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High-School Academic-Support Team Coordinator

High-School Academic-Support Team Coordinator
Liberty Common High School is seeking a full-time 9-12th grade Academic-Support Team Coordinator beginning August 2025.  Liberty Common High School, in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a Poudre School District charter school dedicated to Core Knowledge principles, and college-preparatory instruction.
 
LCHS provides excellence and fairness in education by teaching:  1) a contextual body of organized knowledge, 2) the skills of learning, and 3) the values of a democratic society. This is done through parental choice, partnership with teachers, and student acceptance of responsibility for his/her academic effort.
 
The Academic Support Team (AST) Coordinator is part of the Liberty Academic Support collaborative team serving special education students and students at high risk. Additionally, the AST Coordinator serves the staff and the school as a whole on a consultative basis. 
 
FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Salary Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular, Full-time
WORK HOURS: 35-40 hours per week
COMPENSATION: $45,000.00-$65,000.00 (possibly higher based on background, experience, and/or institutional alignment).
REPORTS TO: Principal
REVISION DATE: October 2024
 

Essential Functions:

  • Administrative oversight of all IEP, 504, and ELD service plans and meetings. This includes developing plans, communicating with parents, students, and teachers, and coordinating staffing and meetings for IEP and 504s
  • Plan and deliver instruction to identified students in the classroom or intervention room as needed to help students meet IEP and AIP goals
  • Ensure compliance with all legal requirements in areas served by AST
  • Administrative oversight of MTSS/RtI process for 7th-12th grade students
  • Crisis intervention and social/emotional liaison
  • Monitor progress and maintain documentation for academic, social and emotional progress and/or needs of students
  • Oversight/support of enrollment process for students with academic concerns
  • Act as liaison between parents, students, and school support staff in a collaborative environment
  • Instruct Guided Study classes within the framework of the Liberty Common curriculum and state content standards
  • Assist with designing interventions and monitoring progress for students who are struggling, but not identified for special education services
  • Assist general education teachers with identifying struggling students, implementing interventions, and monitoring student progress (MTSS/RtI)
  • Produce timely evaluation reports, goals and objectives, and documentation for IEP services.
  • Maintain confidentiality of information as required by federal law and school policy
  • Create a master schedule for AST with regard to standardized testing, classes, and finals
  • Refer, review, and monitor progress/ maintain documentation for STAT (Student-Teacher Assistance Team) process in coordination with STAT team
  • Attend weekly faculty meetings

Supervisory Duties:

  • Supervise special education department
  • Organize and facilitate schedules for students, resource teachers, and paraprofessionals
  • Supervise special education paraprofessionals and resource teachers
  • Report to LCHS administration and BOD
  • Attend regular quarterly and other meetings with PSD Integrated Services
  • Evaluate AST Team

Minimum Requirements: 

  • Desire and willingness to learn about Liberty’s history and philosophy and to uphold and promote the mission and values of the school
  • Bachelor’s degree with teaching license program required - mild/ moderate needs and/or affective needs
  • Experience working with special needs students in the classroom setting
  • Demonstrated ability to work with a team and to effectively manage others
  • Excellent leadership and organizational skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Preferred Characteristics:

  • Background in secondary school resource programs preferred
  • Knowledge and ability to apply the Exceptional Children’s Educational Act when making decisions regarding special-education services
  • Knowledge of curricular content and instructional practices
  • Knowledge of behavior and classroom management techniques
  • Proficiency in computer skills, including PowerSchool’s administrative applications
  • Understanding of LCHS education philosophy and mission
  • Commitment to character education
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Experience working with outside agencies and working within applicable laws and regulations

Physical Requirements:

  • Must be able to maneuver uneven surfaces
  • Must be able to carry or transfer up to 20lbs of supplies frequently
  • Must be able to work in occasionally loud environments
  • Must be able to frequently use office technology including computers, copiers, and printers

Benefits:

  • Enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and employer contributions to your PERA retirement account
  • Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, short-term disability insurance
  • Earned sick leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces (HFWA) Act 

At-Will Employment

All employment with Liberty Common School is voluntary and is subject to termination by you or Liberty Common School at-will, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time. There is no guarantee, in any manner, Liberty Common School will continue employment for any set period of time. This applies to all aspects of employment at Liberty Common School including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, placement, discipline, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and access to benefits and training. 
 

EEO Statement

Liberty Common School is an EEO employer.  Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, or other characteristics protected by law.
 
Studies indicate women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they can perform all job descriptions identified in the job-vacancy announcement.  Liberty Common School prioritizes identifying the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less-traditional background.  Liberty Common School may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and lived experiences to meet minimum qualifications.
 
Liberty Common School is located in the City of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado.  Northern Colorado is an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations.  European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements.  Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort.  The expansion included the sugar-beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia.  Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land-grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students.  Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and high performing charter-public schools attract new residents from all over the country and world.  The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.
 
Liberty Common School is an EEO employer.
 

Additional Duties

Please note that this job description is not a comprehensive list of activities, duties, and responsibilities that are required of this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice with direction from Liberty Common School.
 

A complete application includes nothing less than the following items:

  1. Letter of application
  2. Resume
  3. Statement of educational philosophy
  4. Educational Transcript
  5. References with phone numbers (3)
 
This job posting will remain open until positions are filled.
 

Mail to: 

Dr. Robinson, Principal
Liberty Common High School
2745 Minnesota Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525.
 
 
 
  • Academic Support Team
  • Full Time