College and Career Pathways Coordinator

Position Summary

The College and Career Readiness Coordinator supports the district's 4th Pillar of the Strategic Vision: Career and Post-Secondary Education. This role serves as a key facilitator for district-wide student pathways, helping to design and maintain E-12 learning experiences that connect students to local employment and future career opportunities. The Coordinator assists in the management of career-focused grants, supports CTE staff, and works alongside families, industry partners, and higher education to ensure every student graduates with a clear, actionable Personal Learning Plan.

Essential Duties

• Vision Implementation: Assists in carrying out the district's strategic goals for career and post-secondary readiness as directed by leadership.
• Technical Resource: Serves as a departmental resource for CTE (Career and Technical Education), Perkins V compliance, and Direct Admissions.
• Scheduling Recommendations: Collaborates with the Secondary Assistant Superintendent and K-12 Director by providing data-driven recommendations for master scheduling and course proposals aligned with workforce trends and district needs.
• Grant Coordination & Fiscal Monitoring: Coordinates the application, reporting, and reimbursement cycles for Perkins, GearUp, and YST grants to ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines. Processes teacher requests for CTE equipment and resources, ensuring requests are aligned with budget, program goals and approval. Monitors Perkins Grant budget and works with the local Perkins Consortium as a liaison of the school district.
• Partnership & Community Engagement: Acts as a point of contact for local industry partners to coordinate district events (future100, JrTour, internships, tours, etc.). Supports dual-credit opportunities by coordinating with local higher education partners. Facilitates the Employer Advisory Committee and represents the district on multiple advisory committees.
• Programmatic Support & Student Planning: Supports the development of high-demand courses and state requirements through district and state reporting. Works alongside school counselors and staff to help students establish and maintain their Personal Learning Plans (PLP). Works regularly with High School and Middle School Pathway coordinators to align pathway work and efforts across the district. Provides support and guidance to CTE teachers, supporting curriculum, equipment and advisories to ensure industry standards.
• District Support: Advocates for CTE teachers and CTE programming in master scheduling.
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Factors

Frequent: walking, standing, sitting, hearing, talking, and seeing

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week*. This includes health, dental, and vision insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care, as well as life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage, and long-term disability insurance. (*Temporary, seasonal, and substitute positions not eligible.)

All Employees of Saint Cloud School District 742 are responsible to support District goals, to work collaboratively and respectfully with diverse populations of staff, students and parents and to model and promote a welcoming working and learning environment. Employees are expected to support and adapt to change and to demonstrate commitment to continuous performance improvement. Employees are responsible to establish and maintain effective communication with students, teachers, support staff, colleagues and parents, respect confidential matters, encourage a safe and secure environment throughout the District, and to be dependable and accountable in the performance of their work.

It is the prerogative of the District to assign staff so as to best meet the needs of the District. St. Cloud School District 742 prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at https://www.isd742.org/about-us/title-ix. For inquiries, please contact jobs@isd742.org

District 742 is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer