Description
This will be a grant funded position for 1 year (until the end of the 2025-2026 school year).
ABOUT ASPIRE
Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998in an effort to transform the inequitable racial social and gender outcomes that our communities persist throughAspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.
Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college career and life. At Aspire we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge skills and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day our community of students families teachers and staff comes together to learn work and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being) Culture of Belonging Community Partnership Agency & Self-Determination and Joy.
JOB SUMMARY
The Parent Outreach Coordinator assists the School Social Worker and school site Administrative Team in developing a healthy school community culture and improving overall school attendance by building parent relationships and involvement in accordance with Aspire mission vision and value statements. This is a 1 year grant funded position.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions
Coordinate activities related to parents such as extracurricular activities and school student-sponsored events including fundraisers and promotions
Manage and coordinate Tier 1 attendance initiatives (ex. Attendance awards raffles/prizes school wide visuals)
Manage rideshare platform in collaboration with School Social Worker and Business Manager
Manage and recruit on-campus parent volunteers
Support parents with needs that advance their ability to support their children as scholars including but not limited to parent trainings food insecurity support immigration support parent complaints resource location parent advocacy and support with technology and document completion
Help the Administrative Team represent the school site in building an effective school community including:
Work with parents to better support their child/childrens academic behavioral and social development
Garner support from community groups and leaders in collaboration with the School Social Worker
Develop positive relationships with external partnerships and host community partner events and workshops
Work in collaboration with Principal and Regional Student Services team to achieve site and organizational goals in accordance with state county and district authorizers
Additional:
Demonstrate knowledge of and support the Aspire Public Schools mission vision value statements including antiracism policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Competencies:
Strong event management skills from concept through execution and evaluation
Excellent relationship-building and management skills
Strong communication presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to write clearly and persuasively and interact effectively with different audiences
Strong organization time management and follow-up skills; high sense of urgency; demonstrated ability to successfully handle multiple projects concurrently; ability to work as a team
Bilingual Spanish speaking and writing
Experience with leadership including demonstrated strength in culture-building and leading peers
Knowledge of Aspire procedures and policies related to students
Demonstrated commitment to students and learning
Minimum educational level:
Experience required:
Physical requirements:
Stand walk or bend over kneel crouch reach overhead grasp push and pull. Move lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height
Repetitive use of hands (i.e. fine manipulation simple grasping and power grasping)
Demonstrate normal depth perception
Sitting walking or standing for extended periods of time
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard operate standard office equipment and use a telephone
See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids
Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides
Work authorization requirements:
Clear the Department of Justice background screening
Authorized to work in the United States
Provide health (TB) clearance (most update every four years)
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work indoors in a standard office environment computer lab and/or classroom environment
Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments
Exposure to dust oils and cleaning chemicals
Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment
May be required to work outside of typical work days and office hours to meet operational deadlines
Compensation:
Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/long-term disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:
Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.
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Required Experience:
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