Coulee Connections Educational Case Manager

 

Coulee Connections is seeking a highly motivated, passionate, Educational Case Manager for our Menomonie location.  A successful candidate will possess a desire to work directly alongside at-risk students and their families.  Develop and implement creative curriculum that engages students in learning across all subject areas.  Facilitate and communicate progress to school and community-based teams.  Engage in collaborative program development pushing students into hands-on, real-world practice.  The candidate must exhibit the desire to teach academic and social/emotional skills both individually and in small group settings, demonstrate a willingness to be involved in and manage crisis, be able to clearly articulate student progress to families and through team meetings, and enjoy working in a fast-paced supportive environment. 

 

Qualifications:

• Wisconsin teaching license is preferred. Background in working with at-risk youth or certification in Special Education is preferred.

• Ability and desire to connect classroom/program learning to the family and community

• Display a positive, professional, and proactive attitude to accomplish quality work that is in line with Coulee Connections’ mission statement

• Knowledge of research-based academic and behavioral interventions

 

Responsibilities:

• Working directly with students and families to develop a supportive relationship that will motivate and inspire growth personally and through academics

• Work collaboratively with our engaged team to implement quality programming

• Assess student progress towards learning goals and develop methods for improvement, and/or reinforcement of these goals in the home environment.

 

Competencies:

• Knowledge of student needs

• Assessing student progress

• Respect and Rapport with students and staff

• Flexibility and Responsiveness

• Effective and professional communication and collaboration with all

• Commitment to professional development

• Alignment with mission and core values

 

About Us:

From top to bottom, our Coulee Connections team has a singular focus to create the best possible learning opportunities for our students as well as our staff.  Our dynamic team believes that students learn best when offer experiential opportunities and connect the practices of learning to the real world.  We strive to create motivated learners by weaving in a range of high interest outdoor and community based activities into our daily program schedule.  Those activities include overnight backpacking trips, canoeing, archery, low element challenge courses, community service projects, and environmental education experiences at our Ranch location. Our team believes that through positive shared experiences a sense of belonging is created that facilitates the growth of social, emotional, behavioral, and even academic skills.  By building positive relationships with our students, our passionate staff creates an environment of trust, which helps to make school at Coulee Connections an enjoyable and comfortable place for growth to occur.

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If Interested:

Please go to and explore our website at couleeconnections.com.  If this posting feels like a good fit for you, please send a resume and cover letter to Matt Tepper mtepper@couleeconnections.com.  Interested applicants will be contacted to arrange a phone interview.  In-person interviews will be scheduled after the initial phone-interview.