Citywide Boston Community Hub Schools Coordinator (SY26-27)

REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Boston Community Hub Schools

ACADEMIC/NON-ACADEMIC: Non-Academic

Citywide Hub Schools Coordinator:

As part of the BTU/BPS hub school collaboration under the direction of the Executive Director the Citywide Hub Schools Coordinator will work in partnership with city and district leaders lead agencies intermediaries and other community partners as a strategic collaborator responsible for further defining and developing the Boston Community Hub Schools strategy and to contribute to the implementation a seamless system of support services and opportunities for students and families. The Citywide Hub Schools Coordinator is a facilitative leader who works to ensure that the strategy is always informed by the expertise and experiences of those most impacted including students families community partners and educators. The Citywide Coordinator will enhance the capacity building of school-based coordinators to engage school staff in embracing and becoming champions of the community school strategy achieving the City of Boston and Boston Public Schools education goals. The role is complex and requires a dynamic person who can effectively navigate and interconnect multiple systems to achieve success for youth and families.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead professional learning opportunities on and aligned to the Hub Schools strategy especially for teachers student and family support roles and other union members.
• Contribute to the supportive infrastructure for community school transformation with the convening of community leaders development of strategic partnerships and presentation of actionable data
• Develop and advance education advocacy initiatives in partnership with student family and community leaders
• Share and document lessons learned and best practices
• Work with internal and external collaborators to build knowledge about in support
• Establish internal and external systems for communicating about activities and services related to the Hub Schools
• Facilitate large and small-scale community engagement events and training.
• At the direction of the Executive Director and in collaboration with the Union president or designee as well as BPS Government Relations engage with other city agencies to discuss alignment
• At the direction of the the Executive Director and in collaboration with the Union President or their designee represent the the hub school strategy in various public forums as needed and participate in advocacy activities to promote community hub school
• Identify strategic partnerships aligned to the six practices of the Hub Schools strategy to support implementation and areas in need of support and establish next steps to support future implementation efforts.
• Identify and support in the writing of potential grants that support the work
• Assist the Executive Director in reviewing any relevant Hub Schools budgets grants and stipends
• Provide cross-training and/or best practices to other members within the department
• Deliver professional development consultation training coaching and ongoing technical assistance to help school-based Community Hub School Coordinators implement and sustain Hub Schools strategy
• Support learning of school-based Community Hub School Coordinators about what constitutes effective implementation of the Hub Schools strategy and tracking progress towards goals outlined in the Quality School Plan (Chronic Absenteeism Instructional priority Culture and Climate)
• Organize participate in and/or lead regular professional development sessions for staff members at the school sites and at the district level
• Collect analyze interpret and monitor relevant implementation data to identify successes develop new strategies and plan for continuous improvement of strategies policies practices and programs
• Collect analyze and monitor trends in student educator and school-level data to make data-informed and strategic recommendations
• Promote data transparency by presenting key data findings with relevant colleagues and collaborators and facilitating shared responsibility for successes and underachievement with a solution orientation
• Support the evaluation of the Boston Community Hub School strategy through timely submission of reports for various stakeholders and coordinating data collection
• Support collective efforts to establish & reinforce overall initiative goals and metrics
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Executive Director in consultation with the BTU President or their designee.

Requirements

• Bachelors College degree in education public administration social work or a related field
• Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred other languages desired
• Strong interpersonal skills with a diversely skilled workforce
• A high degree of cultural awareness and competency in cross-cultural practice with children and families.
• Experience in collaboration meeting facilitation problem solving and team building
• Ability to manage multiple priorities be a team player and a self-starter
• Strong written verbal communication organizational skills and analytical
• Knowledge of Boston Public Schools as well as the operation of community-based organizations and institutions of higher education is an asset
• Teaching/educator experience in urban public schools

Terms (Salary and Benefits): BTU Assignment Transfer Specialist (ST3) salary schedule.

Work Year: The Citywide coordinators will work 8 hours each school day and their work year will be 223 days. The work year shall include the 180 days that students are in school (the school year) and 43 days outside of the school year. The additional 43 days shall be scheduled collaboratively between the Coordinator and their supervisor.

The Boston Public Schools in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies does not discriminate in its programs facilities employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race color age criminal record (inquiries only) disability homelessness sex/gender gender identity religion national origin ancestry sexual orientation genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or bias-based intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.

Required Experience:

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