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Special Education
Position Overview
The KU Transition to Postsecondary Education (KU TPE) provides specialized services and supports to KU undergraduates with intellectual and developmental disabilities to provide opportunities for participation in typical KU academic, employment, and student life activities. As part of the program, TPE supports students to become included members of campus through typical KU undergraduate student life opportunities and experiences. The Program Specialist for Student Life leads these efforts within an overall team structure.
The Program Specialist for Student Life is responsible for developing multiple means, accommodations, and methods for supporting students in TPE to find, access, and participate in KU undergraduate student life. This may include student clubs and organizations, Greek life, living communities, student union activities, social/emotional supports, navigating campus/town, athletic and art/music events, and student recreational activities. This position oversees the TPE Peer Mentors, a paid student employee and about 10 undergraduate volunteer Peer Mentors, who are matched with students in TPE to facilitate social connections and participation across campus.
Some travel is required and occasionally work outside of typical M-F, 8-5 hours. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, manages multiple tasks within prescribed timelines, anticipates and plans for multiple situations, is a creative problem-solver, and has excellent verbal and written communication skills.
In addition to a competitive salary, the University of Kansas offers great benefits to employees such as paid vacation, sick leave, nine paid holidays plus one discretionary day, a retirement program, medical and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, other benefit plan options and State of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors. KU also offers employees educational and professional development opportunities. For more information, please visit our benefits page at https://humanresources.ku.edu/benefits .
Job Description
50% - Develop program-level system and individualized supports for KU-TPE students to participate in KU student life activities and experiences.
25% - Recruit, train and support paid and volunteer Peer Mentors.
15% - Participate in student recruitment and onboarding activities.
5% - Maintain recordkeeping, evaluation, and reporting requirements.
5% - Other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
This position will be on campus.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Contact Information to Applicants
A complete application includes:
Application review begins July 27, 2021 and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants is identified.
Additional Candidate Instruction
Dana Lattin
[email protected]
Advertised Salary Range
17.00 - 22.00 based on experience
Application Review Begins
27-Jul-2021
Anticipated Start Date
23-Aug-2021
Primary Campus
University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
Employee Class
U-Unclassified Professional Staff
Work Schedule
Schedule determined at hire, 20 hrs M-F, primarily 8-5, occasionally outside of the regular workday
Job Family
EducationalSuport&Delivery-KUL
Work Location Assignment
On-Site
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses).
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