AVID Site Coordinator

Position Type:
High School Teaching/AVID Site Coordinator

Date Posted:
3/4/2019

Location:
Junction City High School

Date Available:
August 2019

Closing Date:
When Filled

  Geary County USD 475
Job Description
Classification: Certified
Division/Department Secondary
Job Category: Teacher/Tutor
FLSA: Exempt

Title: AVID Site Coordinator (JCHS)

Qualifications: *Current Kansas Teaching Certificate with endorsement appropriate to the assignment on file in the Devin Center
*Health certificate on file in Devin Center

Reports to: Building Principal, Academy Principals

BASIC FUNCTION/PURPOSE
The AVID Site Coordinator is responsible for establishing the vision for AVID within the school improvement process, organizing all resources for implementation of AVID and collaborating with all stakeholders for successful schoolwide AVID outcomes.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee performing the duties of this position is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach. The employee may be occasionally required to manually lift, move, or carry up to 50 pounds. The employee is required to interact with staff and meet the demands of several different people. The employee is responsible for the work output of others. The employee occasionally works extended hours. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

CRITICAL SKILLS

1. Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and come to work on time.
2. Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
3. Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
4. Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
5. Ability to access, input, and retrieves information from a computer.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organize and lead an active, participatory AVID Site Team.
• Act as the liaison with the building administration, counselors, AVID teachers, and AVID District Director.
• Collaborate with school personnel to place AVID students in college preparatory curriculum.
• Recruitment, hiring and evaluation of AVID Tutors.
• Oversee the annual certification process and coordinate all data collection via Site Team.
• Utilize and promote the online and print materials in the AVID libraries with AVID Elective teachers as well as schoolwide staff.
• Provide professional learning regarding AVID methodologies for other staff members of the school and district.
• Gather evidence, with the assistance of the AVID Site Team, to demonstrate that AVID strategies are used effectively in the AVID elective classes and schoolwide.
• Coordinate all AVID trainings, in and out of the district, in order to ensure implementation of AVID schoolwide and in the AVID Elective classroom.
• Collaborate with other district schools to articulate the curriculum and activities for AVID.
• Serve as a positive role model for students and support the mission of the school district.
• Maintain a cooperative, professional relationship with all colleagues, students, parents, and community members.

Professional responsibilities
a. Follow contractual responsibilities
b. Engage in reflective practice
c. Collaborate with others to achieve a common goal
d. Strive to communicate the positive aspects of our school program to the public in word and deed.
e. Uphold and enforce Board policies, administrative procedures, school rules, and federal and state regulations including but not limited to

1. Consolidated Plan for Federal Programs
2. Acceptable use of technology
3. Sexual and racial harassment
4. Child abuse reporting

Term of Employment: Teacher Contract

Salary Range: Determined by placement on teacher salary schedule.

Evaluation: Aligned with State teaching evaluation cycle.

Updated 3-1-19
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Geary County USD #475 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and/or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For questions or complaints based on race, color, national origin, sex or age, please contact the USD 475 Director of Personnel Services, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000. For questions or complaints based on disability, please contact the USD 475 Director of Special Education, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000