Director of Family Engagement & Community Partnerships
Director of Family Engagement & Community Partnerships
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Position Overview
The Director of Family Engagement leads the schools strategy for building strong collaborative relationships with families across all grade levelsfrom preschool through eighthgrade. By fostering open communication creating meaningful partnership opportunities and championing family-centered initiatives the Director helps ensure that students thrive academically socially and emotionally.
In addition to family-focused work the Director plays a pivotal role in community building with external partners. This includes cultivating relationships with the local ANC (Area Neighborhood Council) nearby businesses education-focused non-profits foundations and other community organizations. Through these alliances the Director expands resources creates service-learning opportunities and amplifies the schools impact within the broader neighborhood. The role also oversees Out-of-School-Time (OST) programsafter-care clubs and extracurricular organizationsensuring they complement classroom learning meet family needs and reinforce the schools mission of holistic education.
The Director further supports student enrollment and family retention leveraging engagement initiatives to attract new families and keep existing ones actively involved throughout their childrens schooling journey. This role works closely with administrators teachers support staff and community partners to design programs that align with the schools mission of inclusive whole-child education and vibrant community building.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Strategic Planning (20%)
- Develop and implement a multi-year family and community engagement plan aligned with the school vision and curriculum to build a welcoming and inclusive school culture.
- Set measurable goals (e.g. family participation rates satisfaction scores) and regularly report progress to leadership.
Program Development (30%)
- Design and manage family-focused events (workshops cultural celebrations parent-teacher conferences volunteer opportunities) and volunteer opportunities.
- Create and manage resources (newsletters webinars digital portals) that empower families to support learning at home.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with local businesses nonprofits and service providers to expand resources available to students and families.
- Partner with the school counselor to support student transitions to high school.
Communication & Outreach (20%)
- Ensure timely culturally responsive communication between families and school staff.
- Manage the schools family engagement channels (website social media email blasts mobile app).
Attendance Enrollment & Retention (20%)
- Partner with the enrollment manager to develop an outreach strategy that showcases the schools creative inclusive and globally aware culture.
- Use data from family engagement activities to identify prospective families and nurture them through personalized touchpoints.
- Track and analyze retention metrics and implement targeted interventions such as welcome programs connection events and feedback loops to improve long-term family loyalty.
- Oversee an attendance strategy aimed at reducing barriers improving attendance and reducing tardiness.
General (10%)
- Lead a small team (family connection coordinator communications & outreach coordinator and attendance specialist).
- Provide coaching professional development and performance evaluations.
- Collect and analyze feedback.
- Adjust initiatives based on data emerging needs and best practices.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Communications Education Social Work or related field (Masters preferred).
- Minimum 5 years of management experience in family/community engagement preferably within K-12 settings; proven track record of designing and scaling programs.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams influence stakeholders and drive cross-functional collaboration.
- Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills; fluency in another language (e.g. Spanish Amharic) is a plus.
- Proficiency with PowerSchool and other CRMs Google Workspace and basic data-analysis tools.
- Deep understanding of equity inclusion and culturally responsive practices.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Must be able to pass a background check.
- Demonstrated ability to work well with the public.
- Creativity flexibility and a willingness to take risks.
Desired Qualities
- Creative problem solver with a knack for turning ideas into well-executed events.
- An empathetic listener who can translate family concerns into actionable school priorities or policies.
- Strong organizational skills able to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset; comfortable working with teachers administrators and external partners.
- Passionate about education and the role families play in student success.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.
EEO Statement:
CMI does not discriminate against or tolerate discrimination against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis or protected class including but not limited to actual or perceived race color national origin immigration status (except as necessary to comply with federal DC state or local law) religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) age physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation gender (including gender identity or expression) marital status (including domestic partnership status) genetic information political affiliation pregnancy family responsibilities personal appearance veteran status uniform service member status status of being unemployed status of victim a survivor of domestic violence sexual offense or stalking matriculation or any other protected class under federal state DC or local law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
