What are the responsibilities and job description for the Learning to Work Coordinator position at SCO Family of Services?
Essential Job Functions:
Workshop Facilitation
- Create and implement a bi-weekly LTW Seminar curriculum
- NYS Employment Regulations
- State and federal OSHA regulations
- Resume Preparation
- Job orientation and interview techniques
- Administer career assessments
- Collect weekly timesheets from students and tally time spent at the worksite
- Collaborate with faculty to correlate classroom and on-the-job training (Including but not limited to: guest speakers, job shadowing, mentorships, service learning, career fairs, internships, resume writing workshops, etc.).
- Issue internship applications and packets to selected students for parental consent and ensure that all paperwork is returned and filed in LTW student files
- Distribute working papers applications and ensure that all necessary documents are signed and received
- Develop a variety of internship experiences for prospective students (in collaboration with FSA and building stakeholders to develop and sustain relationships with strategic partners)
- Assist students in determining appropriate internship placement based on their personal, academic and career goals
Work-Based Learning Activities
- Evaluate, select, and establish worksites appropriate for student skills and interests
- Inform worksite supervisors and parents of their roles and responsibilities
- Create, monitor, and adjust training plans in collaboration with the worksite supervisor and students
- Help worksite supervisors develop teaching techniques for working with students
- Monitor student progress through regular on-site visits and ongoing communication
- Develop and coordinate work experiences that encourage nontraditional occupational opportunities
- Prepare, administer, and analyze student and employer follow-up surveys
- Contact and use stakeholders to publicize work-based learning student programs, events, projects, materials, proceedings of advisory council meetings, and related items
- Develop and maintain a community partnership documentation systems for ongoing relationship-building activities across internal and external communities, including opportunities to prompt work based learning
Secondary Job Functions:
- Serve on school admin team and participate in weekly cabinet meetings
- Additional responsibilities as needed consistent with the general nature of the position
