Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED)! We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

What You Will Be Doing:

This position serves as the statewide educator apprenticeship coordinator. This position serves as the subject matter expert, division lead, and primary point of contact for Universities, School Districts, Apprentices, and Mentor/Journey workers for the Department of Education and Early Development educator apprenticeship program. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring program compliance while supporting participants in understanding and meeting all program requirements. The educator apprenticeship program supports districts in growing skilled educators from existing local workforce to meet teacher vacancy and turnover needs across the state, and the Apprenticeship Coordinator is a key resource in supporting districts in meeting apprenticeship goals.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

DEED values collaboration and relationship building, creativity and innovation, and mission-driven work guided by the Alaska's Education Challenge. The Division of Innovation and Education Excellence is seeking a Program Coordinator 2 to join the Teacher Certification team to lead the work of implementing Alaska's statewide educator apprenticeship program and to support approved districts and universities in meeting state and federal apprenticeship requirements while providing high-quality educator preparation programming to apprentices.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The ideal candidate to join our friendly, hard-working team has a strong education background, skills in leading project management, and a disposition of service. The incumbent works closely with division leadership, community partners, districts, and universities on program success and presents at statewide convenings on program requirements, progress, and updates occasionally throughout the year. The position may be eligible for telework and/or flexible schedules as appropriate. Works independently but is housed in the Teacher Certification Team.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

DEED offices are conveniently located either on the 9th floor of the State Office Building in downtown Juneau, or on the 8th floor of the Atwood building in Anchorage. The position has the opportunity for flexible scheduling and teleworking to promote work/life balance. There may be travel opportunities associated with this job both in and out of state.

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement.
• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• K-12 Public Education: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, methods, and practices of planning, teaching, and evaluating an assigned K-12 public education content area.

If you can imagine yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply!

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Salary Information

Base salary for: Anchorage ….. $3,119.25/ Bi-weekly Juneau …….…. $3,275.25/ Bi-weekly