Family and Community Engagement Coordinator

Job Description

This is a full-time, CASA-represented role. This is a 10-month position, meaning the role would follow the Teacher schedule (and have the summer off). The salary range for this position is $52,942 - $66,875. Please note that anyone new to the CASA union would start on the starting salary step.

Job Summary

Develops, implements and oversees all family and community engagement initiatives within a cluster of schools. Serves as a coach/liaison to neighborhood networks and supervises school-based family engagement staff on implementing effective family and community engagement strategies to help boost student achievement. Helps schools develop and successfully implement community partnerships as well as manage the family concerns. Ensure that Title I, Part A parent involvement regulations are met with meaningful and strategic actions to build parent capacity under this section of the law.

Works with teachers and staff on best practices to communicate and work effectively with parents as equal partners in ensuring the academic achievement of their students.

Essential Functions

• Provides strategic and logistical support for family and community engagement efforts at the school, network and district level.
• Under the direction of the Office of Family and Community Engagement, perform needs assessment; plan, develop, schedule, and implement, an approved District-wide family engagement program; assist with the evaluation of the effectiveness of the family engagement program in the schools and community through surveys and other methods.
• Plans, schedules, monitors, and certifies the result of elections of school and District advisory councils; develops and presents in-service education programs to assist school administrators, teachers, and families to establish sound family engagement programs at the school level; provides training-for-trainers programs and materials to empower school personnel to conduct family engagement workshops.
• Assigns, schedules, monitors, trains and reviews the work of assigned staff; observes and documents performance, prepares periodic evaluations of performances; develops work metrics of the unit; make oral and written directives.
• Develops strategies for creating uniform standards for welcoming school climates that value parents in all their diversity as resources to drive student achievement and school success; participate in regular reviews of district policies and research on best practices; and support schools to build their capacity to develop and foster productive partnerships that facilitate positive family and community relationships.
• Administers effective strategies in family engagement; creates opportunities for parents who have limited English proficiency, a disability or are underrepresented because of social economics or racial barriers to participate in education initiatives and enrichment workshops; provides technical assistance relating to parental involvement at the local school or district level.
• Counsels staff and families for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems, and resolving conflicts to enhance probability of student success in school.
• Works with all School District departments to put in place or align expectations, accountability mechanisms, systems, messaging and supports to help schools prioritize and effectively engage families to drive student achievement; designs and writes parent involvement handbooks, brochures, flyers, newsletters, etc.
• Serves as a support for both the Network and District Advisory Councils (NAC and DAC); prepares and distributes agendas, materials, and announcements of meetings; researches, prepares, and presents reports on matters requested by the DAC; arranges for child care for children who accompany parents to meetings; follow-up after meetings to implement decisions of the DAC; initiates District processes and forms to obtain approval of conference attendance and expenditures approved by the DAC.
• Visits schools to review program implementation; coordinate teams to conduct engagement assessments including walkthroughs for recognizing Family Friendly Schools.
• Monitors schools to ensure that schools…