Activities Coordinator

Full time opportunity available:  We are looking for an energetic, organized and highly motivated professional to join our expanding Coulee Connections team in our Menomonie, Wisconsin location.  We are a cutting edge team, providing alternative educational services for at risk students (K- 12) utilizing an experiential, attachment based skill building milieu.

   The right candidate will demonstrate the capacity to:

• Enthusiastically connect with at-risk population

• Implement adventure education activities through an experiential process 

• Plan and lead outdoor, team building and a variety of physical activities

• Incorporate activities with families

• Train student coaches to facilitate activities

• Provide feedback to staff for continual growth

• Plan outdoor, team building, and physical activity programs for K-12

• Manage student behaviors in multiple environments (in building, on/near water, community)

• Model games, activities and challenges

• Facilitate staff training with a focus on behavioral supports

• Modify activities for students with emotional behavior disorders

• Reflect with staff on leading techniques, behavior management and repair conversations

Requirements:

• Must have or be working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in activity related or recreation field

• Knowledge and skills of outdoor recreation such as canoeing, swimming, hiking, environmental sciences

• Excel in interpersonal and group communication