Community School Director

Partnership with Children•P.S. 38, NY

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Partnership With Children (PWC) strengthens the mental health and well-being of New York City students by embedding licensed social workers and comprehensive supports directly in schools reaching over 20,000 children and families each year. Across our core partner schools we build ecosystems of support that empower students, support families, and transform schools through trauma-informed counseling, community-based programming, and healing-based arts education—creating nurturing environments that foster resilience, learning, and opportunity. The ideal Community School Director is an ambitious leader, who is passionate about social justice, and committed to empowering students, families, schools and communities. The Community School Director is a leader and change agent in the school building, working side by side with the principal and our social work staff to build and implement a community school program.

Requirements

Commitment to demonstrating PWC’s organizational values of Collaboration , Continuous Learning , Going to Solution , Equity & Inclusion , and Passion
Bachelor’s Degree required
Five years of relevant experience as a community school director or in education, youth development, social work, community organizing or another related field
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in the school
Understanding of high-needs communities and schools and knowledge of community organizing principles
Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, and in a school under a dual reporting structure
Ability to track and manage a program budget as well as negotiate agreements with other organizations
Ability to work in fast-paced environment, flexible, organized and can-do attitude
Interest in and comfort with working with data to inform practice
Strong presentation and communication skills (oral and written)

Nice To Haves

Masters in social work, education, public administration or another related field preferred
Bilingual (Spanish) a plus

Responsibilities

Collaborate with key stakeholders (students, families, school staff and community members) to develop a needs assessment, to create and implement a community school plan
Develop and lead a Community School Team of stakeholders to implement the plan and monitor progress
Create and implement a robust parent and community engagement action plan
Communicate and build relationships with community partners, key-stakeholders, and volunteers
Form partnerships with community agencies aligned with school goals, and bring services into the school (i.e. health, mental health, dental, afterschool, GED, arts etc.) for students and parents
Provide oversight and coordination of programming during the school day and extended day hours for students, families and the community
Track program activity and progress and use data and evaluation to strengthen the program