Coordinator, Family Engagement and Student Support
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Position Type:Administration and ProfessionalsDate Posted:2024-08-30Location:Administration or As AssignedINTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As AssignedReports to: Executive Director, Multilingual Multicultural EducationFLSA Status: Non-ExemptSalary Band: 11Compensation: $40,800.00 - $57,120.00CMSD serves scholars, their families, and our communities across the Cleveland Metropolitan area. Like our city, the Multilingual Multicultural Education Office is a diverse team united by a fierce commitment to helping all our educators achieve their goals for CMSD students.The Coordinator, Family Engagement & Student Support will provide key support to the Multilingual Multicultural Office and provide support to projects that must be carried through for the successful completion of the District's Multilingual Multicultural Office's priorities.ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists in providing orientation to new language minority parents upon registration or enrolling their child/children in the District
• Assist language minority parents in the resolution of parents concerns and links families to available community and District resources
• Describes and explains special education, school choice program services, testing program and bilingual education program services offered by the school District.
• Works cooperatively to encourage, recruit and assist parents, caregivers and community representatives to provide meaningful support and interventions to meet the academic and non-academic needs of students and families as they relate to the CMSD Transformation Plan
• Serves as a communication link between the Multilingual Office, school and community
• Provides community outreach through District Parent Meetings, Community Forums and other parental activities, e.g., Open Houses and Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Oversees data collection and evaluation by keep accurate records and logs of all family and community contacts and interventions
• Assists with the collection of data to monitor success of family and community engagement efforts at CMSD both quantitatively and qualitatively to demonstrate effectiveness
• Supports schools and other District offices' parental engagement activities to enhance participation of language minority parents
• Assists and collaborates with other District offices and attend meetings to maximize services for communities
• Assists and collaborates in the development and translation of District educational materials, brochures, announcements, etc. to maximize services for bilingual parents
• Coordinates citywide parent/community activities
• Provides instructional leadership, including concrete methods for successfully raising student achievement
• Collaborates with teachers who need support with student engagement in the classroom
• Collaborates with staff members to successfully establish and reinforce expectations/routines
• Leads the relentless pursuit of student achievement
• Designs and implements parent training sessions
• Performs other related duties as requested by the Director of Multilingual Multicultural Education

What You BringWe are looking for amazing people who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change our scholar's lives. You'll be right at home here if you enjoy solving problems, cultivate strong relationships, value equity and diversity, and push yourself, your work and the people around you to the next level (a sense of humor, passion for food, and love of Cleveland are welcome too).QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of lesser education and relevant experience
• Multilingual Education experience preferred but not required
• Successful project management experience
• Bilingual oral and written communication skills (English and Spanish)
• Experience working with parents and children in school settings
• Leadership qualities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Familiarity with District and community resources
• Proficient computer skills, i.e. Microsoft Office
• Relentless dedication to doing whatever it takes
• Resilience and the ability to manage the details, deadlines and rigorous project evaluation required to meet transformational goals
• Collaborative team player
• Humility and sense of humor
• Demonstrated ability to provide great customer service in a multi-ethnic/culturally diverse environment and to think and act in ways that respect ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, religious and language diversity
• Ability and willingness to communicate and work collaboratively with school administrators, parents and community representatives
• Ability to perform light accounting duties and data entry
• Ability to follow through with assignments and work independently as well as cooperatively with a team
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Ability to work beyond the normal workday and some weekends
• A personal sense of accountability around the ultimate success of CMSD transformation
• Capable of handling challenging situations and people, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive District, school, or personnel matters

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with a school environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal school environment.
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings.

NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility. EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####...@ClevelandMetroSchools.org