PARENT COORDINATOR

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LANIER•Gainesville, GA

1d•$18 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Part-Time Position at the Chicopee Woods Elementary Club, requiring 25 hours per week. The Parent Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and implementing programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement. This includes planning programs in collaboration with various stakeholders, designing monthly activities to enhance family participation in children's learning, and helping families understand academic standards and assessments. The role also involves facilitating parent meetings and workshops, collaborating with staff and families to develop programs for underrepresented groups, and maintaining regular communication with families through logs and newsletters. The Parent Coordinator will act as a liaison between families and staff, arrange for translation services, recruit parents for activities, document parent/community engagement, submit monthly reports, and connect with local community groups and businesses to promote family involvement and identify resources.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
A MINIMUM OF ONE YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, WORKING WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES OR IN A RELATED FIELD.
Ability to plan organize and execute workshops and events.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with parents, community leaders, and staff.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, email communication, and managing contacts.
Organize and keeps updated rosters and member information.
Ensures sites have and maintains a list of community services for parental resources.

Nice To Haves

Associates or bachelor’s in human services/welfare, preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and implement programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement and keeps rosters of all attendance and upload information.
Plan programs in collaboration with staff, teachers, parent organizations, business-community partners and principal of school at the direction of supervisor.
Design monthly activities to help families participate more effectively in improving their children’s learning. (Family Reading Activities, ESL, Financial Planning, Math and Science trainings, Career and College Planning events, etc.)
Help families understand standards and assessments, student test scores, rubrics and the school report card.
Facilitate and organize other parent meetings and workshops, as parent’s request.
Collaborate with Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier staff, families to develop programs and activities geared to reach families who are underrepresented because of social, economic, racial and/or language barriers.
Develop monthly family contact logs with parent telephone numbers/emails in order to be in touch with families at least once a month.
Develop monthly newsletter to keep parents informed of afterschool activity, community resources, etc., with support of Resource Development staff ensuring all marketing materials reflect organizations logo.
Be a liaison between families and staff when problems arise under the direction of supervisor.
Arrange for translation and interpretation services for meetings.
Communicate regularly with staff about parent's ideas and concerns.
Recruit parents to participate in afterschool activities.
Document parent/community activities through visual portfolios that include sign-in sheets, flyers and pictures.
Submit monthly reports on the family involvement activities.
Reach out to local community groups and businesses to find out how they would like to promote family involvement.
Work with community partners and families to identify resources for families in the community.
Ensure that staff have up-to-date referral information on community services to give to families.
Attend community meetings that will help you connect to community resources for families.