SYEmergence Academy Family Engagement Analyst

Position Overview

Position type: Full Time
Start Date: July 1, 2026
Salary: TBD; commensurate with experience

While Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country, we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps. The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) – established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS), the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) – seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the more than 5,000 students in our 16 middle and high schools.

As a “zone” of schools within the city of Springfield, SEZP’s approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers’ union, while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. Each school within SEZP is accorded significant school‑based autonomies – in curriculum, talent, calendar, schedule, and budget – while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized students.

SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti‑racism, acknowledging systemic oppression and working to disrupt provision gaps urgently and courageously.

The SEZP is committed to building anti‑racist schools by ensuring the work of equity is fully inclusive of and focused on our students of color, exceptional learners, emerging bilinguals, and all families across our schools. A central SEZP strategy for disrupting institutionalized racism lives in our innovation around Early College for high school students. SEZP pioneered the “fifth year” graduation deferment option for high school seniors to earn an Associate’s degree or an equivalent number of college credits, increasing the odds of college matriculation and retention, and reducing financial burdens on families.

SEZP supports multiple models of early college programming, including wall‑to‑wall, dual enrollment, and pathways‑focused options, and engages multiple institutions of higher education in course delivery and degree attainment. Partners include Worcester State University, Springfield Technical Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, Westfield State University, and Holyoke Community College.

SEZP calls upon skilled and passionate professionals to trailblaze a new model of early college instruction in which they are dually employed as both an adjunct faculty member of Worcester State University and our SEZP high schools. The Postsecondary Senior Analyst will support students to and through college and career preparation programming.

• Develop the School Links plan, determining the progression of School Links tasks from grades 6–12 and supporting grade level teams to implement coursework
• Lead School Links sessions for students
• Support students applying to college or other post‑secondary job training programs
• Track and support completions of FAFSA
• Plan college visits and help with fundraising as needed
• Support the Early College Team in ensuring students currently enrolled in classes are successful
• Provide support sessions (including after school), advising, and office hours to ensure enrolled students have access to college resources, intervention, and additional resources for success
• Support 5th‑year and beyond programming for students to ensure endurance through post‑secondary experiences
• Enact anti‑racist instructional practices that empower students to own the learning
• Work closely with a team of student support members, mentors, and interventionists to amplify student success
• Engage with families as partners in learning around successes, challenges, and problem‑solving on behalf of our scholars

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred but not required
• Strong commitment to the philosophy and efficacy of providing early college access to scholars in marginalized populations
• Experience in advising in a higher education context preferred
• Experience working with high school‑age students preferred
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
• Experience…