College and Career Access Coordinator

College & Career Access Coordinator

The College & Career Access Coordinator plays a critical role in the cradle-through-college and careers mission of Children's Aid Community Schools by ensuring high-quality, data-driven college and career readiness programs are available to and utilized by high school age program participants to reduce the barriers to a successful transition to life post high school. The College & Career Access Coordinator reports directly to the Community School Director, works collaboratively with Beacon Program Director, Youth Advocates, and other site-based staff.

The College & Career Access Coordinator will work closely with Frederick Douglass Academy III (FDA III) Leadership and instructional staff to effectively support our students. The College & Career Access Coordinator provides leadership on lesson planning and facilitation of college and career readiness curriculum; managing academic plans and monitoring student progress and coordinating activities related to college and career exploration, exposure, experience, and preparation.

To help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive support to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods. Children's Aid annually serves children and their families at over 40 sites in New York, as well as through three national program models. Children's Aid is concentrating its efforts on creating cradle-through-college pathways in high-need neighborhoods, with a focus on children's health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development.

We put children, youth, and families first:
We listen to and incorporate the voices of children, youth and families in all that we do. We seek equity and transformation in our communities:
We courageously work within and outside systems to create opportunities for children, youth and families. We strive for excellence:
We hold ourselves to the highest standards and are committed to continuous learning and improvement. We are powered by collaboration:
Our work is stronger when we trust, partner, and respect each other and the communities we serve. We are driven by compassion:
We lead with kindness, care, and empathy and believe in the endless potential of the people we serve and our team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop annual scope and sequence for high school college & career readiness classes based on available data, best practices, and evidence-based interventions
• Coordinate all on-site college and career exposure activities, off-site college and career visits, and workshops for students and families related to college and career readiness including scheduling, securing space, arranging for transportation and food, etc.
• Collaborate with Youth Advocates, tutors and school staff to assess and identify learning needs of students and develop academic plans for individualized and group academic support
• Teach college and career readiness classes and/or provide 1:1 college and career coaching, as necessary
• Utilize internal monitoring systems to track participant progress toward program outcomes and consistently review, analyze and use credit accumulation, Regents scores, and "on-track" for graduation data to inform and improve program
• Collaborate with Beacon Director and Youth Advocates to provide high quality after school activities through Beacon Program for FDA III students, with a focus on freshman and sophomore classes
• Support the development and implementation of school year and summer employment programming (WLG, More Life, SYEP) in collaboration with Community School Director, Beacon Director and FDA III Parent Coordinator
• Develop and administer student surveys to identify the interests and activities students would like to experience in FDA III
• Attend the Attendance Team meetings to review and analyze weekly attendance data to identify trends and determine needs of students, most importantly chronically absent and severely chronically absent students
• Support with the development, implementation and maintenance of a referral system for students to receive services and supports offered in our school community and through external partners
• Work collaboratively with Community School Director and Youth Advocates to develop attendance improvement campaign to engage students and school personnel, which will include incentives and weekly and monthly award celebrations

Family Engagements:

• Work to develop and deliver college and career exposure workshops for families
• Assist in providing information to families about the services and supports available on our campus through formal and informal communication
• Work in partnership with Parent Coordinator and Parent Teacher Association to improve parent involvement in FDA III

Professional Development:

• Attend regular staff meetings, school team meetings, and content meetings, as required
• Collaborate with Director of Capacity Building to plan, coordinate, and implement a wide range of…