,516.80 Annually

Location:  Des Moines - 50309 - Polk County, IA

Job Type:  Full-time

Agency:  131 Iowa Department for the Blind

Job Number:  19-00659<https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iowa/jobs/2231572/industrial-arts-teacher?page=6&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>

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Job Description:  The Iowa Department for the Blind is looking to fill an Industrial Arts Teacher (Services Specialist for the Blind 2) to assist the state.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

  *   A general and wide-ranging knowledge of woodworking and metalworking tools in their use, tuning and maintenance needs.
  *   Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to assist others in improving their problem-solving skills
  *   Experience in laying out custom work plans for projects, including design, materials, and sequence of operations.
  *   Ability and willingness to organize a Shop environment.
  *   The ability to motivate, build rapport with, and explain concepts to students with a variety of life experiences, aptitudes, and learning styles

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Provide individualized, nonvisual instruction to adults in all areas of industrial arts including, but not limited to:

  *   Woodworking using power and manual tools, metalworking, and general home maintenance such as basic electrical, plumbing, and home repair.
  *   Provide instruction to multiple students working on different projects in a single class area.
  *   Demonstrate and promote a positive attitude toward blindness amongst center students.
  *   Evaluate student progress, set goals, and write progress reports within the case management system.
  *   Participate fully in all center activities.
  *   Purchase supplies for shop, and maintain classroom equipment.

 Critical competencies:

  *   Expertise in the area of Industrial arts.
  *   Ability to develop lessons and curriculum.
  *   Ability to evaluate student progress and work with students to develop goals and objectives.
  *   Ability to explain information in a clear and concise manner to students with varying levels of technical knowledge and a wide range of educational and cultural backgrounds.
  *   Excellent judgment.
  *   Ability to handle stress.
  *   Ability to handle multiple tasks at once.
  *   Ability to identify and solve problems both independently and as part of a team.
  *   Good oral and written communication skills.
  *   Ability to use Microsoft Windows and Office Suite
  *   Ability to engage in limited travel.
  *   Thorough knowledge and understanding of the agency's philosophy of blindness and the ability to implement this philosophy in work duties.
  *   Willingness to participate in paid training and continuing education to obtain and retain non-visual skills
  *   Ability to develop alternative techniques of Blindness and to maintain knowledge of past and current related practices and techniques.

It is the policy of the Department for the Blind to conduct background checks on all finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment. No applications will be considered that are not accompanied by a cover letter. Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university and experience equal to one year of full-time professional or paraprofessional work in human service fields such as: social services; nursing; personnel; vocational rehabilitation; education; psychology; or intangible sales, interviewing, recruiting, and promotion; recreation, public information, volunteer service for public or private organizations, fund raising, or ministry in a recognized faith or denomination;

OR

graduation from an accredited college university with a major emphasis in library science or liberal arts and at least one year of library work experience;

OR

an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting the equivalent of one year of full-time work experience (as listed above) for each year of the required education to a maximum substitution of four years

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