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Director of Family Engagement and Resiliency

Biddeford Schools Department

Biddeford, ME | Full Time

$87k-125k (estimate)

11 Months Ago

Director of Family Engagement and Resiliency

$87k-125k (estimate)

Full Time 11 Months Ago

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Biddeford Schools Department is Hiring a Director of Family Engagement and Resiliency Near Biddeford, ME

JobID: 2570

Position Type:
Elementary School Teaching/ESL

Date Posted:
8/16/2023

Location:
District Wide

Job Description: Director of Family Engagement and Resiliency
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Specific Job Details:
Starting Fall 2023
Reports to: Assistant Superintendents’ Office
FSLA Status: Exempt

All applicants must submit an application and cover letter. The cover letter should outline the ways in which the candidate’s skills and experience align with specific needs outlined in the job description.
School Description:
We expect staff and students to embrace challenges and strive to attain excellence while exemplifying Tiger PRIDE: Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dependability, and Empathy.
Find Biddeford School Department's Three Pillars of Commitment to Students attached.
Brief Job Duties:

The purpose of this position is to Direct a newly constituted Welcome Center in support of newcomers, those experiencing housing instability, and students affected by trauma in the Biddeford, Dayton and Saco School communities. The Director will coordinate with departments including multilingual teachers, resiliency coordinators and guidance staff, and serve as the districts’ state registered homeless liaison. The Director is an ambitious professional who seeks a career in educational leadership and potentially “deepens the bench” for the school departments served by the Welcome Center.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

Planning and Preparation
- Provides planning and preparation for newcomer students in educational settings.
- Serve as an in-school resource for newcomer students and their teachers.
- Plans for new programming, and helps integrate existing programs.
- Contributes to the districts’ strategic planning
- Helps develop a self-sustaining budget that relies (in part) on grant and private foundation funding to grow and thrive.

Management
- Communicates high expectations while removing barriers for students to access learning and supporting growth in social and emotional skills.
- Builds strong relationships with students and families in order to strengthen the learning experience for newcomers.
- Creates a climate of respect and engagement for students and families.
- Supervises staff who serve the Welcome Center full- or part-time
- Manages relationships with subcontractors, community partners, the Department of Education, and other stakeholders

Delivery of Information
- Provide direct support to newcomer students and families in an effort to improve communication and school engagement, and remove potential barriers to educational success.
- Hooks students through learning opportunities that help bridge the gap between current understanding and grade level expectations.
- Utilizes a wide variety of strategies, materials, technology, and applications to accelerate student learning.
- Works with the districts’ communication staff to ensure that target families are served, and that the community at-large recognizes the value proposition of the Welcome Center

Monitoring and Assessment

Ensure accurate and complete documentation, paperwork, and data entry is maintained at all times.
Effectively use technology to maximize efficiency and quality of work during the planning, implementation, and completion of projects and tasks.
Maintains student records and files in a confidential manner.
Communicates anticipated needs, trends, operational efficiencies (and deficits) with Senior Leadership.

Family and Community Outreach
- Advocate for equitable access to services for newcomers.
- Connects homeless families with general assistance programs, housing coalitions, employment opportunities, and free or reduced cost legal, medical, and dental services.
- Engage in home and community visits, provide translation for families and students, as needed, to support service meetings, and proactively facilitate other activities that bridge the home and school connection between families and schools.
- Works collaboratively and builds strong communication with school and agency counselors, teachers, administrators, parents and related service providers in the overall educational plan for newcomer students.

Professional Responsibilities

Build and maintain positive relationships with community agencies, social service organizations, and schools that serve newcomers.
Refer newcomers to appropriate staff and existing community resources, information and social services based on immediate needs.
Assist newcomers with meetings, phone calls, and documents associated with the School Departments.
Ensure accurate and complete documentation, paperwork, and data entry is maintained at all times.
Provides data, reports, program updates to Senior Leadership and districts’ Boards, as needed.

Certification/License:

1. Criminal History Record Check (CHRC), which includes Fingerprints on file with the Maine Department of Education
Education:

Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred. Professional or personal experience navigating cultural differences is a plus. An experienced school administrator or lay leader is preferred. This program director position is administrative akin to a building principal.

Experience:

Preference will be given to applicants with experience working with vulnerable youth and families, particularly those who struggle with consistent housing and who endeavor to navigate enrollment in schools and integrate into communities.
A successful candidate is able to work independently when required, but is a skillful collaborator who can straddle academic departments, city departments, community partners, and other stakeholders.
Experience with grant writing is preferred, but not required.
Proficiency in at least one language in addition to English is preferred.

Live and Work in the Biddeford, Maine Community

Located along the Atlantic coastline with miles of beaches
Views of the Saco River to its west
Less than 20 minutes south of the Greater Portland Area
Less than two hours north of Boston.
Home to a growing population of diverse residents
Picturesque downtown
Maine's youngest city with a median age of 29 in the historic downtown
Thriving economy
Many recreational opportunities, including fishing, hiking, biking, public parks, and kayaking

Equal Opportunity
The School Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district shall actively work to have the teacher and administrator workforce reflect the student body's diversity.
The School Department's selection will be based on those with the highest capabilities, the strongest commitment to quality education, and the greatest probability of effectively implementing the learning program. Selections will be made without consideration on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, disability or genetic information, and any other state or federal prohibitions. For the purpose of this policy, "sexual orientation" means a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression.
Criminal Background Check
All employees of Maine schools must be fingerprinted for a criminal history background check. Please create a Department of Education log-in and make an appointment for a fingerprinting appointment at https://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting
Please see other Job Openings at :
Biddeford Schools
Dayton School
Southern Maine Administrative Collaborative

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