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Ignite Coordinator (Student Experience) One Year Only

Bentonville Schools · Bentonville, AR · 1 wk ago
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Ignite Coordinator (Student Experience) Days 192 - Licensed Teacher Purpose Ensure a high-quality, seamless student experience across IGNITE by leading student recruitment, advising, career readiness, and preparation for internships, clinicals, and other professional experiences. This role serves as a critical bridge between students, families, faculty, and industry and clinical partners—ensuring students are prepared, compliant, connected, and ready to succeed beyond the IGNITE classroom. Key Responsibilities Student Recruitment, Advising & Outcomes Lead and support IGNITE student recruitment, onboarding, advising, and retention efforts.Serve as a trusted point of contact for students and families throughout the IGNITE experience.Monitor student progress toward program, credential, internship, clinical, and professional experience requirements.Support post-IGNITE outcome tracking, including employment, postsecondary education, credentials, and other career-related outcomes.Identify student needs and coordinate appropriate support with faculty, counselors, administrators, and partners. Clinical, Internship & Professional Experience Readiness Ensure students are fully prepared, compliant, and supported for clinicals, internships, work-based learning, and other professional experiences—from onboarding through placement and completion.Oversee Ignite Health Sciences Body of Training requirements, including:IGNITE Health Sciences Body of TrainingHIPAA trainingCPR certificationBackground checks and drug testingImmunization and TB screening documentationClinical orientation and readiness sessionsCoordinate student scheduling, site assignments, onboarding, and confirmation of readiness for clinical rotations and other professional experiences.Maintain accurate, confidential, and up-to-date student compliance and placement records.Serve as the primary point of contact for clinical and industry partners regarding student onboarding, requirements, placement logistics, and readiness.Maintain current site agreements, affiliation agreements, partner documentation, and other placement-related records.Proactively identify and resolve barriers that could affect student placement or successful completion of clinical and internship experiences. Career Readiness & Professional Experiences Develop and coordinate opportunities that strengthen students' professional skills, networks, and career readiness.Co-plan and execute student-facing experiences, including:Speaker series and career panelsCareer-readiness workshopsCareer and college fairsStudent showcases and exposIGNITE Summit and other signature eventsInternship and job placement opportunitiesProfessional networking and industry engagement experiencesHelp students translate their IGNITE experiences into resumes, portfolios, interviews, professional networks, and next-step opportunities.Build systems that connect students with relevant employers, mentors, internship opportunities, and postsecondary pathways. Partnership & Program Support Build strong, responsive relationships with clinical, industry, higher education, and community partners.Coordinate communication among students, families, faculty, and external partners to ensure a consistent and professional experience.Support the development and implementation of systems that improve student readiness, placement, communication, and outcomes.Contribute to continuous improvement of the IGNITE student experience through data, student feedback, staff support, partner feedback, and outcome measures.Represent IGNITE professionally at student, family, partner, and community events. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Duties Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent. Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task or responsibility. Supervisory Responsibilities All students in the Ignite Program Job Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Certification/License Valid Teaching License Education Bachelor's Degree Language Skills Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of students, administrators, staff and the general public. Mathematical Skills Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, table or schedule form. Other Skills And Abilities Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to the college and career advising program.Ability to plan and implement workshops and training beneficial to college and career transitions.Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents.Skill in oral and written communication. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. Ability to analyze test data for use in making college and career advisinging decisions. General computer skills, including Internet research skills, and data entry. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of these 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 is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, sometimes walk and/or sit. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 pounds such as a box of books. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being or work output of other people. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff. 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. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. Duties are performed indoors and occasionally outdoors. The information in this job description is for compliance with the Americans for Disabilities Act (A.D.A) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual(s) holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. FLSA Status Exempt

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