Community Schools Director

Aspire Public Schools • Stockton, CA

1d • $74,824 - $105,015

About The Position

The Community School Director designs, implements, and supervises prevention, intervention, and enrichment activities under the California Community Schools Partnership Program to support students’ holistic development. The Director co-designs, develops, and facilitates or supports community school programming and builds relationships with school leaders, families, and community organizations to implement a strategy aligned with the program.

The role coordinates academic, social-emotional, health, family-support, attendance, and enrichment services; establishes community partnerships; and facilitates communication among school and community stakeholders. The Director also tracks program progress, evaluates effectiveness, updates the Community Schools Implementation Plan, chairs the school’s Community Schools Advisory Committee, and participates in Aspire’s Regional Community Schools Advisory Group. The position is at Aspire Arts and Sciences Academy.

Requirements

• Excellent relationship-building and management skills.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to write clearly and persuasively and interact effectively with different audiences.
• Strong organization, time-management, and follow-up skills; a high sense of urgency; ability to manage multiple projects concurrently; and ability to work as part of a team.
• Bilingual Spanish speaking and writing ability.
• Leadership experience, including demonstrated strength in culture-building and leading peers.
• Knowledge of Aspire procedures and policies related to students.
• Demonstrated commitment to students and learning.
• Associate’s degree or successful completion of 48 college units required.
• Clear the Department of Justice background screening.
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Provide health (TB) clearance, renewed every four years.
• Ability to move into different positions and navigate various environments, including tight and confined spaces; remain stationary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods; move about to accomplish tasks or travel between worksites; assess accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness; communicate to exchange information; and repeat motions involving the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of one year as a teacher, teacher intern, or teaching assistant preferred.
• Management experience in a nonprofit, school, or service business preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Principal, School Leadership Team, teachers, and student support staff to identify and coordinate academic, socio-emotional, and health resources for students and families.
• Identify, cultivate, and formalize partnerships with community-based organizations and government agencies that provide services and enrich the school environment.
• Facilitate communication and information-sharing among students, families, school administration, teachers, student support staff, and community partners to support collaborative decision-making.
• Facilitate expanded health and wellness services at the school, including behavioral and mental health services.
• Partner with school-site leadership to strengthen family support services, family engagement initiatives, the English Learner Advisory Committee, School Site Council, and community building.
• Support attendance interventions and initiatives, including partnering with external organizations to minimize attendance barriers.
• Facilitate and support enrichment activities during the school day, after school, and in summer.
• Collaborate with the School Leadership Team and Aspire regional and home office staff to track programming progress and evaluate activities.
• Lead review and updates of the Community Schools Implementation Plan to reflect school progress and needs, state legislative updates to the CCSPP grant, and continuous-improvement and community-engagement findings.
• Chair the school’s Community Schools Advisory Committee, ensuring broad representation from school-community stakeholders and external partners.
• Collaborate with the Principal to support high-quality community school programming, including internal interventions and partnerships with existing and new community partners.
• Participate in Aspire’s Regional Community Schools Advisory Group to support regional priorities, review cross-site data, identify trends, and cultivate and leverage regional and community resources.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and support Aspire’s mission, vision, values, antiracism commitments, policies, procedures, confidentiality standards, and code of ethical behavior.
• Seek to improve and simplify Aspire’s approach to job functions.
• Use technology in a remote environment.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans.
• Life insurance and long-term disability.
• Participation in a California state retirement plan.
• Tuition reimbursement plan.
• Adoption assistance program.
• Competitive base salary benchmarked against local districts and charter schools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree