Community School Site Director Bronx

About Us:

New York Edge is the largest provider of after school and summer camp programs in New York City public schools. Each year, programs in academics--including STEM, the arts, sports & wellness, and college access help 40,000 students develop leadership skills and succeed in school. Working parents count on our programs to provide safe and enriching environments for their children.

Summary:

New York Edge is looking for a Community School Director (CSD) to establish a visible presence within the school building, assuming a strong leadership role throughout the academic school year. Community Schools are a strategy to organize resources and share leadership to integrate social services into the fabric of the schools. Community Schools offer a holistic approach toward improving academic performance driven by strong, collaborative partnerships among principals, parents, teachers and CBOs.

Schedule:

Full-Time

Monday - Friday (Some evenings and weekends required)

This job requires you to be in person.

Pay:

$70,

Salary is commensurate with experience, skills, education, and merit.

Essential Job Functions:

Programmatic Oversight

● Accountable for ensuring New York Edge maintains an emotionally and physically safe environment for youth that meets all compliance and safety requirements set forth by the organization, DOE, DOH, funders and applicable labor law.

● Serve as an advisor to the principal, providing leadership for coordinating the work of different partners within the school, and aligning the work of partners with the school faculty including but not limited to organizing and leading CBO providers meetings.

● Work with school leadership to maintain a focus on results and track progress. Ensure that New York Edge is capturing, and analyzing data while functioning in a data driven manner.

● Responsible for recruitment and supervision of dedicated staff that meet the highest standards of qualifications in carrying out the mission of Community Schools and New York Edge.

● Organize and oversee assets and needs assessments and seek input from teachers, school staff, parents and students to determine ongoing needs of students and families.

● Serve as a point person for agencies and programs interested in partnering with the school, and help to broker new partnerships that are aligned with school goals and needs.

● Identify high need students, coordinate with teachers to target interventions, and track and monitor impact of interventions.

● Build relationships and mechanisms to effectively link the school day to expanded learning opportunities.

● Facilitates alliances and partnerships with City agencies and non-profit partners to establish a continuum of services for students.

● Provide training and technical assistance to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness of services, programs and communication efforts.

● Support New York Edge, school, and partner agencies with resource management and development, including fund development and grant maintenance.

● Coordinate the allocation of space for student and family support services, and for special events.

● Oversee a combination of program activities including but not limited to expanded learning time, parent family and community engagement, mental health, holiday and Saturday programs and summer activities.

Participate in school governance, community school team meetings, and specialized meetings such as attendance meetings.

● Assess students and families' needs by interpreting attendance policies; working as a team with school administrators to develop prevention/intervention strategies, monitor student progress, and make referrals to appropriate community agencies when necessary.

Relationship and Partnership Management

● Cultivates and forges positive relations with Principal, Assistant Principals, school district administrators, teachers, parents and parent coordinators and other key constituents in the community while actively seeking to raise their awareness of the Community School and engage their support in ensuring programmatic quality for the youth we serve.

● Collaborates with all Community School partners on program delivery to align with the goals in…