Job Description
Summary:
Job Title: Select School Coordinator/Teacher
Qualifications:
The person in this position should have the following credentials:
1. Valid South Carolina certificate
2. At least 3 years of teaching experience
3. Knowledge and experience in the area of focus of the select school
Reports To: Building Principal
Supervises: n/a
Job Goal:
Greenville County Schools are committed to providing opportunities for all students to achieve at the highest possible levels. The district also recognizes that students have different, interests, skills, and learning styles. For that reason, Select Schools, or magnet academies, offer unique educational choices to the students of Greenville County.
Job Title: International Baccalaureate ( IB) Program Coordinator
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) requires all authorized IB schools to appoint a coordinator who has the overall responsibility for overseeing the implementation and delivery of the IB Program(s) at the school.
REQUIREMENTS: Master’s Degree preferred; Valid SC educator’s license or eligibility for SC license; International Baccalaureate experience preferred; Minimum of five years’ experience in teaching and/or administration; prefer Advanced Placement endorsement or eligible for endorsement; fluent in one more foreign languages helpful; experience in program administration, curriculum, and staff development preferred; competent in technology; excellent communication and organizational skills.
Responsibilities:
Performance Responsibilities:
Oversee Select Schools Application Process
- Assist parents and students with the online application process as needed
- Process and score incoming applications for each round
- Advise parents and guidance counselors of missing documentation in application process
- Send acceptance, wait list and denial letters for each round
- Confer with elementary counselors as needed
- Maintain accurate records concerning Select Schools applications and enrollments
- Return all phone calls and respond to email messages regarding the magnet application process
- Provide information to central office personnel for appeals as requested
Help to Maintain School and Community Relations
- Communicate with the school principal on a regular basis regarding all matters related to the magnet program
- Attend monthly Select Schools Principal/Coordinators’ Meetings and other district-level meetings as requested by the District Coordinator for Select Schools
- Report to District Coordinator for Select Schools as required and provide any requested information
- Communicate with parents about the Select Schools application process and the status of applications
- Collaborate with other middle school coordinators as needed
- Maintain communications with public and private elementary school principals and guidance counselors
- Provide information to elementary school PTSA newsletter coordinators
- Update magnet link on school website as to dates, information, etc.
- In consultation with the principal, work with the school’s PTSA to ensure open communication between the school and PTSA regarding all magnet issues
- Work with school administrators on issues and concerns directly related to the school’s magnet program
Recruitment
- Develop and implement a recruitment plan for prospective magnet students
- Speak at fifth grade information sessions during school day at all elementary schools which request coordinator’s presence at the event
- Plan and present before/after school information sessions for parents of prospective magnet students at the elementary schools
- Provide information regarding magnet program dates and information to elementary guidance counselors
- Speak at evening information sessions for parents of prospective magnet students at all elementary schools which request coordinator’s presence at the event
- Set up displays (Select Schools Kick-Off, Central Office, school events)
- Organize and man the school’s table at the annual Select Schools Kick-Off
- Coordinate and conduct tours for prospective magnet students and their parents interested in attending Hughes Academy as magnet students
- Meet with parents and prospective magnet students
- Create and share promotional literature about the school’s science and technology magnet program at elementary schools, Select Schools Kick-Off, and other events
Coordinate Transportation For Out-of-Area Students
- Serve as the liaison between parents and Transportation Department staff
- Call magnet students during the summer when they cannot be reached by the Transportation Office
- Secure a list of magnet bus assignments for the assistant principal responsible for buses
Oversee Select Schools Renewal Process
- Assist parents and students in the Online Select Schools Renewal Process as needed
- Maintain a file of all current magnet enrollees
- Assist magnet parents with changes address as needed and forward information to the school’s attendance clerk
- At the beginning of each school year, work with the school attendance clerk to create a complete, accurate database of all magnet students
- Provide a list of names of new magnet students (and updates) for attendance and guidance clerks to assist in the enrollment process
Other Responsibilities
- Work with school administrators and staff regarding school activities and special programs specifically related to the magnet program
- Work with the school principal to prepare the school’s annual budget request for the district’s Finance Department
- Work with the school principal to oversee spending of Select Schools funds
- Perform other duties as assigned by the school principal
Specific job responsibilities of the IB coordinator include the following:
1. Help to Maintain School and Community Relations
* Communicate with the school principal on a regular basis regarding all matters related to the IB Program
* Work with school administrators on all matters directly related to the school’s IB Program
* Attend monthly IB Schools Meetings and other district-level meetings as requested by the District Coordinator for IB Schools
* Provide any requested information to District Coordinator for IB
* Collaborate regularly with other IB coordinators
* Maintain communication between the school and the International Baccalaureate Organization
* Maintain complete records of IBO publications on file and distribute them as needed
* Maintain appropriate IB student records
* Organize internal assessment and the standardization of internal assessment according to IB criteria
* Organize formal procedures in preparation for moderation
* Promote the IB program within the school and in the school community
* Communicate with students regarding the goals and objectives of the program and monitor IB student progress
* Meet regularly with students to discuss pertinent topics of interest
* Provide new students with an appropriate orientation to the IB Program requirements and subject area aims and objectives
* Organize and facilitate IB parent meetings
* Communicate regularly with parents to provide comprehensive information on the IB Program that is designed to build awareness and understanding of the programs
* Ensure that parents understand the IB assessment criteria and that they are kept informed of their child’s progress
* Ensure that teachers have appropriate and updated IB subject guides, publications and other resource materials, and keep them informed of current IB developments
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