Community School Manager

Community School Manager (10 positions at various locations)
Category 02 on the A&S Salary Scale
Work year: 12-month position, Grant Funded by the Blueprint for Maryland's Future
Salary Range: $75,452 - $120,620


Role Overview
Establish a set of strategic partnerships between the school and other community resources that leverage shared accountability, collaborative leadership, capacity building, and authentic family and community engagement, using a student centered framework to promote inclusive student achievement, positive learning conditions, and the well-being of students, families, educators, and the community through a variety of engaging practices including the provision of wraparound services.


Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) years of experience coordinating programs in an educational, non-profit, or human services setting.
• Demonstrated success with establishing partnerships with community agencies.
• Possess a high degree of cultural awareness and competency in cross-cultural practice with children and families.
• Understands and respects the diversity of families’ economic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds and situations.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in working with adults in a positive and collegial manner and knowledge of adult learning theory.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to organize and carry out multiple tasks within time and resource constraints.
• Ability to provide professional development, including facilitation of professional development during after-school sessions.
• Possess computer skills including strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google products.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Maryland teaching certificate.
• A degree in Social Work, Counseling and/or a behavioral health related field.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the educational philosophy, student achievement goals, and policies of Washington County Public Schools.
• Experience with grant writing, reporting, and monitoring.
• Previous experience connecting youth and families to community resources.

Role Responsibilities

• Needs Assessment
  • Complete the state-required needs assessment tool, meet the state submission deadline for this tool, and utilize this tool to assist the school leadership team with identifying appropriate wraparound services to enhance the success of all students in the school.
  • Work in partnership with the school-based leadership team to assess the school community’s needs and assets.
• Implementation Plan
  • Develop an implementation plan based on the assessment of needs for the community school in cooperation with other interested stakeholders and meet state submission deadlines.
  • Identify, design, plan, implement, staff, and monitor all wraparound services at the school.
  • Ensure that all implementation plan activities/services are tied to the needs assessment and maintain documentation of these connections.
  • Alter the implementation plan and provisions of wraparound services to address changes in students’ needs.
  • Ensure that the implementation plan is a part of the school improvement plan.
• Partnerships
  • Create high-performing community school partnerships wherein students and families are supported, community members are connected, and successful outcomes emerge.
  • Write, obtain district approval, serve as the contract monitor for all school-specific contracts or memorandums of understanding.
  • Schedule and facilitate Advisory Group meetings at minimum every other month.
  • Work closely with school staff and community partners to promote and provide student and family support services.?
• Purchasing & Budget
  • Develop and approve all purchase orders/requests that are Concentration of Poverty Grant (CPG) funded to ensure that they are aligned to the needs assessment, in compliance with district purchasing requirements, and permitted by MSDE.
  • Ensure that all purchase requisitions are entered at the school by the school administrative assistant.
  • Maintain an inventory of all purchases made with CPG funds.
  • Regularly monitor the school CPG funds budget provided by the state and regularly review the status of the budget with the school principal.
• Evaluation
  • Collect, analyze, and report on data that demonstrates the progress being made towards implementation plan outcomes.
  • Complete the state-required evaluation form, meet MSDE requirements with the evaluation form and submit the form by the annual August deadline to both MSDE and the Accountability and Implementation Board.
  • Maintain records on the number of students identified as needing wraparound services.
  • Maintain records on the number of students and families provided with wraparound services categorized by the type of service.
  • Maintain records on the number of families, organizations, and community members who volunteered at the eligible school.
  • Maintain records on the rates of chronic absenteeism and strategies for reducing the rate of chronic absenteeism.
  • Maintain records on student disciplinary action.
• Other Responsibilities
  • Serve as an active member of the school improvement team, and other teams as needed.
  • Demonstrate courteous and professional demeanor to all stakeholders of Washington County Public Schools.
  • Perform other CPG duties as required (this position cannot evaulate instructional staff and manage student discipline)

Environmental Factors and Physical/Mental Requirements

• Required prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to sufficiently move throughout the building and grounds.
• Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with students, staff, and parents as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Ability to travel district-wide and state-wide if needed.
• Ability to work prolonged and irregular hours.