GEAR UP District Coordinator

Urbana School District #116

TITLE:  GEAR UP District Coordinator

LOCATION:  Urbana School District

SUPERVISOR:  GEAR UP Project Coordinator 

JOB SUMMARY:  

Position Description:

• The GEAR UP Coordinator delivers, manages, and monitors all GEAR UP-related activities for the Urbana Sixth Grade Center, UMS, and UHS. The Coordinator will be trained by ISAC staff on the legislative background and requirements, best practices for implementation, and other aspects of the Illinois PaCE framework.  The GEAR UP Coordinator position is structured around student and parent service delivery related to PaCE benchmarks from 6th-12th grade.  

• The GEAR UP Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to ensure program data is being entered into the GEAR UP student database.  Data must be entered to track all interactions with cohort and priority students.  Activities requiring data entry include but are not limited to:  
• Curriculum facilitation, homework check-ins, classroom presentations, one-on-one advising, subgrant funded activities, educational field trips, and parent/primary caregiver meetings.

• Middle School Service Responsibilities: The GEAR UP Coordinator facilitates or, if approved by the GEAR UP Project Director, can provide direct support to the classroom facilitator of the PaCE Curriculum for middle school students.  If the GEAR UP Coordinator is the classroom facilitator, there will be an instructional element to this role.  If the coordinator only provides support, resources and oversight to a middle school staff member facilitating the curriculum to students, there is an expectation that the GEAR UP Coordinator will initiate consistent and on-going communication with the facilitator to ensure implementation integrity and accurate data entry.

• High School Service Responsibilities: The GEAR UP Coordinator works with students directly to meet the benchmarks of the PaCE framework.  This includes but is not limited to classroom presentations, family information and advising nights, career exploration activities, and college visits.  The coordinator also has the option to partner with a local ISACorps member.  If the ISACorps member is providing direct service to students, there is an expectation that the GEAR UP Coordinator will initiate consistent and on-going communication to ensure implementation integrity and accurate data entry.

• The GEAR UP Coordinator organizes, promotes, and hosts quarterly evening events for parents.  The target audience can be middle school parents, high school parents or both.  Attendance information must be collected from students and parents at these events.

• The GEAR UP Coordinator supports the administrative teams at both schools in developing and submitting annual subgrant requests to District Director for purchasing additional items that would benefit students and enhance the services provided by GEAR UP.

School Responsibilities:

• GEAR UP schools will collaborate with their partner middle or high school to determine time spent at each school.  The GEAR UP Coordinator needs to perform the duties above, but the way those standards are met will be largely determined by school preferences and based on the availability of students to participate in activities and other forms of engagement.  

• GEAR UP schools will include the GEAR UP Coordinator in large and small team staff meetings (as deemed appropriate by District Director) in order to integrate the GEAR UP program into school culture and build awareness of GEAR UP program activities. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required, a teaching certificate is not.
• This is a full-time position with all assigned duties and responsibilities devoted to supporting the school district/s in meeting the goals of GEAR UP.

LICENSES/CREDENTIAL: Illinois Teaching license is not required

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  

• Salary and Benefit information can be found on the Human Resources webpage;  Annual salary is $50,000  benefits
• This is a position not within the collective bargaining unit and is not an administrative position.
• This is an exempt position.
• The GEAR UP Coordinator position is available so long as grant funding is available. 

EVALUATION:  Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of professional personnel.

START DATE: 7/1/2026.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 

REVISED: April 2026

Salary : $50,000