National Jewish Health is currently seeking a Special Programs Coordinator to join our Morgridge Academy team. Do you want to make a huge difference in the lives of children who have illnesses? Morgridge Academy is a free K-8 school for children with chronic health issues located on the campus of National Jewish Health. This important role provides special education, technology, and media services to children in a medically safe environment. Our small class sizes and exceptional resources make Morgridge Academy an ideal place for a teacher to work!
The ideal candidate will enjoy working with both adults and children in an innovative and nurturing environment. Prior teaching experience is required. Special Education certification required. IT experience preferred.
If you believe in working for a school where we make an impact every day, we invite you to join our team!
Position Summary
The Special Programs Coordinator will work with school staff to manage the media, special education, and Problem Based Learning programs. This role will collaborate to provide an environment that nurtures the individual medical, educational, emotional, and physical needs of children diagnosed with chronic illness with rigorous, innovative, and authentic experiences.
Essential Duties
- Teaches literacy and/or math as needed.
- Coordinates the special education program including managing the IEP, READ Plan, PLP, and 504 processes and ensuring high quality documents are written and implemented.
- Trains staff on special education, PBL, and technology topics.
- Communicates with students, families, staff, and district representatives and build strong relationships.
- Coordinates the Media program including selecting, organizing, cataloging and purchasing new and replacement print, software and hardware materials.
- Plans and implements programs such as library and technology training for students.
- Supervises library volunteers and interns.
- Provides technical support for the school and maintain technological systems in conjunction with IT.
- Coordinates the PBL program including collaborating with teachers and staff to plan and implement PBLs.
- Coaches teachers as they implement PBLs through regular meetings.
- Provides robust feedback to teachers to ensure rigorous, innovative, and authentic instruction.
Other Duties
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Competencies
- Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
- Impact and Influence: Using appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifying one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved. Taking advantage of opportunities to make a different and have an impact. When used will, the intended outcome of this competency is the creation of goodwill, trust and respect while motivating people to want to follow you even when they don’t have to.
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with the employees within and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
- Creativity and Innovation: Applies creative problem-solving skills to develop solutions to problems; recognizes and demonstrates the value in taking “smart” risks and learning from mistakes; develops multiple alternatives and understands the feasibility of each; effectively shares and implements his/her ideas. Generates innovative solutions in work situations; tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
- Patient Relations: Meeting patient and patient family needs; taking responsibility for a patient’s safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; using appropriate interpersonal techniques to resolve difficult patient situations and regain patient confidence.
- Valuing and Leveraging Diversity: Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization.
Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
None
Travel
None
Core Values
- Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
- Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
- Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
- Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
- Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution.
- Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
- Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Master’s degree in Education, Library Science or Library Media required.
- Work Experience: 5 years experience in education required.
- Special Training, Certification or Licensure: SPED and Library/ Media certification required. PBL training required.
Salary Range: $70,000 - $83,000
Benefits
At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset.
With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.
- Medical Plans, Dental Plans and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- FSA and HSA
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance and AD&D
- Voluntary Benefits, like Accident Insurance, Critical Care and Hospital Indemnity
- Paid Time Off Accruals
- Wellness Program
- Legal Plan
