Student Support Coordinator

Role and Responsibilities:

Primarily, the Coordinator(s) of Student Support are Learning Leaders, with the responsibility for facilitating both the development of the AISJ curriculum/ interventions for the department and the implementation of that curriculum/intervention.

Scholar Support includes the Learning Support Department (mild, moderate, and intensive), Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Gifted and Talented Education, English Language Learning, and Speech and Language. The coordinator will assist in the organization, curriculum, and leadership of support services. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the appropriate curriculum, including ILP goals, is up to date.
• Assist in streamlining the ILP processes for all services
• Decide on and implement yearly objectives for the department
• Promote the values and mission of the school within the department
• Develop and ensure the implementation of core learning experiences within your subject area
• Collaborate on the development of assessment tools and the results of such tools in student learning
• Assist and guide the analysis of the assessment to determine next steps
• Monitor and make recommendations for psycho-educational testing to ensure there is enough accurate information about each student's needs
• Make recommendations for in-house and outside services (Speech/Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychotherapy) if necessary
• Keep up-to-date on curriculum developments and trends in the field of learning disabilities
• Hold regular department meetings to review the program, plan and implement improvements and changes within the context of the school curriculum, and monitor their effectiveness
• Meet regularly with department faculty to ensure coherence and support of programsDevelop parent materials related to departmental work
• Assist counselors and principals with the student admissions process when there is evidence of a disability**
• Make decisions with a counselor about placement in courses given individual student profiles (individual program design)
• Lead and facilitate ILP (Individualized Learning Plan) meetings with content area teachers as a means of communication and a tool for consistency in delivering services to students with specific learning needs
• Coordinate student referrals for learning support with the Counselor
• Allocate and lead case management responsibilities for department members
• Promote and maintain a positive working environment in the department
• Familiarize new department members with departmental systems and methodology
• Guide the reporting process within your department
• Visit the classes of department members and encourage this as a departmental practice among colleagues
• Collaborate with all teachers and provide support to teachers for modifications, accommodations, and differentiation
• Assist in supporting an MTSS and PBIS framework
• Maintain vertical learning support department connections to ensure successful transitions between divisions
• Ensure that students are receiving appropriate accommodations and modifications within classrooms, on assessments, and formal standardized assessments
• Advise the principals on departmental matters
•  Meet regularly with the vertical scholar support director and principles to ensure program continuity, alignment, and transitions between divisions
• Keep an inventory of all departmental resources
• Maintain updated confidential student files in a locked cabinet within the department leadership

Intellectual Purpose:

• Developing an understanding of the AISJ curriculum and how we can meet the needs of all
• Being an inclusion advocate for the AISJ scholars

Understanding Change:

• Understanding and supporting best practices
• Keeping abreast of developments in curriculum
• Keeping abreast of research and other developments in related approaches to learning
• Collaborating with other Team Leaders on the alignment of curriculum school-wide
• Acting as a resource of disability expertise and theories of pedagogy in working with students with special needs for colleagues, students, and parents