Health Education Consultant

Full Time
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Posted
Job description
    JobID: 20445

    Position Type:
    District Support/Educational Consultant
    Date Posted:
    2/20/2023
    Location:
    Kent ISD
    Closing Date:
    03/01/2023 @4pm

    District:
    Kent ISD - website
    VACANCY NOTICE

    Job Title: Health Education Consultant
    Kent ISD
    Full time, 215 days

    Broad Statement of Responsibilities:
    Provides coordination, training and consultant services in comprehensive school health education primarily to thirty-two local educational agencies (LEAs) in three counties (REMC Region 8).
    Selected services are provided to twenty additional districts in Region 7.

    Essential Job Qualifications Required:
    • Master’s degree from an accredited college/university with particular emphasis on health education or public health.
    • A valid Michigan teacher’s certificate is preferred.
    • MDE HIV Certification preferred.
    • Experience establishing community partnerships preferred.
    • Minimum three (3) years of successful professional experience in one or more of following fields: health education, substance abuse prevention education, grant management and technical assistance, reproductive health education
    • Training skills and presentation experience with adult learners. Ability to model effective instructional methods for teachers and administrators is required.
    • Consultation and technical assistance skills in assessment, implementation, follow-up, and evaluation of curriculum, policy, programs and services.
    • Requires a high degree of technical knowledge in one or more of the following: educational leadership, effective instruction, curriculum development, health education, career readiness skills, and student services.
    • Requires supervisory skills, and excellent communication/interpersonal skills to deal effectively with superiors, peer, subordinates, and educators in LEAs.
    • Requires ability to travel extensively in order to provide leadership and services in health and substance abuse prevention education instruction.
    • Requires ability to maintain flexible scheduling in hours and days in order to meet constituent needs.
    Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Coordinates, plans, and conducts professional development training in health education and student services to administrators and teachers from constituent districts. Works in collaboration with a team of staff members to conduct trainings at times.
    • Prepares grant applications, budgets, program evaluations, program management reports and records as required by the Michigan Department of Education, the Michigan Department of Public Health, the District and other program funding sources.
    • Provides consultation, professional development and technical assistance to constituent LEAs on health education policy development, curriculum/program assessment and evaluation.
    • Promotes the development and/or expansion of health education programs for LEAs
    • Reviews, selects, orders, organizes and disseminates related curriculum or project materials.
    • Maintains high level, training, facilitation, and presentation skills for conducting continuing education programs for professional educators.
    • Represents the District at national, local, and state planning meetings and training sessions; communicates and cooperates with other state/regional program administrators, trainers and consultants.
    • May supervise designated professional, clerical, contracted, and technical staff to accomplish the responsibilities of the position.
    • Other duties as assigned by the Director of Teaching & Learning
    The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

    Salary: Professional 215-day Salary Schedule Grade 7; $68,805-$71,585 per year

    Benefits: Robust benefit package includes full medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid sick and personal days; State of Michigan School Employment retirement program; student loan forgiveness may be available through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for eligible Federal student loans.

    Posting Dates: 2/20/23-3/1/23 @4pm
    Distribution: Internal & External

    To Apply: Kent Intermediate School District manages employment applications online. No hardcopy applications/resumes will be accepted for this position.
    • Applications must be completed online at jobs.kentisd.org
    • Please note, due to the large number of applications, we are unable to attend to e-mail or telephone inquiries on application status.
    • All candidates will be timely notified regarding their application status.
    The final candidate for this position will be required (at their cost) to furnish Kent Intermediate School District with a current Michigan State Police and FBI criminal records LiveScan check prior to our recommendation to hire.

    It is the policy of the Kent ISD School Board that no student, staff member or candidate for any position in the District shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, ancestry, age, gender/sex, sexual orientation, marital status, height, weight, veteran status, political belief or physical/mental disability which does not impair their ability to perform adequately in the individual's particular position or activity, excluded from participation in, denied the benefit of, or to be subjected to discrimination in any program or activity for which the Kent ISD School Board is responsible for or receives financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education. The Coordinator for Title IX, Section 504, the Age Discrimination Act and Title II is: Danielle Hendry, Director of Human Resources and Legal Services.

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