Website Eden Prairie School District
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The ALC Program Administrator provides leadership, coordination, and daily oversight for an Area Learning Center designed around a “studio” learning model. In Studios, students engage in personalized, interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences that connect academic standards to real-world problems, student interests, and community partnerships. This position is responsible for coordinating the instructional design, student support systems, staff collaboration, program operations, and community partnerships necessary to create a personalized, interdisciplinary, project-based, competency-oriented learning environment for students whose needs are best met through an alternative educational setting. This is not a traditional alternative program model. The ALC Program Administrator leads the development and implementation of a studio-based learning culture in which students engage in authentic projects, exhibitions and learning, personalized pathways, advisory structures, work-based learning and/or community-connected experiences, reflective goal-setting, and meaningful demonstrations of academic growth.
The ALC Program Administrator ensures that the program maintains strong systems for student intake, Continual Learning Plans, attendance, credit progress, discipline, state reporting and compliance, assessment coordination, staff collaboration, family communication, hiring, observations, staff supervision and partnerships with referring schools and community agencies.
Requirements
Education/Certification:
Valid Minnesota teaching license
Valid Minnesota Administrative license, or ability to obtain, by July 1, 2026
Required Experience:
Experience working with students in alternative, personalized, project-based, experiential, or nontraditional learning environments
Preferred Experience:
Experience designing or leading project-based, studio-based, competency-based, advisory-based, or community connected learning models
Experience working with students identified as at-risk, credit deficient, disengaged from school, or in need of flexible learning pathways
Experience developing partnerships with community organizations, employers, postsecondary programs, service agencies, or career-connected learning partners
Experience with restorative practices, trauma-informed practices, mental health supports, special education collaboration, and multi-tiered systems of support
Experience supporting staff development, instructional coaching, curriculum design, or program improvement
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Demonstrated ability to coordinate programs, support staff collaboration, and work effectively with students, families, district staff, and community partners
Knowledge of graduation requirement, student support systems, behavior management, mental health considerations, and applicable state and district requirements
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Ability to respond appropriately in crisis situations and maintain a safe, supportive learning environment
District Application Guidelines
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