Instruction & Student Learning

• Teach a trimester-based Career & College Readiness course to grades 9, 10, and 11 on a rotating cycle
• Use a curriculum resource (Willow) focused on self-awareness, career exploration, postsecondary readiness, and durable skills as a guiding framework.
• Adapt instruction to student interests, identities, goals, and needs while designing experiential, hands-on learning opportunities that build and apply these skills.
• Support students in developing and refining a personalized postsecondary plan and portfolio over time, ensuring portfolios reflect ongoing growth in self-awareness, planning, and durable skill development.
• Develop creative approaches and experiences for students to practice professional skills and explore future pathways (e.g., mock interviews with local employers, student-led career exploration projects, job shadow reflections, and role-play workplace scenarios).

School Wide Internships and Enrichment Initiative

65% of MESA seniors will participate in a high-quality internship or enrichment program (e.g., travel abroad, college preparation program, or similar experience.)

• Coordinate with the Internship Program and Industry Partner Manager to ensure students are aware of internship, enrichment, and career exposure opportunities (e.g., career panel lunch-and-learns).
• In collaboration with the Internship Program and Industry Partner Manager, support students in identifying and pursuing opportunities aligned with their postsecondary goals while encouraging exploration across diverse experiences that build transferable and durable skills.
• Plan and coordinate at least one workplace visit or career exposure experience per trimester aligned to student interests.
• Guide students in reflecting on internships, volunteer experiences, enrichment activities, and projects, and applying these experiences to college essays, interviews, and other postsecondary materials.

Data Systems & Portfolio Management

• Maintain and update tools and systems that support postsecondary readiness tracking, including internship and enrichment tracking (e.g., Overgrad, Willow).
• Ensure advisors, teachers, and college and career counselors can access and use student career portfolios.

Staff Collaboration & Alignment

• Share student interests and class topics with staff to align instruction with career pathways and support advising conversations.
• Support schoolwide initiatives such as Spike Days, career panels, PLC group and exploration events to strengthen a schoolwide culture of career awareness and future planning.
• Coordinate with the advisory team to ensure advisors understand what is covered in the course and how it connects to advisory conversations, positioning yourself as a resource to help advisors feel confident supporting students in future planning discussions.
• Work with the Special Education department and college and career counselors to create and support transition plans for Students with Disabilities.

Family Engagement & Communication

• Communicate regularly with families regarding student growth in career awareness and postsecondary planning
• Engage parents/guardians as active partners in supporting student exploration and decision-making

(1) Minimum Bachelor’s degree, Master’s Degree preferred; (2) Preferred minimum of three years experience in secondary classrooms, college access/ persistence, higher education, or youth development; (3) Interest in postsecondary systems including CUNY, SUNY, FAFSA is a plus (4) Belief in and alignment with MESA’s core values, educational philosophy and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; (5) Experience working with population of first-generation college-going students from urban setting; (6) Spanish speakers are a strong plus.

MESA is committed to attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse and inclusive staff. It is MESA’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Please email your resume and cover letter to Arthur Samuels, Co-Executive Director, at hiring@mesacharter.org with the subject heading “26-27 Postsecondary Planning & Career Pathways Teacher” Cover letter should specifically indicate why you want to work at MESA. APPLY BY EMAIL ONLY. Due to the nature of the position and the volume of applications received, MESA will not be able to reply to all submissions. MESA will contact candidates with next steps.