Special Populations Coordinator/Career Development Coordinator

Mooresville Graded School District•Mooresville, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Career & Technical Education Special Populations program is designed to offer comprehensive support services to students who experience barriers that could hinder them from succeeding in their educational goals within CTE classes. The Special Population Program offers additional assistance to support students in achieving their educational goals. MGSD CTE strives to enrich the educational experience, promote success, and contribute to the economic self-sufficiency of Special Population students. Assistance is provided for special populations to ensure equal access to recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities.

Requirements

NC State Teacher Salary Schedule as outlined by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Nice To Haves

Interest inventories, learning style assessments, or similar instruments for student assessment.
IEP Team participation for students in CTE courses.
CTE resource laboratory maintenance.
Work experience and educational trip coordination for special populations students.
Monitoring LEA, School, and course demographic and attainment data.
Assisting in assessing performance indicator attainment for special populations students.
Coordination with CDC, guidance, CTE teachers, and CTSOs for recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities.
Providing CTE opportunity information to students and parents.
Attending workshops and meetings for job enhancement.
Networking with other Special Populations Coordinators.

Responsibilities

Assist school and CTE administrators in identifying programs that need improvement to assist special populations students in meeting the performance indicators.
Assist school and CTE administrators in providing strategies to improve supplementary services for members of special populations in meeting the performance indicators.
Maintain relevant record keeping and inventory systems related to job responsibilities.
Coordinate with school and CTE administrators, and other service providers to develop an annual plan of work based on the evaluation and needs assessment results to ensure that students within special populations are receiving adequate supplementary services and career planning.
Identify students within special populations each semester, and provide information to CTE teachers and suggest possible teaching strategies.
Coordinate with CDC and assess the characteristics of students using interest inventories, learning style assessments, or similar instruments.
With input from the CTE teachers, individually develop, implement and monitor the CDP+.
Participate on the IEP Team for students enrolled in CTE courses, as needed, in the development and implementation of the CTE and transition components of the IEP.
Coordinate special services for special populations students.
Maintain a CTE resource laboratory for members of special populations and CTE teachers.
Assist with transition services for special populations students.
Collaborate with CTE teachers and other relevant service providers in providing services to special populations students.
Coordinate with data managers, IMC, special education, vocational rehabilitation, community agencies, businesses/industry, and others to provide supplementary services to members of special populations.
Facilitate in-service training for school personnel working with students within special populations to improve their abilities and techniques in meeting the special needs of these students.
Monitor the CTE component of the IEP and CDP+ to ensure that appropriate supplementary services are provided and performance indicators are met.
Coordinate work experiences and educational trips for special populations students where appropriate.
Monitor LEA, School, and course demographic and attainment data to assist in determining maintenance and improvement of access, progress, and success of students within special populations in CTE programs.
Assist in assessing the attainment of performance indicators for students within special populations.
Coordinate with CDC, guidance, CTE teachers, and CTSOs to promote recruitment, enrollment, and placement activities for special populations students in CTE.
Provide information about CTE opportunities to special populations students and their parents.
Attend workshops and meetings designed to enhance job performance.
Network with other Special Populations Coordinators in LEA, region and state.