Specialist – Cooperation BEST Facilitator
Specialist – Cooperation BEST Facilitator – Papillion La Vista Community Schools – 2025-26 School Year
Description: The facilitator is a community liaison that will serve as the connecting link between the classroom and business community.
Knowledge and skills:
- Understanding teaching & learning
- Collaborator and understanding of community
- Organized and flexible
- Lead and manage activities that involve small and large groups of people
- Apply leadership skills and communicate effectively
- Relationship builder
- Fosters positive relationships across multiple stakeholders
- Understands and fosters a true partnership between school buildings, businesses and community
Responsibilities:
- Support the district mission and curriculum with partnership activities
- Support Superintendent’s Business Advisory
- Work with the Chamber of Commerce and represents the district with other community entities.
- Serve as the key communicator liaison with teachers, principals, community and business partners
- Plan, develop and organize district level events
- Coordinate activities that make the connection between curriculum and community/career opportunities
- Coordinate activities for elementary summer school
- Work with the district curriculum teams to develop meaningful activities that align with the district’s mission
- Communicate and execute the Cooperation BEST activities and programs.
- Recruit businesses to help meet the needs of each school
- Evaluate and manage programs within buildings as developed
- Facilitate, organize, student access to experiences and analyze data in regards to effectiveness of the business and school activities
- Organize internship and externship opportunities for students
Application Procedure: You must submit your application through the Papillion La Vista Community Schools Portal for your application to be received.
Additional Information
Qualifications: Teaching certificate preferred, but not required. Must have at least five years of experience in education or the business community. Bachelor’s degree required.
Salary: The school district pays based on a Negotiated Pay Scale determined by degree and years of experience. View our benefit packet here. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1720462745/plcschoolsorg/vbu4qokwj0prdueteha0/District_Benefit_and_Salary_Overview.pdf
Benefits: PLCS pays 100% of the healthcare premium for employee only PPO insurance plans and all high deductible plans. PLCS pays 93% of the premium for all other PPO plans. Through the Nebraska School Employees Retirement System 9.78% of the gross salary is deposited into a retirement account. The District matches the contribution at the rate of 101%.
Contact Information
Papillion La Vista Community Schools420 South Washington Street
Papillion, NE 68046
https://www.plcschools.org
Melissa Quesenberry
(p) (402) 537-6206