Attendance Improvement and Engagement Coordinator- Vallejo

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Attendance and Family Engagement Coordinator

Elementary School (TK-4th)/ Middle School (5th-8th)

Change Makers Academy (Vallejo)

Director of SEL & Mental Health

Full-time, Exempt, (During the Academic Year)

$62,000-$83,000 (based on years of experience and expertise)

* Scales are competitive with other charter school organizations and local districts.

Caliber’s Mission is to achieve educational equity by shifting the experiences, expectations and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. Our strengths-based educational program validates, affirms, respects and supports students, families and staff members to reach their full potential. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world.

Caliber’s four graduate pillars--Heart, Smart, Think, Act--guide our work. We are a community-based organization and celebrate the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners; frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.

As we grow, we are looking for educators and leaders who want the opportunity to use their voice to build something new; to be a part of a team that's building something from the ground up. Our first school, Beta Academy in Richmond, CA, opened in 2014 and Change Makers Academy in Vallejo, CA opened in fall 2016.

The Attendance and Family Engagement Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining plans to address attendance and truancy issues at Caliber Beta Academy with utilizing the Multi‑Tiered System of Support (MTSS). The Coordinator should have the skills necessary to work cooperatively with teachers, clinicians, school administrators, and parents to assure compliance with attendance laws and regulations, and other related duties as required.

The Attendance and Family Engagement Coordinator will improve communication between the school and the students’ families; promote parent engagement in their children’s education; and to encourage greater community involvement in the school. This position has a specific role in three major areas of work with families:

• Promote and enhance the parent‑child relationship
• Engage parents in discussions about their child’s attendance, growth and development
• Provide parents information, experiences and opportunities to learn about concrete practices they can implement to promote their child’s learning.

The Attendance and Family Engagement Coordinator establishes and maintains community relationships that serve as referral sources for families. Our ultimate goal is to assist parents in becoming more involved with their children’s education and to promote a sense of community.

• Consults and collaborates with teachers, staff, counselors, parents/guardians, and others to assist students and families in achieving optimal academic and social emotional success.
• Assist in planning, organizing, and implementing policies, regulations, and procedures pertaining to student attendance monitoring.
• To monitor attendance, looking for trends and patterns for individual students and specific groups particularly those identified as vulnerable.
• Assist school leaders in identifying students with attendance concerns, assess the underlying causes of poor attendance and punctuality in individual cases and target resources by effective intervention to maximize attendance and improve punctuality.
• To coordinate home visits in line with the school’s Attendance Policy, and to keep a record of these visits in order to pursue concerns about attendance and offer the relevant channels of support.
• Recommend pupil referrals to the school principal or designee for such agencies as the child guidance clinics, family service and placement agencies, and to other institutions to support students and families in meeting attendance expectations.
• Assist the Leadership Team to coordinate, refer and submit the School Attendance Review Board (SARB)…