Elementary School Navigator
Elementary School Navigator
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Description
The Elementary School Education Navigator is a new and critical position within HSVS American Dream Program. The Elementary School Education Navigator will provide quality datadriven individualized educational support to students in foster care and their families from grades K5th. The Elementary School Education Navigator will work with the case planning team students families and school staff to connect students with the services they need to raise their level of educational achievement and ensure that key transitions receive proper attention particularly the middle selection process tutoring support school transfers enrollment and transportation. They will also be responsible for monitoring data using data to help inform interventions and inputting data into HSVS systems. Additionally create a calm traumainformed environment and adopt a nonjudgmental strengthsbased and collaborative approach to working with the students and families.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of all K5th grade students in foster care to ensure students are receiving proper educational supports and are doing well academically.
- Work with the Caseworker foster parent birth parent/caretaker and tutors to address any educational concerns.
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with the schools; provide advocacy on behalf of the child(ren)/youth.
- Ensure school stability if a student is relocating homes.
- Provide individualized inhome assistance to all 5th grade students and their families with the middle school selection process each year to help ensure students enter quality bestfit middle schools.
- Review NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) monthly data attendance and transcripts to identify struggling students; work with youth case workers and parents to ensure improved attendance and/or provide additional academic supports.
- Connect students who are below grade level to quality tutoring.
- Arrange referrals for IEP evaluations and behavioral/academic supports within the school.
- Negotiate with DOE staff to ensure the implementation of recommended and appropriate educational services.
- Connect K5 students and families to afterschool programs and summer activities.
- Complete Tutoring referrals and monitor their performance by observing tutoring sessions reviewing progress notes to ensure tutoring sessions are quality and taking place on a consistent basis.
- Review NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) monthly data attendance and transcripts to identify struggling students; work with youth case workers and parents to ensure improved attendance and/or provide additional academic supports: Track K5 School data goals and steps monthly on excel spreadsheet tracker. Complete comprehensive progress notes on the K5 Tracker and on Connections by the assigned deadlines.
- Participate and engage in weekly monthly and ongoing virtual and inperson agencywide Youth Development and Education Team ACS Fair Futures Advocates for Children professional development and DOE related meetings training events programs and workshops.
- Collaborate with the Transportation Liaison to connectall youth in grades K5th to transportation communicating with foster parents and transportation vendor to ensure youth are picked up and dropped off at the correct time and locations. Submit progress notes transportation vendor invoice to Transportation Liaison.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Education Social Work or a related field (Masters degree preferred).
- Minimum of two years working with youth preferably in foster care education advocacy or within the NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE).
- Strong understanding of the NYC DOE system special education services and middle school selection process.
- Experience in academic support services including IEP referrals tutoring coordination and school advocacy.
- Ability to review and analyze attendance academic performance and DOE data to identify and support struggling students.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for tracking student progress and goals.
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to work effectively with foster parents birth parents/caretakers caseworkers and school staff.
- Strong problemsolving and advocacy skills to ensure school stability and the implementation of appropriate educational supports.
- Organizational and time management skills to meet deadlines for documentation progress notes and program requirements.
- Ability to engage in professional development training and meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel within NYC for school visits inhome assistance and meetings.
Benefits:
At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on fulltime/parttime status. You can expect:
- Paid time off (holidays vacation in accordance with school calendar sick and personal)
- Professional development opportunities
- Team environment
- Medical and dental benefits
- Employerpaid life insurance
- Optional insurance (life disability etc.
- 403(B) retirement plans
- Flexible spending account (dependent care medical parking and transit)
- Employee assistance program
HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process please reach out to .
About HeartShare
For over 100 years HeartShare has dedicated itself to improving the lives of people needing special services and support. The HeartShare team now 2100 employees and growing helps individuals develop to their fullest potential and lead meaningful and enriched lives.
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