Temporary Community School Coordinator

Children's Institute•Los Angeles, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Community School Coordinators are dedicated to leading school teams in the pursuit of education and care. They collaborate closely with members of the school leadership team and are responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of programmatic preventions, interventions, and enrichment activities to support the holistic development of students and caregivers, as determined by the annual Community School plan. The role involves co-designing, developing, and overseeing all Community School programming at the school site in conjunction with the Principal/Designee.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, public health, or related field required.
Possesses a valid driver's license and state-required auto insurance.
Requires some travel to sites.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to handle confidential information.
Maintains patient privacy, including protecting the confidentiality, safeguarding the integrity and availability, and limiting the use and disclosure of patient Protected Health Information (PHI) to authorized individuals and entities.
Participates in, conducts, and sustains performance quality improvement activities according to designated role and responsibilities.
Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Punctual and dependable attendance.
Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (i.e., Word, Excel, Teams, etc.).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in education, social work, public health, or related field preferred.
Bilingual Spanish & English speaking preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to assess the culture and climate needs of the school community and creates a responsive, culturally relevant annual implementation plan.
Ensures compliance with DMH billing requirements and activities provided, within CII’s documentation standards and input of evaluation data used to measure ongoing program effectiveness of services and program outcome measures.
Facilitates evaluation and program improvement gap analyses and needs assessment activities onsite frequently.
Supports and participates in the Coordination of Services Team (COST) to oversee the linkage of students requiring support, timely implementation of interventions, progress monitoring of students receiving interventions, and evaluation of intervention effectiveness.
Assures the high-quality functioning of other Community School programming including health, dental, mental health, and dual generational support services.
Collaborates and communicates with CII’s FET and/or clinical team to ensure receiving and triaging of mental health referrals and/or urgent needs, as needed.
Supports attendance initiatives for school absenteeism and additional PBIS initiatives, as well as a multi-tiered intervention framework.
Establishes strong, productive, and trusting relationships with the administrative team, school personnel, partnership organizations, students, and community to seek input on needs and address barriers to learning and social-emotional needs/services.
Manages day-to-day operations of the Community Schools model, including managing partnerships, site plans, and coordinating resources.
Leads a committee of stakeholders (advisory councils) who meet a minimum of six times a year to provide input on the work.
Communicates through social media, fliers, stakeholder presentations, etc., to ensure stakeholders are aware of opportunities.
Forms partnerships with agencies in the community that enrich the school environment and will provide services for children and families: mental health, before, during and after school enrichment, summer camps, arts, sports, adult programs, medical, mentoring, as needed.
Monitors Community School’s budgets and collaborates with the partnership manager and, if at a grant-funded school, collaborates with the school’s operations and finance manager as well as grant accountants to review quarterly fiscal reports on funds spent and program impact.
Reviews and monitors progress on grant goals and metrics on a quarterly basis by analyzing data, impact, and providing recommendations on partnership expansion.
Collaborates with the grants team to ensure the timely submission of all required reports and supporting materials.
Performs all other duties as necessary for the good of the agency as requested by the direct supervisor.
Continuously monitor grant implementation pursuant to grant requirements (e.g., responsible for hiring, administering program activities on time, and tracking/achieving performance metrics).
Come to check-ins prepared to discuss progress and any roadblocks or challenges.
Interface and enter data into the PowerSchool system in addition to CII’s Salesforce causing double logging.
Attend bi-weekly Professional Development meetings to review budgets, grant bench-markers and apply data entry supports for required logs.
Connect with leads at respective schools to discuss Chronic Absenteeism and Homeless/Foster Care to be more aligned with our Chronic Absenteeism work.
Collect and analyze all relevant data, requesting support from Data Analytics when necessary, immediately notifying Development if a performance metric established in the grant application will not be met.
Update Grant Tracker prior to check-ins with progress-to-date.
Monitor grant expenditures to ensure grant spending is on-track with budget (to date and projected in the future).
If there is a variance beyond 10% for any line item, inform Development immediately to discuss whether a budget modification is necessary.
Responsible for making all purchases, or making sure other purchasers accurately tag expenses to the grant resource code.
Monthly, pull Workday report of grant expenditure progress and audit for accuracy, including whether projected spending is on track to meet grant budget thresholds.
If changes are required, inform Grant Accounting and provide them with the information needed to adjust.

Benefits

Generous paid PTO
10 paid holidays
CII is closed between Christmas and New Year
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees and qualified dependents
403b Retirement Plan with employer contribution for eligible employees
Up to $4,500 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
Eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Supplemental Insurance
Opportunity for growth & advancement
Professional development & continued training
Team building & bonding through company sponsored events & activities