Community Schools Coordinator

Description

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Facilitate effective systems and relationships for community school's implementation:

• Assist in the development of clear priorities, goals and objectives for the school, in alignment with findings from schoolwide needs and assets surveys.
• Ensure stakeholder voices are captured in the school’s surveys and decision-making processes.
• Align implementation with school's’ vision, mission and values.
• Work with families, community partners, and school staff in developing programs that address out-of-school barriers to learning and engagement, specifically mental health, wellness, basic needs, and social-emotional learning.
• Work collaboratively with governing bodies and leadership teams (e.g. Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), SSC, PBIS, MTSS) to support a comprehensive implementation plan that also elevates strong classroom instruction. 
• Facilitate effective teamwork and collaboration among the staff, teachers, students, and families.
• Facilitate ongoing communication and updates on school platforms, including resource directories.

Leverage and coordinate holistic resources, assets, and systems:

• Assist in developing infrastructures for the smooth delivery of holistic services to students, parents and community members that are aligned with the community’s unique needs and assets.
• Assemble and facilitate support and/or leadership teams composed of stakeholders to identify unique needs and priorities of the school community and create neighborhood partnerships to meet identified student needs.
• Develop a resource plan and partnership database for the school.
• Identify, organize, coordinate existing and/or new structures and leverage partnerships and resources to produce streamlined, integrated, and multi-tiered levels of student and family supports, including health, wellness, basic needs, leadership development, youth empowerment, financial literacy, and more.
• Enhance opportunities for student, family, and community engagement and leadership.
• Ensure expanding learning opportunities are aligned with needs and assets of the school and delivered in partnership with school staff and community-based partners.

Continuous improvement/assessment and employ data review and analysis:

• Participate in the collection and input of evaluation data used to measure on-going program effectiveness of service providers and progress toward the school’s goals. 
• Facilitate data analysis of student achievement and participate in preparation of goals and implementation of action plans at each school.
• Maintain detailed and comprehensive documentation of all community school’s related programming and implementation.
• Oversee data reporting, collection, and analysis for assigned school and project.
• Co-develop strategies to ensure effective tracking of program outcomes, indicators, and metrics that influence ongoing evaluation, assessment, and continuous improvement efforts. 
• Ensure deliverables for the school are being met.
• Assist collaborative leadership teams in the development of data-informed decision-making with regard to school climate, student learning, and family engagement.

LAEP Responsibilities

• Participate in LAEP activities that support the culture and successes of LAEP.
• Work as part of the LAEP Transform Schools team based at a partner high school, focused on the successful development of children and their articulation into high school and college.
• Plan and develop annual work plans that prioritize needs, strategies and activities for the year.
• Participate in project team meetings and other meetings with project staff and key partners to collaborate and review progress.
• Participate in LAEP project workgroups, department meetings and trainings, and all-staff development meetings and activities.
• Process documentation as required for administrative procedures, including invoices, timesheets, evaluation materials and tracking logs. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)

• 2 years minimum experience in working with programs that support children’s academic success through partnership development, student and parent engagement, and community/school collaboration. 
• 2 years minimum school-based experience, specifically within a K-12 school district. 
• 2 years minimum experience mobilizing groups, building partnerships with local organizations, and leveraging resources within a community.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and organizational skills; strong written and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration among diverse teachers and staff members.
• Demonstrated success in working with students and families of diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to quickly establish and maintain cooperative and effective professional relationships, build trust in a limited time, and engage with a broad range of school-based staff and community partners.
• Ability to demonstrate effective skills in group facilitation, managing teams/groups, organizational dynamics, and consensus building. 
• Cultural awareness and ability to navigate and promote sensitivity with issues of race and equity and knowledge of racial equity and racial justice in the context of public education.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, to a broad range of audiences.
• Comfort using tools and methods to optimize support for a remote staff (distance learning technologies, creative use of video, virtual meeting technologies, etc.)
• Excellent project management skills, ability to balance multiple priorities with proven ability to anticipate challenges, solve problems and maintain a calm demeanor in high-pressure situations.
• Strong analytical, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Earns the respect of the school site staff and wider community
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• BA required, preferably in a related field such as education, ethnic studies, or social work.