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This position engages students with disabilities in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans, provide support for a caseload of students, refer students to appropriate campus resources, and provide educationand training to campus and community partners. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.

<h5>Job Title </h5>Accommodation Coordinator <h5>Job Description </h5>This position engages students with disabilities in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans, provide support for a caseload of students, refer students to appropriate campus resources, and provide educationand training to campus and community partners. <h5>Responsibilities </h5>Accommodation Provision:<ul><li>Communicate with prospective students and their families about the process for registering with Student Disability Services (SDS) </li><li>Create an environment that makes students feel comfortable with requesting accommodations </li><li>Assess student accommodation requests </li><li>Engage students in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans </li><li>Determine appropriate accommodations through review of documentation from medical, psychological, and educational professionals and the utilization of professional judgment </li><li>Provide students with information about additional campus services </li><li>Document interactions with students in database management system </li><li>Collaborate with all functional areas of Student Disability Services (SDS) as well as University departments to assist with the provision of accommodations </li></ul>Training and Programming:<ul><li>Develop and present training and educational programs to instructors, students, staff, and community groups on a variety of disability-related topics </li><li>Serve as resource to instructors, staff, and students on disability issues </li><li>Assist with the Peer Mentor Program and other support programs offered by SDS </li></ul>Compliance and Assessment:<ul><li>Collect semester and annual data for department reports </li><li>Conduct assessment of functional area and propose implementation plan for improved and enhanced service delivery </li><li>Stay abreast of Office for Civil Rights case files and review current practices for effectiveness of accommodations and compliance </li><li>Contribute to internal policies and procedures based on best practices </li></ul>Supervision: Oversee and coordinate tasks assigned to graduate intern(s) <h5>Qualifications </h5>Required Qualifications<ul><li>Education: Master's degree; Combination of a Bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities may substitute for Master's </li><li>Experience: One year of professional experience working with individuals with disabilities; Demonstrated experience evaluating disability documentation; two years as a graduate assistant is equal to one year of professional experience </li><li>Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Ability to evaluate medical/psychological/educational documentation to identify/diagnoses functional limitations and needed accommodations; Working knowledge of Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Fair Housing Act; Ability to maintain confidentiality in compliance with FERPA; Ability to advocate for equitable educational opportunities; Ability to prioritize competing demands; Ability to communicate clearly; Ability to analyze complex, sensitive, and difficult situations and make effective decisions; Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with diverse individuals; Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. </li></ul>Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status. Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Experience: Three years of professional experience working with students with disabilities in a higher education setting </li></ul>Work Location<ul><li>Location: Knoxville, TN </li><li>Onsite </li></ul>Compensation and Benefits<ul><li>UT market range: 08 </li><li>Anticipated hiring range: The anticipated starting salary for a candidate meeting the minimum requirements will be $47,000. </li><li>Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here </li><li>Find more information on UT Benefits here </li></ul>Application InstructionsTo express interest, please submit an application and include all of the below attachments. <ul><li>Resume </li><li>Cover Letter </li><li>List of 3 Professional References </li></ul><h5>About Us </h5>The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service. UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone. The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine. Apply today and join the Tennessee Volunteer community! <h5>Job Info </h5><ul><li>Job Identification 8066 </li><li>Job Category Student Services </li><li>Posting Date 05/13/2026, 03:02 PM </li><li>Job Schedule Full time </li><li>Locations 1331 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US </li></ul>

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Planning and Organizing: identifies a sequence of tasks and resources needed to achieve goals and prioritizes action steps, timelines, sees potential challenges and opportunities to ensure expected outcomes; evaluates proposed actions. Our school-based student support specialists identify students in danger of not achieving their potential, assess student needs and provide wrap-around interventions and resources to change the picture of education one student at a time.

Communities In Schools of North Carolina is seeking a Student Support Specialist located in Smokey Mountain Elementary School in Whittier, NC.Position Overview:Responsible for overall program management at a specific school site(s). The Student Support Specialist will use the CIS Model to identify and assess the needs of identified youth (case managed students), while coordinating tiered interventions and support for the whole school population.Essential Competencies:<ul><li>Accountability & Dependability takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work with attention to details, adapts to changing needs, conditions, situations and displays openness to different or new ways of doing things and sees multiple perspectives.</li><li>Relationship Builder: build constructive working relationships characterized by teamwork, cooperation, mutual respect, and relating well to others.</li><li>Initiative: self-motivated to resolve issues, problems or situations prioritizing responsibilities to achieve (results).</li><li>Communication: actively listen and engage multiple audiences. facilitate groups, excellent oral and written skills to communicate with a variety of audiences (e.g., teachers, principals, students, volunteers, and parents) in an effective manner; ability to receive feedback.</li><li>Analytical: examines data to grasp issues, draw conclusions and solve problems; technically proficient with data management</li><li>Planning and Organizing: identifies a sequence of tasks and resources needed to achieve goals and prioritizes action steps, timelines, sees potential challenges and opportunities to ensure expected outcomes; evaluates proposed actions.</li></ul>Essential Functions:<ul><li>Coordinate successful implementation of the CIS Model and TQS Student Support Standards</li><li>Collaborate with school staff to assess, identify and prioritize student needs</li><li>Coordinate and lead a School Support team, responsible for planning and managing all CIS operations at the school site</li><li>Conduct an annual needs assessment using multiple sources of data, to be used as the foundation for the School Support Plan</li><li>Develop comprehensive School Support Plan, noting interventions and supports using our model of Attendance/Behavior/ Coursework + Parent/Family Engagement (ABC+P)</li><li>Provide overall case management to identified students and deliver evidence-based interventions/research driven and supports, based on student and school needs</li><li>Regularly and systematically collect, report, and interpret student data (weekly)</li><li>Regularly, at least quarterly, monitor & adjust the progress toward meeting goals in the School Support Plan, and the progress of individual students, and adjust interventions and supports as needed</li><li>Connect with parent or legal guardian of identified case managed students</li><li>Provide timely reports with data and program information to direct supervisor</li><li>Present the CIS mission, vision and initiatives within the community as needed via a presentation, staff meetings and parent meetings.</li><li>Manage day to day activities of community volunteers</li><li>Participate in personal and professional staff development, including CISNC and National CIS training</li><li>Perform other duties necessary for the successful operation of programs as assigned</li><li>Ability to see, hear, speak and travel</li><li>Must be able to lift 20 pounds</li></ul>Core Competencies Accountability & dependability, coaching & mentoring, communication, customer focus, continual learning, empowering others, initiative and planning & organizing.Job Specific Competencies Adaptability& flexibility, creative & innovative thinking, ethics & integrity, confidence, developing others, initiative and influencing others.Required Education/Experience:<ul><li>Demonstrated passion and commitment to students, families and the community.</li><li>Awareness and strong concern for the needs of children, youth and their families.</li><li>Understanding of school cultures and trends.</li><li>Ability to work across teams and with multiple supervisors, both on and off-site.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, public administration, social services, counseling or related field is required.</li><li>Certified/licensed professional preferred (i.e., teacher, social worker, counselor, mental health).</li><li>2 years of applicable work experience in the education, youth development and/or mental health field.</li><li>Valid North Carolina driver’s license and insurance.</li><li>Technologically proficient in all office technology systems including developing spread sheets, word processing, email, Webinars, and Facetime.</li><li>Previous experience in a student data or case management system highly preferred.</li></ul>About Us:Surrounding students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Increased attendance, improved behavior and satisfactory coursework, in addition to parent and family engagement, are the cornerstones of our work. We call it the ABC + P model. Our school-based student support specialists identify students in danger of not achieving their potential, assess student needs and provide wrap-around interventions and resources to change the picture of education one student at a time. See how we removed barriers and empowered more than 230,000 students across North Carolina to achieve.Perks:We offer outstanding benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 403(b). We offer paid vacation, sick time and holidays. Our team is friendly, fun and collaborative. We offer competitive pay and the opportunity to be off during the month of July!Learn more at <a href="http://www.cisnc.org/" rel="nofollow">www.cisnc.org</a>, and stay connected with CISNC on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cisnc" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/cisnc" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cisnc" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a>.We are an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").

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