Instructor, Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies

– ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

The Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies (Northland CAPS) is an innovative, unique program that is designed to provide junior and senior students hands-on, real world experience in a profession of Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing.  Students take rigorous college-level courses within and are able to explore their interests in a profession-based learning approach.  At Northland CAPS, students fast forward into their future as if they already have a college degree and are fully immersed in a professional culture, solving real world problems, using industry standard tools and are mentored by real employers, which leads to substantial advanced contribution during the formative high school years.  Northland CAPS students learn from global leaders, such as Black and Veatch and Ford Motor Company, who have chosen to partner with Northland CAPS and share the program's commitments to educate the future leaders of America.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing is the study of the engineering, design, production, supervision and management utilized to remain competitive in today’s technologically advanced manufacturing facilities. Included will be the study of lean manufacturing techniques used to reduce costs and increase plant efficiency and productivity. There will be an emphasis placed on engineering and the design process, problem solving including root cause analysis and an iterative approach to resolution implementation. The course also includes the study of how computer aided design (CAD) tools are used with robotics and automation in a variety of manufacturing processes.

Through classroom lessons and discussions, visits to local engineering and manufacturing plants and guest lectures, students will learn about a variety of processes and facilities. Utilizing a Profession-based teaching and learning pedagogy, students will study and analyze processes within a variety of manufacturing environments and work side by side with industry professionals immersed in a rich, diverse environment from which they will emerge with a tremendous sense of today’s complex and agile engineering companies.   Emphasis will also be placed on developing interpersonal skills through teamwork in addition to increasing student knowledge of modern processes including learning about plant and construction site safety practices, production control processes, environmental operating systems and quality.  

UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION:

• Willingness to design, develop and maintain a state-of-art curriculum using direct input and guidance from business partners and mentors
• Willingness to facilitate the delivery of the course, while being located within a business partner facility.
• Ability to develop and maintain multiple business partners, mentors, guest speakers, site visits, resulting in the acquisition of real world projects for students.
• Previous engineering and/or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Demonstrates effective human relations and communication skills.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate or acceptable.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:                                             

The individual who holds this position is regularly required to walk, hear and speak and must have close moderate and distance vision ability. This individual must be able to travel between district facilities. The position requires a moderate amount of travel and physical activity.

CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT:                        

The work environment is consistent with typical office/school environment.                                                                    

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:                                          

Salary and work calendar to be established by the Board.  Benefits according to Board policies. 

FLSA:                                                                                    

Exempt

RETIREMENT:                                                                    

Public School Retirement System (PSRS)

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES:                                    

Valid Missouri Teaching Certificate

CLEARANCES:                                                                   

Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance

EVALUATION:                                                                   

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluations utilizing the Performance Based Teacher Evaluation process.