School Advocacy Coordinator - Cancer and Hematology Center

About the role

Texas Children’s is searching for a School Advocacy Coordinator to join our team. This role requires someone who can work effectively in a fast-paced environment, providing individualized educational support, facilitating school reintegration, ensuring compliance with educational laws and accommodations, and advocating for the educational needs of patients.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborates and works to develop relationships with patients’ school systems
• Provides information and consultation to patients, families and school personnel
• Provides individualized educational support based on current curriculum, IEPs, or 504 Plans through 1:1 sessions or classroom instruction
• Affirms academic needs and collaborates with families, school personnel, and clinical staff to develop tailored educational plans
• Coordinates with local, regional, national and international school systems to ensure continuity of education
• Participates in school visits and conducts presentations to students and school personnel on serious, life-threatening disease/illnesses and their impact on patient functioning, academic programming, and the type of psychosocial support as needed
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team (e.g. Medical, Nursing, Child Life, Social Work, Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services) to align educational support with clinical care
• Designs and implements innovative, patient-centered educational programs that accommodate diverse learning needs, align with medical treatment plans, and support academic continuity during hospitalization

Skills & Requirements

• Master’s degree in education, special education, school counseling, school psychology, social work or related program (e.g. clinical psychology, counseling psychology)
• TSTC - Texas Standard Teaching Cert by Texas Education Agency required
• EDUDIAG - Educational Diagnostician by Texas Education Agency or School Guidance Counselor Certification or Special Education Teaching Certification preferred
• 3 years of experience in a school setting/system, school psychology or advocating for students with special needs

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education, and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. We are consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.