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Job Title | Alternative Placement Coordinator |
Department/Location | Prevention & Student Placement (P&SP) |
Supervisor | Director of P&SP |
Salary Schedule | Teacher Salary Schedule |
Lane Placement | A-G |
Contract Length | 9 months (190 days) + up to 10 additional days |
FTE | 0.5 FTE |
FLSA Classification | Exempt |
Special Designations | One-year-only Contract |
This posting is for a one-year-only contract. If you have questions regarding this position please contact Jared Reynolds at (385) 646-4660 or email jreynolds@graniteschools.org
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required. Regular attendance and timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Job Summary:
The Prevention & Student Placement Alternative Placement Coordinator supports the learning option for students assigned to the P&SP department for various reasons. The coordinator facilitates communication and collaboration between teachers, parents, students, and other stakeholders to support student success in online distance learning. The coordinator helps facilitate teacher access to curriculum for online learning and ensures appropriate social and emotional supports are in place for students.
Essential Functions:
- Provide consultation regarding online alternative learning option to administrators and other educators.
- Serve as the primary liaison between teachers, administration, boundary-school personnel, and other stakeholders related to online learning for P&SP students.
- Organize appropriate and effective distance learning curriculum.
- Participate in special education meetings with general education teachers, special education teachers, and school administrators.
- Participate in district level PLCs, committee meetings in collaboration with general education, and other district level committees.
- Prepare and present appropriate professional learning opportunities to department online staff members.
- Provide support and coaching to P&SP teachers in applying best instructional practices including, but not limited to:
- ability to support positive engagement strategies in online learning environments;
- how to select and use appropriate educational digital tools and technologies; and
- how to support student social and emotional needs in a virtual setting.
Non-essential Functions:
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of the core content area(s) outlined in the USBE Core Standards, and adopted by the Board of Education, correlated with other district-approved learning activities.
- Excellent interpersonal and conflict management skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Effective problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills that foster supportive interactions among professionals, parents, paraeducators, and students.
- Strong understanding of instructional design and best teaching practices and how these can be applied in an online learning environment.
- Knowledge of and skill in implementing the Granite Way.
Required Education, Training and Qualifications
- Requires one of the following:
- a current Utah Professional Educator License with one of the following license areas of concentration:
- Early Childhood Education;
- Elementary;
- Secondary;
- Special Education;
- School Social Worker; or
- School Counselor; or
- an equivalent license in another state or country.
- A master’s degree or higher from a regionally-accredited institution is preferred.
Required Prior Experience
- Requires a minimum of three (3) years of experience in a position requiring an educator license.
Note: The District reserves the right to make specific requirements for this position, however, when prior work experience has been evaluated to be particularly pertinent, some exchanges between training and experience might be authorized.
Assigned Decision Making
- In conjunction with the Director, the position is empowered to make decisions regarding appropriate professional learning topics for teachers and advising teachers on best practices as appropriate.
Non-Supervisory Interaction
- Interacts and collaborates with employees, board members, patrons, vendors, administrators and secretaries in schools.
Supervisory Responsibility
Budget Responsibility
Working Environment
- Work takes place in a typical school environment.
- Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
Physical Demands
This list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and/or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel objects and must occasionally climb or balance.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.