Automotive Technology Instructor, Third-Shift Program, Salem High School, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]

Automotive Technology Instructor Third-Shift Program Salem High School Salem MA SY 2025-2026

Grant Funded Position

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan core priorities and the SPS portrait of a graduate on our website at Funder: CommCorp Career Technical Initiative

Salem High School is the recipient of a Career Technical Initiative grant from Commonwealth Corporation on behalf of the Baker Administration to increase a skilled workforce in the trades through third shift programs.

This initiative announced by Governor Baker seeks to address the persistent need for skilled labor in construction trades and manufacturing. Commonwealth Corporation administers these funds in hopes of eliminating the skills gap facing employers by providing an opportunity for youth and adults to retrain for skilled occupations as well as transforming vocational high schools into Career Technical Institutes that run three shifts a day to bring more high school students and adults into the program.

As part of a multi-year strategy CTI plans to train 20000 new skilled workers in key trades and technical jobs. Among the grants approved by the Workforce Skills Cabinet in 2021 35 new career pathway programs and 22 expansions of career pathway programs at 10 vocational-technical schools will provide training and job placement for more than 800 adults.

What Youll Do:

This individual is accountable for the teaching and supervision of students in all of the Construction cluster programs in collaboration with the other construction program instructors. This program falls under Chapter 74 Massachusetts state frameworks and curriculum disciplines under the direction of the CTE/CTI Director and the CTI Director of Workforce Development Director of Operations and Grants.

Role Responsibilities:

• Teach safety and all industry-related curriculum material in both classroom and shop settings.
• Align lessons to the CVTE MA state frameworks.
• Ensure students have the opportunity to obtain industry-recognized credentials/certifications.
• Engage in school-wide professional development and/ or department-specific initiatives.
• Adhere to the school policy of tracking attendance and grades.
• Utilize all school-wide technology.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What Youll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity -The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from failure using mistakes and challenges as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Five years of full-time employment experience directly related to automotive technology.
• Current ASE certification in at least three areas of Automotive Technology.
• Massachusetts teachers licensure in Automotive Technology Chapter 74 (or willingness to work towards).
• Current authorization to work in the US.

Preferred qualifications:

1. Advanced educational preparation.
2. Curriculum development experience and knowledge of technical competencies with curriculum frameworks.
3. Competent in computer applications.
4. Ability to speak Spanish.
5. Demonstrated experience supporting students with disabilities.
6. Demonstrated experience supporting English language Learners.

Work Year: Grant funded: September 2025 - May 2027

FTE/Hours: Part-time Evening Hours 4:00pm - 9:00pm Monday through Thursday.

Salary:$60.00 / hour

Reports to:CTI Program Manager Career & Technical Education Director Executive Principal Salem High School

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.