{"id":16336,"date":"2024-05-16T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=16336"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:57:26","slug":"learning-center-coordinator-hire-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/16\/learning-center-coordinator-hire-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning center coordinator hire planned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans are coming together for the hiring of a learning center coordinator at the MERIT center in Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilman Abby Wilder, who has been working with the MERIT board on various aspects of the new position, updated city council on the plans at council&#8217;s latest meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The job of coordinator would be a part-time position, working 15 hours a week at $15 per hour, Wilder pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0DE439C9A9814B588979567A4BED6185.jpg?resize=329%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16337\" style=\"width:177px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0DE439C9A9814B588979567A4BED6185.jpg?w=329&amp;ssl=1 329w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0DE439C9A9814B588979567A4BED6185.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WILDER<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The position will eventually become self-sufficient financially, with Connect Careers picking up the tab until that occurs.<br>The position will involve working with various organizations and businesses to put together clinics, programs and the like.<br>Wilder said she will be part of a three-person committee to interview applicants, the others being Community Coordinator Jamie Gephart and Adams Public Library System Director Kelly Ehinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MERIT board should choose an applicant and recommend her\/his hiring to council, City Attorney Anne Razo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it needs to grow, this is needed,\u201d Councilwoman Jenny Bowers-Shultz said of the coordinator position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s needed, definitely needed,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council approved having Wilder post the job on various social media sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Plans are coming together for the hiring of a learning center coordinator at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,21],"class_list":["post-16336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}