Community Schools Coordinator
About The Position
The Community Schools Coordinator facilitates the implementation of community school initiatives by building effective systems and relationships among school staff, students, families, and community partners. The role supports school priorities aligned with needs and assets assessments, ensures stakeholder participation in decision-making, and coordinates programs addressing barriers to learning and engagement, including mental health, wellness, basic needs, and social-emotional learning. The coordinator collaborates with school leadership and governing teams to support comprehensive implementation and strong classroom instruction, and maintains ongoing communication through school platforms and resource directories. The coordinator develops structures for delivering holistic services and mobilizes stakeholder teams and neighborhood partnerships to address community needs. Responsibilities include developing resource plans and partnership databases, coordinating integrated and multi-tiered student and family supports, strengthening engagement and leadership opportunities, and aligning expanded learning opportunities with school needs and assets. The role supports continuous improvement through data collection, reporting, analysis, documentation, and evaluation of service providers and progress toward school goals. It helps leadership teams make data-informed decisions concerning school climate, student learning, and family engagement, and ensures school deliverables are met. As part of LAEP’s Transform Schools team, based at a partner high school, the coordinator contributes to children’s development and their transition into high school and college. The role develops annual work plans, participates in project meetings, workgroups, trainings, and staff development, processes administrative documentation, and performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience working with programs that support children's academic success through partnership development, student and parent engagement, and community/school collaboration.
- At least 2 years of school-based experience within a K-12 school district.
- At least 2 years of experience mobilizing groups, building partnerships with local organizations, and leveraging community resources.
- Excellent relationship-building, communication, organizational, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration among diverse teachers and staff members.
- Demonstrated success working with students and families from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships, build trust quickly, and engage a broad range of school staff and community partners.
- Effective group facilitation, team and group management, organizational dynamics, and consensus-building skills.
- Cultural awareness and ability to navigate and promote sensitivity to race and equity issues, with knowledge of racial equity and racial justice in public education.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, with a broad range of audiences.
- Comfort using tools and methods to support remote staff, including distance-learning technologies, video, and virtual meeting technologies.
- Excellent project management skills and ability to balance multiple priorities, anticipate challenges, solve problems, and remain calm under pressure.
- Strong analytical, time-management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to earn the respect of school-site staff and the wider community.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
- Bachelor of Arts degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in a related field such as education, ethnic studies, or social work.
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing school priorities, goals, and objectives aligned with schoolwide needs and assets surveys.
- Ensure stakeholder voices are represented in school surveys and decision-making processes.
- Align implementation with the school's vision, mission, and values.
- Work with families, community partners, and school staff to develop programs addressing barriers to learning and engagement, including mental health, wellness, basic needs, and social-emotional learning.
- Collaborate with governing bodies and leadership teams, including ILT, SSC, PBIS, and MTSS, on comprehensive implementation plans that support strong classroom instruction.
- Facilitate collaboration among staff, teachers, students, and families.
- Maintain ongoing communication and updates on school platforms, including resource directories.
- Assist in developing infrastructure for delivering holistic services aligned with community needs and assets.
- Assemble and facilitate stakeholder support or leadership teams to identify school-community needs and priorities and develop neighborhood partnerships.
- Develop a school resource plan and partnership database.
- Identify and coordinate structures, partnerships, and resources for integrated, multi-tiered student and family supports.
- Enhance student, family, and community engagement and leadership opportunities.
- Ensure expanded learning opportunities are aligned with school needs and assets and delivered with school staff and community-based partners.
- Participate in collecting and entering evaluation data to measure service-provider effectiveness and progress toward school goals.
- Facilitate analysis of student achievement data and participate in developing goals and action plans at each school.
- Maintain detailed documentation of community school programming and implementation.
- Oversee data reporting, collection, and analysis for the assigned school and project.
- Co-develop strategies for tracking program outcomes, indicators, and metrics to support evaluation and continuous improvement.
- Ensure school deliverables are met.
- Assist collaborative leadership teams with data-informed decisions about school climate, student learning, and family engagement.
- Participate in LAEP activities that support the organization's culture and successes.
- Work with the LAEP Transform Schools team based at a partner high school to support children's development and transition into high school and college.
- Plan and develop annual work plans prioritizing needs, strategies, and activities.
- Participate in project-team and partner meetings to collaborate and review progress.
- Participate in LAEP project workgroups, department meetings, trainings, and all-staff development meetings and activities.
- Process administrative documentation, including invoices, timesheets, evaluation materials, and tracking logs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
