583A - Coordinator of Outdoor Education

Job Description

Qualifications:
1. Master's degree
2. At least three years of successful experience in facility management and/or outdoor education
3. Successful record in grant writing and fund raising
4. Prior knowledge of educational and/or scientific research
5. Non profit organization experience
6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable


Job Goal:
1. To assist the outdoor school director in the overall administration campus level operations
2. To work with the outdoor school director and staff to identify and achieve specific campus, organizational and instructional goals
3. To assist in the development and maintenance of a program for professional growth for all personnel
4. To conduct long term scientific research valuable to and understandable by fifth graders
5. To create weekend, family and other programs to sustain the outdoor school’s fiscal needs


Reports to: Camp Tyler Outdoor School Director
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Terms of Employment: Administrative/Professional Pay grade 3($47,800); 226 days Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
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MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
 

  1. Participates in collaborative processes to develop campus improvement plans with staff, parents, and community members
  2. Assists director in maintaining and using information systems to insure successful campus operations Communications
  3. Participates in the development and evaluation of the educational programs
  4. Encourages and supports the development of innovative instructional programs, helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate
  5. Promotes the use of technology in the teaching/learning process
  6. Works with the Principal, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services in providing facility adaptations for Special Education, Bilingual, 504, and Gifted students
  7. Assists teachers and director by writing grants that support the mission of the outdoor facility and programs
  8. Assists staff in analyzing data and using results to improve the quality of the working/learning climate
  9. Complies with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and the local Board of Trustees
  10. Supervises facility operations in the absence of the director
  11. Assists with developing budgets based upon documented program needs, estimated enrollment, personnel, and other fiscal needs
  12. Assists with coordinating transportation, food service, maintenance, custodial, and other support services
  13. Oversees requisition of supplies, books, and equipment; maintains inventory, data, and records, and tracks budget
  14. Conducts safety inspections and safety-drill practice activities
  15. Works with Camp Tyler Foundation, State Youth Camp Safety Inspector, Fire Marshal, City of Tyler Water Department, TISD Maintenance, and others to conduct annual safety and maintenance inspections
  16. Helps to conduct a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior
  17. Oversees School Website
  18. Conducts annual membership and volunteer recruitment drives; Supervises volunteerism
  19. Conducts long term scientific research valuable to and understandable by fifth graders, involving UT Tyler Biology Department graduate students, and, encouraging other research entities to become involved
  20. Creates fund raisers, farm, prairie, science and weekend programs to sustain the outdoor school’s fiscal needs and encourage community and family knowledge of and participation at Camp Tyler
  21. Continues with prairie project, farm committee, Boy Scout Eagle Projects, Nature Guides, Mapping, farmhouse museum, science center, water dog research, and floral – faunal census taking
  22. Assists the director and staff in interviewing, selecting, and orienting new staff
  23. Improves leadership skills through self-initiated professional development activities
  24. Performs duties in a professional, ethical, and responsible manner as defined in the TEA Code of Ethics for Educational Professionals
  25. Uses information provided through the District appraisal process to improve performance
  26. Annually establishes and meets performance goals set in concert with outdoor school director
  27. Assists director in overseeing the campus mission, programs, facility, budget, and volunteers
  28. Performs other tasks and assumes such responsibilities as related to the position and as assigned

EQUIPMENT USED:
Office: copier, fax machine, laminator, postage machine
Technology: computer & printer, distance learning tools, scanner, video projector, remote faunal radio tracking
Software: MicroSoft Office, Desktop Publishing, Web Page Publishing, Video Editing, GIS and CAD
Orienteering: compass, GPS, transit, mapping software

Working Conditions:
Mental Demands:
Reading; fiscal budgeting, ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal); ability to organize materials; maintain emotional control under stress

Physical Demands:
Prolonged computer use; regular district-wide travel; frequent long and irregular hours (normal 60 to 75 hour weeks); daily standing, bending, lifting; may be required to lift and position students with physical disabilities, control behavior through physical restraint, and assist non-ambulatory students; opportunities to be on campus with students overnight

Environmental Demands:
Exposed to biological hazards; cleaning and water monitoring chemicals, frequent prolonged exposure to extremes of weather; ability to work with and around domestic, non domestic, and feral animals; poison ivy, poisonous snakes, and stinging insects; irregular topography including mud, forest, prairie, and aquatic landforms