Parent Coordinator - Alain LeRoy Locke College Prep Academy

Parent Coordinator

Under the direct supervision of the School Operations Manager, the Parent Coordinator will educate and engage parents, support the school's main office operations, serve as a liaison between the school and families, and provide direct support to families during the recruitment and enrollment process. Green Dot classified personnel have union representation as members of the Ánimo Classified Employees Association (ACEA), an affiliate of the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Parent & Community Engagement:
• Align school parent and family engagement goals with organizational goals including getting more than 30% of guardians to participate in 2+ events each year
• Set parent engagement goals and metrics in collaboration with school administrator and School Operations Manager and meet monthly or quarterly to assess progress
• Plan and communicate at least three engaging programs/activities per semester and track attendance at each event
• Attend community events to build relationships for the school and recruit community partners to become part of the school's family engagement program
• Develop and facilitate a parent leadership team, PTO, or parent group to address community-based issues, organize for education reform, etc.
• Organize parent volunteer initiatives
• Post on the school's social media pages and parent communication platform (Parent Square) to provide updates on events and school initiatives.
• Student Health, Safety, and Security:
• Participate in health and safety training and drills
• Support enforcement of campus safety processes
• Budget and Payroll:
• Submit all work hours by Payroll deadlines
• Team Engagement:
• Participate in mandatory Green Dot and individual professional development programs, including all planned All Green Dot Days
• Participate in other events aimed at promoting or developing Green Dot and its schools
• Prepare for and engage in team and individual meetings with manager
• Student Recruitment, Lottery, and Enrollment:
• Work under the direction of the School Operations Manager with the support of the Home Office to execute a recruiting strategy including initiating contact with new families and supporting them through the enrollment process.
• Leverage community relationships and partnerships in support of student recruitment
• Coordinate and host school site events like open houses, enrollment nights, and school tours
• School Nutrition Program:
• Coordinate daily lunch activities including managing lunch ordering to minimize meal waste, ensuring students are scanned accurately and timely for meal reimbursement, managing lunch servers, and ensuring smooth logistics of physical lunch set-up which meet federal compliance
• Support with the lunch application process including the distribution and collection of lunch applications, collecting supporting documents during the verification process, and ensuring lunch status data is accurately input into the student information system
• Operational & Strategic Leadership/Other:
• Support ongoing improvement by actively evaluating processes and suggesting improvements
• Perform additional duties, as assigned, related to the foregoing primary responsibilities and the holistic functioning of the office
• Support other team members with office duties, especially pertaining to parents
• Translate English/Spanish, spoken and written
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Have a high school diploma or equivalent (at minimum)
• Have a strong ability to lead and develop positive working relationships with parents
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
• Be proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, comfortable learning new computer programs
• Be able to manage…