Coordinator, Family Engagement School Support, Office of Family & Public Engagement

Coordinator, Family Engagement School Support, Office of Family & Public Engagement

Coordinator, Family Engagement School Support, Office of Family & Public Engagement


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Our public school students need your expertise, passion and leadership.
We are looking for highly motivated and skilled talent to join our team at District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). We seek individuals who are passionate about transforming the DC school system and making a significant difference in the lives of public school students, parents, principals, teachers, and central office employees.
DCPS serves 45,000 students in the nation's capital through the efforts of approximately 4,000 educators in 123 schools. As part of a comprehensive reform effort to become the preeminent urban school system in America, DCPS intends to have the highest-performing, best paid, most satisfied, and most honored educator force in the nation and a distinctive central office staff whose work supports and drives instructional excellence and significant achievement gains for DCPS ition Overview

The Office of Family and Public Engagement is responsible for DCPS' work to engage parents, families, and the community in our students' learning, the improvement of our schools and DCPS' planning and decision making. Our three areas of work are family and community engagement, community and business partnerships, and communications. All of our work is designed to impact and improve student achievement at the individual student, school or district level. Our family and community engagement projects specifically are designed to engage parents in their child's learning, invest parents in the success of their child's school, and educate and include parent voices in ward and district level planning and decisions.
The Family Engagement School Support Coordinators are responsible for providing support to principals, teachers and parents in drafting and implementing their family engagement plans. The family engagement plans focus on three areas: 1) creating a welcoming and inviting school 2) teachers engaging parents as partners in their child's learning and 3) principals investing parents in school success. Support and technical assistance will be aimed at having schools be successful in achieving those goals. Coordinators will help principals, teachers, and parents think and act strategically about engaging parents in ways that drive student achievement.
The Family and Community Engagement Specialists report to the Director of Families and cational Requirements

Bachelor's degreeQualifications

. Bachelor's degree and 1-3 years work experience required.
. Master's degree and specific experience in project management strongly preferred.
. Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
Ideal Candidates have the following qualities:
. Prioritize family engagement strategies with proven track record of driving student achievement
. Listen well
. Creative and adaptable
. Comfortable not knowing an answer and confident in getting an answer
. Interested in helping principals achieve their overall school goals and see family engagement as one strategy to help them do that
. Curious and a quick learner
. Value and interested in strategic planning
. Love working with diverse groups of people and value a diversity of opinions
. Committed to providing great service to our school staff and parents
Personal Qualities of Top Candidates:
. Commitment to Equity: Passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education.
. Leadership: Coaches, mentors, and challenges others to excel despite obstacles and challenging situations.
. Focus on Data-Driven Results: Relentlessly pursues the improvement of central office performance and school leadership, instruction, and operations, and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.
. Innovative Problem-Solving: Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
. Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic transformation effort; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.
. Teamwork: Increases the effectiveness of surrounding teams through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others
. Dependability: Does whatever it takes to consistently deliver with high quality under tight deadlines; successfully manages own projects through strong organization, detailed workplans, and balancing of multiple priorities.
. Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms; anticipates and responds to customer needs in a high-quality and courteous ponsibilities

. Provides support and technical assistance to principals and parents to create, implement, and get buy-in to their family engagement plans
. Provides school staff with information on best practices for effectively engaging parents in their child's learning
. Links school staff to appropriate professional development opportunities
. Facilitates parents and school staff meetings if requested
. Models what great customer service looks like by serving our school staff and parents with timely, relevant and research-based information and solutions
. Determines barriers to principal or parent success and identifies the best DCPS staff to resolve the issue and tracks and follows up until issue is resolved
. Supports the delivery of school staff professional development
. Plans and coordinates parent leader meetings and trainings for LSAT and parent-based organizations (e.g. PTAs)
. Collects data from schools required by Title 1 and the family engagement plans
. Schedules and coordinates program-related meetings, conferences, appointments and logistics
. Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments to drive collaboration on family engagement strategies
. Tracks and reports progress of projects in consistent and timely manner
. Interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders
. Supports and carries out the Chancellor's mission to transform DC Public Schools and close the achievement gap
. Performs other related duties as assigned
Notice of Criminal Background accordance with the Criminal Background Checks for the Protection of Children Act of 2004, this position has been designated and identified as one which requires a criminal background check and/or traffic record check. If you are tentatively selected for the position, a criminal background check and/or traffic record check (for positions which require the operation of a motor vehicle) will be conducted. A final offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a satisfactory criminal background check and/or traffic record check.

Notice of accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977, as amended, District of Columbia Official Code Section 2-1401.01 et seq. (Act), the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) does not discriminate (including employment therein and admission thereto) on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, source of income, status as a victim of an interfamily offense, or place of residence or business. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which is prohibited by the Act. In addition, harassment based on any of the above-protected categories is prohibited. Discrimination in violation of the aforementioned laws will not be tolerated. Violators will be subject to disciplinary action.
Title IX regulation requires schools to implement specific and continuing steps to protect students and others against discrimination on the basis of sex. Students, parents and/or guardians with inquiries regarding Title IX non-discrimination policies related to students and student activities shall contact:
Title IX Coordinator
Office of Youth Engagement
District of Columbia Public Schools
1200 First St, NE, 8thFloor Washington, DC 20002
Washington, DC 20002

or
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-1100
Telephone:
FAX: ; TDD:
Email:
Inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies of DCPS will be handled as follows:
Employees with inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies related to employment and employees or who wish to file a discrimination complaint should contact:
Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist
Office of Labor Management & Employee Relations
District of Columbia Public Schools
1200 First St, NE, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20002

Students, parents and/or guardians with inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies related to students and student activities, including Section 504, should contact:
Director of Targeted Student Support
Office of Youth Engagement
District of Columbia Public Schools
1200 First St, NE, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20002

Position InformationOpening Date: September 28, 2011
Closing Date: September 28, 2012
Vacancy Announcement Number: 10-OFPE-113
Salary: $47,929-$50,996
Location: Washington DC

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