Parent Volunteer Coordinator

Overview

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits. We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Bess T. Shepherd Elementary is a K-5 school located in Chattanooga, TN. We develop students and teachers to meet the demands of the future -- we develop readers, achievers, and leaders! Our school is unique in that we offer many clubs and sports programs to keep our students motivated to learn. We have robotics, coding, science, a leadership academy, year book club, as well as soccer and basketball programs.

Our faculty values collaboration, professional learning, student and staff leadership, and collective efficacy.

We are looking for team members who are committed to doing whatever it takes to help our students become successful learners. In addition, we are looking for teachers who are collaborative and willing to grow.

Learn more about working for Hamilton County Schools e.org and get to know us and our strategic plan, Opportunity 2030.

The purpose of this job is to coordinate parent volunteer activities.

• Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.
• Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to school and other stakeholders.
• Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
• Coordinates the planning, developing, and implementing of programs, policies, and procedures for assigned areas to ensure the most effective utilization of resources to support the vision and mission of the school district.
• Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to schools and other stakeholders.
• Coordinates daily work activities; organizes, prioritizes, and monitors status of work in progress and inspects completed work.
• Develops and implements long and short term plans, goals, and objectives for assigned area.
• Follows established procedures for ensuring assigned areas are safe.
• Communicates through the proper channels to keep supervisor and other appropriate personnel informed of impending problems or events of unusual nature.
• Coordinates the parent volunteer program to increase parent participation in the overall school program.
• Develops a system to document volunteer hours.
• Communicates effectively and consistently with parents, teachers and administration to identify and publish ongoing volunteer activities and opportunities.
• Prepares reports and newsletters as directed by the principal.
• Supports school-wide activities and events that involve parents.
• Communicates through the proper channels to keep supervisor and other appropriate personnel informed of impending problems or events of unusual nature.
• Follows established procedures for ensuring assigned areas are safe.
• Works collaboratively with school staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders.
• Attends work and arrives to work on time.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics as defined by Tennessee Law.
• Complies with accounting and financial policies and procedures, as well as other Board policies.
• Use computers and other technology to enter and access information related to essential job functions.
• May operate a motor vehicle to conduct various work activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Experience coordinating activities preferred; any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills to deal effectively with students, educators, Board members, parents, and community members.
• Demonstrates the ability to create opportunities for parents and others to be involved in volunteer projects and activities.
• Demonstrates the ability to engage parents and community members in volunteer projects and activities.
• Demonstrates the ability to create systems to maintain information about volunteer activities.

Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience.

Grade C

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