Student Engagement Specialist

The Student Engagement Specialist (SES) is responsible for engaging and supporting SC Prep families, community partners, and stakeholders by developing initiatives aligned with strategic goals and offering resources for student success. The role includes training families, maintaining student records, addressing academic challenges, and providing specialized assistance for struggling students, while also planning community events, parent workshops, and ongoing communication. Additionally, SES ensures compliance with Title I and district policies, creates inclusive opportunities for underrepresented families, and tracks engagement activities to improve student achievement.

Responsibilities

• SES will provide systemic, inclusive engagement and support for SC prep families, community partners and stakeholders
• Develop and implement student engagement initiatives aligned with the strategic goals of SC Prep
• Expand opportunities for continued learning, voluntary classroom service, and participation
• Train and advise families regarding how to address issues dealing with situations that could impact the achievement of their students
• Serve as lead on obtaining and maintaining student cumulative records
• Provide specialized assistance to families of students who are not demonstrating grade level proficiency
• Build the capacity of parents and families to ensure that they can serve as an effective learning coach
• Plan, promote, and execute community events
• Provide mentoring services to parents if student behavior or attendance is impeding student progress
• Establish on-going communication with parents through virtual home visits, phone calls, email, newsletters, website, social media, etc
• Provide parent workshops that enhance the parents' capacity to support their children academically
• Acquire thorough knowledge of assigned Title I SchoolWide Plans in order to support and monitor implementation, specifically Part A, parent and family engagement
• Ensure that the district's Parent Engagement policy is disseminated and implemented
• Create opportunities for parents who have limited English proficiency, a disability or are underrepresented because of social economics or racial barriers to participate in education initiatives or enrichment workshops
• Coordinate and implement research based strategies and programs to engage parents in improving student achievement
• Maintain excellent records of all parent and family engagement activities, reports, surveys, evaluations, funding, annual program evaluations, and communications to parents to ensure that the district's Parent and Engagement Program remains in compliance with all state and federal guidelines
• The development of a freshman academy to assist with transition to high school and to reduce transient student populations

Required Qualifications

• Commitment to parents and family members as educators of their own children
• Training, experience, and skills in assisting parents in advocating and
• decision making for their families
• Ability and willingness to follow and comply with written and verbal directions
• Excellent oral and written communication and mathematical skills sufficient to complete program records and reports
• Communicate effectively with school personnel, parents, children, community partners, etc.
• Effective organizational and time management skills in order to complete program records, prepare required reports, and submit required materials according to established timelines
• Ability to use abstract reasoning, problem solving, planning and analytical skills in: program goals and objective, monitoring and evaluation.
• Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills
• Effective listening skills
• Ability to conduct meetings and training sessions
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills through workshops, conferences, and resources in order to enhance job development skills, including workshops, conferences, and meetings

Reason and Republic is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $43,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Anderson, SC 29621

Salary : $43,000