Automotive Technology Instructor Jobs in Charleston, SC

MUST DO (PREREQUISITE): Applicants must be eligible to apply for state teaching licensure.  For information on Career and Technology Education certification, please visit the following link:  Career and Technical Education (CTE) Work-Based Certification through the SC Department of Education. 

JOB GOAL: To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation including being a CTE completer in Automotive Technology, obtaining a high school diploma, achieving Silver or above on the WIN test, achieving one or more ASE certifications, and obtaining work-based learning opportunities.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Is competent in the subject area.
• Uses long and short-term planning to organize course skills and content.
• Plans daily activities with written evidence of preparation.
• Plans for student differences; enrichment and remediation opportunities provided.
• Provides for a high degree of pupil participation with a stress on hands-on activities.
• Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom and lab behavior; minimizes classroom and lab distractions.
• Classroom and lab rules/procedures clearly stated, consistently enforced, and well understood by all students.
• States lesson objectives clearly.
• Employs varied approaches in presenting lessons.
• Summarizes the lesson and actively involves students in its closure when possible.
• Has a neat and safe classroom and lab.
• Evaluates student progress on a regular basis; includes assessments of progress in planning.
• Communicates high expectations for student performance.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of High School Diploma/GED; Technical college degree preferred.
• Work Experience: Hands-on work experience as an automotive technician; prior instructor experience preferred.
• Minimum of four (4) years direct work experience in automotive technology required.
• Must have or be eligible to obtain CTE teacher certification from the SC State Department Of Education.
• Must possess ASE Certification OR be eligible for ASE Certification within first two years of teaching.