JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for coordinating and implementing programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement. Ensures all program activities are documented and reported, provide superior customer service to internal and external members and support BGCHC administration policies and procedures.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement.
• Plan these in collaboration staff, teachers, parent organizations, business-community partners, and the principal.
• Design family involvement programs/activities each month to help families participate more effectively in improving their children's learning (family reading activities, ESL, financial planning, math and science trainings, and career and college planning events, etc.)
• Help families understand standards and assessments, students test scores, rubrics, and the school report card.
• Facilitate and organize other parent meetings and workshops, as parents’ request.
• Collaborate with BGCHC staff, school staff, community members, partners and families to develop programs and activities geared to reach families who are underrepresented because of social, economic, racial, and/or language barriers.
• Facilitate staff and families develop strong partnerships and enhance communication between parents/families and staff
• Develop monthly family contact logs with families’ telephone numbers 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. Be a liaison between families and staff when problems arise.
• Arrange for translation and interpretation services for meetings, parent-staff conferences, telephone calls, and notes home.
• Communicate regularly with staff about parents and families ideas and concerns.
• Implement effective family involvement strategies and activities to empower students and their families. Recruit parents to participate in afterschool activities.
• Invite parents to be a part of afterschool decision-making process (meetings, etc.).
• Document parent/community activities through visual portfolios that include sign-in sheets, flyers, and pictures.
• Ask parents to evaluate parent meetings and parent/family workshops.
• Assist staff with survey families/school community and school personnel to assess the effectiveness of your school partnership program.
• Keep staff/stakeholders updated about family involvement activities in afterschool (create a bulletin board, newsletter, etc. about the activities with pictures).
• Maintain a portfolio of all major activities with sign-in sheets and photographs.
• Submit monthly reports on the family involvement activities.
• Recruit partners to become part of the family involvement program.
• Reach out to local community groups and businesses to find out how they would like promote family involvement.
• Work with community partners and families to identify resources for families in the community.
• Make sure that staff have up-to-date referral information on community services to give families.
• Attend community meetings that will help you connect to community resources for families.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS REQUIRED

• High school diploma or GED required; Associates or Bachelors’ degree in human services and/or social welfare preferred;
• Minimum 2 years’ work experience;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs;
• Valid Class C Drivers’ license
• Knowledge of community social services agencies; knowledge of federal, state and local regulations; Knowledge of principles and practices of organization, management, supervision and training;
• Ability to relate effectively with parents and community;
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedural manuals;
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, parents and the general public;
• Ability to perform outreach and gain the cooperation and confidence of parents;
• Skill and ability to speak, read and write a language other than English is preferred; advanced skill in communicating orally and in writing with large and small audiences;
• Skill in collecting, assembling, and analyzing data, preparing complex reports, and monitoring (tracking) progress;
• Ability to administer programs as well as coordinate functions and activities between the BGCHC program and outside agencies; and skill in adapting style to divergent situations.
• Hours - 10 to 12 hours weekly Monday through Friday. Hours are flexible