SY25-26 Discovery High School Student and Family Engagement Coordinator

Student and Family Engagement Coordinator

Start Date: July 1 2024

Grade Level: 9-12

Are you looking to be part of a Polytech high school where teachers and administrators are energized by their work Are you looking for a Principal who is hugely invested in the development diversification and fulfillment of his teachers and staff Do you want to be part of a joyful school with a growth mindset about all students unlimited potential Do you want to join a team where 90% or more of the staff reflect the identities of the students Do you want to be in a school that explicitly teaches about systemic racial injustices in ways that empower students and staff to take action and make change

At Discovery we explicitly address and counteract systemic racism through our hiring practices our culturally responsive teaching and our professional development focused on championing students who have historically been underserved and under-resourced. We believe that equity lives in teaching rigorous grade-level content and holding students to high our school equity is not a slogan or a buzz word. It is an ongoing commitment to examining how we can best serve all our students (and our staff).

As educators we believe that relationships with our students are the foundation on which all social and academic success is built. And we strengthen our practice through five hours of professional learning per week built within our 7:20-2:45 school day. Collaboration and peer to-peer learning are central to our growth as educators. Make no mistake this work is challenging. But done right it is incredibly rewarding.

If you are up for the challenge join our team!

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Student and Family Engagement Coordinator Responsibilities:

Responsibilities of this position may include:

• Oversee all student attendance
• Create a communication stream with admin staff students families and community partners to ensure successful experiences with student internships
• Seek out curate and manage internal and external programming to engage families as a part of the DHS community
• Organize and co-lead campus visits to four-year colleges with matriculation agreements
• Plan and lead family-centered activities at the school and within the community
• Plan and lead all Comunidad de Familia meetings (after school hours)
• With the College and Career Counselor (and the support and planning of admin) host college and career family events
• Build relationships and communicate regularly with students and their families to solicit input and share college and career planning progress
• Engage in learning about issues of racism diversity equity and inclusion in education to examine your own biases; reflect on how those biases affect you your students and their families; and plan and deliver instruction in a culturally responsive way
• Create and sustain The Welcome Center which is open to students and families.
• Support the role of graduation coordinator for DHS
• Attends SEZP Real Work committee
• Works with external partners related community and family services

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university (preferred) or comensurate work experience;
• 1-3 years of relevant experience;
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
• A deep desire to work with educationally underserved student populations and their families;
• An unwavering commitment to the academic success and personal development of our students;
• An eagerness to set ambitious challenging and tangible goals and a relentless drive to achieve them;
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including strong public speaking skills;
• A sense of humility;
• Experience in an urban setting

If you meet some of the qualifications above we encourage you to apply or to reach out for more information. We know that historically marginalized groups including people of color women people from working class backgrounds and people who identify as LGBTQ are less likely to apply unless and until they meet every requirement for a job. Therefore we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities. We are actively seekingapplicants of color.

About the Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership

While Massachusetts is consistently ranked as one of the top states for education results in the country we have one of the highest and most persistent opportunity gaps. The Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) - established in 2015 as a collaboration between Springfield Public Schools (SPS) the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Springfield Education Association (SEA) seeks to improve the longitudinal life outcomes of the more than 5000 students in our eleven middle and high schools.

As a zone of schools within the city of Springfield SEZPs approach draws on a deep and embedded partnership with the school district and local teachers union while harnessing the flexibility and innovation found in autonomous school models. As a result each school within SEZP is accorded significant school-based autonomies - in curriculum talent calendar schedule and budget while being held accountable for realizing achievement gains for historically marginalized all of our work SEZP is in pursuit of equity and anti-racism acknowledging the systemic oppression our students and families encounter daily and working to disrupt these provision gaps urgently and courageously.

NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion national origin sex gender identity sexual orientation sex characteristics sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct genetic information ancestry age disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race color sex gender identity sex characteristics sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct religion national origin or sexual orientation disability or homelessness.

NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATION

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination including sex-based harassment in any education program or activity that it operates as required by Title IX and its regulations including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights at or both.

The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Katie OSullivan Senior Administrator of Human Resources 1550 Main Street Springfield MA 01103 ext. 55428

Springfield Public Schools sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX please refer to

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