District Job Coach

Qualifications:

Must have or be willing to obtain a NC CDL License. Qualifications required under the provisions of "No Child Left Behind":

1. Associate degree, or B. Completion of 48 semester hours of college credits, or C. Successful completion of a series of WorkKeys assessments plus earn 96 contact hours of appropriate staff development. 

Essential Job Functions: 

• Works with all students in the Exceptional Education job training and transition program (Life Skills and Career Prep), both in the classroom and out, in meeting State requirements of Occupational Course of Study
• Supervises and assists in training and motivating students in school-based enterprise projects. Examples: school store, job assignments around campus and other school factory type projects decided upon to fulfill 300 hours of school-based instruction (9th and 10th grade level)
• Performs clerical work for assigned teacher(s) as requested for needs in this transition program
• Helps set up job sites, specific time and job duties for community-based instruction to fulfill 240 hours of non-paid real job experience for students (11th grade level)
• Transports students off campus to work their sites for community-based instruction during the school day and train/supervise/motivate them while they are there
• Transports or accompanies groups of students to work enclaves (community-based instruction) during a class period or without the teacher in charge
• Completes on-the-job evaluations for students on a regular/daily basis. Gives a copy of these evaluations to the student’s teacher when completed
• Completes clerical work pertaining to the student and the work site: obtaining parent permission and emergency information on state-adopted forms, making copies of these forms, filing copies in central location and taking copies along to job sites Follows the designated check-out/check-in system established by the school when leaving campus with a student
• Follows designated transportation policies established by the school when transporting students
• Fills in as necessary to help entire Exceptional Education staff perform their duties in providing services to Exceptional Children students

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Read, comprehend, and prepare various kinds of communication and information including emails, correspondence, reports, articles, spreadsheets, staff development plans, educational forms and data  
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; ability to communicate well with school personnel, employees, and central office staff.  
• Demonstrate functional knowledge of computers and all aspects of the Microsoft Office Professional software programs.  
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignment.  
• Comply with confidentiality requirements in local, state and federal policies and statutes. 

Physical Requirements:

• This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force 
• Work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger motions 
• Work occasionally requires standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, etc.
• Work has standard vision requirements 
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken work; hearing is 

required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels 

Disclaimer  

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.