School Health Coordinator 2026-2027

School Health Coordinator 2026-2027

(Pending Budget Approval)

To direct and coordinate the Coordinated School Health (CSH) program across the district to improve student health and capacity to learn, adhering to state policies and effectively engaging families, communities, and schools.

Holds, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in the fields of education, nursing, health services administration, social services, psychology or mental health services, or nutrition, or has documented experience in either supervising or implementing health programs to strictly comply with TN State Board Policy 4.204; has strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills; and meets health and physical requirements.

REPORTS TO: Deputy Director of Student Services

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

SCHEDULE: 260 Day

• Facilitates and coordinates the implementation of the eight interactive components of the Coordinated School Health program as mandated by TN State Board Policy 4.204.
• Serves as an active member of the district leadership team.
• Establishes a School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) to guide and support the district's health and wellness initiatives.
• Establishes a healthy school team at each school that is representative of all eight components of the CSH program to assess needs and oversee localized efforts.
• Ensures that results from the school health plan are incorporated into all school improvement plans.
• Develops and maintains a systematic process for assessing and identifying the health and wellness needs of students, families, and staff (utilizing tools such as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey or School Climate Survey).
• Organizes activities and collaborates with community healthcare professionals to ensure early intervention, access, and proper referral to primary healthcare services.
• Solicits family involvement and engages community resources, expertise, and services to respond effectively to the health-related needs of students and families.
• Observes students to detect signs of ill health or emotional disturbance and reports, as appropriate.
• Reports to the principal any reasonable suspicion that a student's health or welfare has been or appears to have been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect.
• Represents the school and the community in a positive manner.
• Attends work regularly and on time. This job requires on-site attendance, including face-to-face interaction at the school or worksite, and coordination with other employees and students. The work also includes immediate access to documents or information located only in the workplace.
• Participates in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.
• Complies with board policies, school rules, and administrative regulations.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, and/or planning of an activity.
• Adaptability to working with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based upon sensory or judgmental criteria.

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; the ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: The ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: The ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Data Perception: The ability to understand and interpret information presented in the forms of graphs, charts, or tables.
• Spatial: The ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
• Color Discrimination: The ability to perceive or to recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

This job may require lifting or carrying of objects that exceed fifty (50) pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: pushing and/or pulling, stooping and/or kneeling, reaching, talking, hearing, and seeing.

Normal working environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel so assigned.

The Wilson County Board of Education does not discriminate because of age, race, color, gender, national origin, disability, religion, genetics, creed, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities, or in employment opportunities or benefits. The Wilson County School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and member of TN Drug-Free Workplace. Employees or applicants who need reasonable accommodations should contact Human Resources for assistance.