• Our health and benefits consultant is available to group leaders and local insurance committees to assist with benefits analysis, plan design strategy, and communications. Click here for a list of available services.

• Bill also assists SSC staff with pool management and planning and works with representatives of the other Service Cooperative in statewide planning and development.
  

• Provides Technology Training, such as SMART Board, PC Basics, Microsoft Office.

• Coordinates student academic programs, including Spelling Bee, Young Authors, Young Artists Conferences, Science and Nature Conference.

• Assists with coordination of education and business support programs.

• Coordinates the Southeast Minnesota Learning Achievement Collaborative (SEMLAC).

• Develops and coordinates grant projects.

• Manages and maintains SSC’s website and organizational database.

• Manages member communications and marketing.

• Conducts administrative planning, research, and program development.
  

• Leads strategic planning and execution of strategies for marketing initiatives, needs assessment, and program development.Assists the Executive Director with human resource management, communications, governance and advisory groups.

• Co-coordinates the annual Young Authors, Young Artists Conference.
• Provides training in Moodle and online learning facilitation.
• Coordinates Distance Learning Program services.
• Coordinates the Virtual Reality Educational Pathway (VREP) program.
• Coordinates the Math-Science Teacher Partnership (MSTP) grant project.

• Coordinates student academic programs, including Knowledge Bowl and Young Authors, Young Artists Conference.
• Coordinates instructional services logistics.
• Coordinates the dental direct reimbursement program.
• Supervises program assistants and coordinates general support and program-specific support.

• Coordinates wellness program and health promotion.
• Assists with implementing promotional projects.
• Designs marketing and communications, including member updates, newsletter design, website management, press releases, meeting center marketing.
  
• Assists with other programs and services.

• Manages Wood Lake Meeting Center usage and maintenance.
• Assists with facility maintenance.
• Assists with member communications and event management, including workshop registrations and database updates.
• Provides general support services as well as student academic support.

• Organizational planning and visioning.
• Analyzes member needs and plans services.
• Program planning and development
• Board policy development.
• Health/Benefits: works with benefits consultant, group leaders, and advisory groups in programming and planning, health insurance pool management.
• Works with Director of Operations in fiscal planning and accountability.
• Human resources planning and management .

 Katie Schmitt

• Guides instructional services planning and development.
• Assesses member needs for educational services.
• Provides technical assistance, professional development, and consulting in strategic planning, curriculum and instruction assistance, school improvement strategies, professional development, Data Retreat™ and other data analysis assistance, StrengthsFinders and Meyers Briggs, and other instruction related services.

• Provides consulting assistance to help SSC members comply with building, environmental, and occupational health and safety requirements.
• Assists schools with obtaining levy approvals for facility projects.
• Coordinates health and safety training.
• Conducts mock-OSHA walk-throughs.

• Manages cooperative purchasing and other administrative and technology-related services.
• Assists with health and benefits programs -- accounting, fund monitoring and reporting, planning and communications.
• Leads student program sponsorship and fundraising efforts.
• Assists the Executive Director with operations planning and guides staff in program budgeting.
• Directs SSCs organizational budget, investments, and client and vendor accounts.
• Manages SSCs facility and technology.