Learning Facilitator

POSITION SUMMARY: The Learning Facilitator will supervise and help students succeed by ensuring focus on their academic studies and building strong mentoring relationships with students. The Learning Facilitator should share the school's entrepreneurial spirit and passion to provide students with a world class educational program that blends virtual with face-to-face activities that meet students’ individualized needs. Learning Facilitators will work closely with on-site and on-line certificated teachers to monitor the students’ academic progress and provide academic support as needed.

This position supports building, district, and state initiatives to include assessment support and facilitation. This position requires high levels of organization, commitment to deadlines, clear communication, and collaboration.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed while in other cases related duties may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Support teachers with instruction management of students
• Create an environment favorable to learning and personal growth
• Facilitation and Guidance with Personalized Learning Plan, and communicate with students, parents, and staff in regards to academic progress
• Coordinate activities related to progression of identified goals and highlights of Personalized Learning Plans
• Track, monitor, and manage student progress of graduation requirements.
• Support all staff in communication (written and verbal) of progress towards graduation and program completion
• Assist with parent and community events (some evenings)
• Assist with program related student recognition and celebration events (some evenings)
• Support student scheduling, enrollment, and marketing
• Extended learning opportunities coordination, communication, and processing
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Perform related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position
• Remain current on new data collection and notification process
• Willingness to participate in professional development opportunities within contractual time
  
  

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience

Associate of Arts Degree, 48 college level semester credits, or 72 college level quarter credits.

One (1) year experience tutoring students or related experience

Additional Requirements

Basic Microsoft WORD and EXCEL

Positive evaluations

Preferred Qualifications

Three (3) years of school-based experience.

Bachelor’s degree.

Condition Of Employment

Criminal background clearance

Washington Driver’s License

Work scheduled hours on a consistent basis

Knowledge Of

School board policies and procedures

Microsoft WORD and EXCEL

Organization and Leadership strategies

Ability To

Facilitate team building activities in small group setting.

Facilitate the identification of learning supports with individual and groups of students.

Relate effectively in a multicultural and multiracial community and maintain cultural awareness and sensitivity to work corporately and collaboratively with staff, parents and the public

Respond well to high volume situations and support colleagues to reflect school needs

Work with diverse populations

Interact effectively and collegially with adults and students and ability to maintain positive and effective working relationships

Demonstrate strong computer skills with software data and spreadsheets

Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrate strong organizational skills

Communicate effectively orally and through written word

Establish and maintain effective, collaborative, working and supervisory relationships

Perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY:

Knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others.

Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and patrons of the District.

Ability to understand and hold self and others accountable for promoting the Federal Way Public Schools’ commitment to “Each Scholar: A Voice. A Dream. A Bright Future.”

Ability to recognize that each person is a unique individual even as we celebrate their group cultural heritage.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently sit, stand and walk, bend neck and back, squat, kneel, and use hands for fine manipulation and repetitive grasping and pushing/pulling. The employee will occasionally be required to climb stairs/ladder, lift and reach overhead, and lift/carry. The employee must constantly lift/carry up to 5 lbs and must frequently lift/carry up to 10 lbs and occasionally lift/carry a maximum of 20 lbs. The employee is occasionally required to push/pull a maximum force of 100 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor conditions and intermittently works near video display. The employee occasionally may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Position occasionally requires exposure to angry, frustrated, or aggressive individuals, typically in a school classroom environment.

Work Schedule

This position works 201 days per school year with a flexible workday for evening and weekend events. Work schedules may vary depending on specific needs; each school site will determine the work calendar.

Reporting Relationship

Position reports directly to, and is evaluated by the Principal or building designee with input from counselors.

Representation

Federal Way Professional-Technical Employees Association

Level Of Compensation

Level B on the Prof-Tech Salary Schedule. This position includes the following benefits prorated based on FTE – Medical, dental vision, sick and vacation leave, life insurance, retirement.

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY

Update with physical demands/working conditions 01/2015

Disclaimer

Update qualifications 8/1/2016

The preceding list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the scope of responsibility and the level of knowledge and skills typically required, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements, skills or duties so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

Job descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include, and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee.