ABOUT LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (LAEP)
Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP) is a non-profit organization that advances educational equity. Together with families, schools, and the community we facilitate access to and opportunities for quality educational and wellness practices so that children thrive from diapers to diplomas. Founded in 1984, LAEP was the first educational-transformation organization in Los Angeles and among those at the forefront of the movement nationwide.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Family Engagement Coordinator will be hired, trained, and supervised by LAEP. In partnership with LAEP and partner schools, the Family Engagement Coordinator will work to build effective family engagement strategies, cultivate empowering family leadership, and strengthen authentic relationships between families and school staff.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborate with partner schools in building sustainable parent and family engagement strategies, including but not limited to:
- Facilitating parent/family workgroups within the partner schools to engage them as critical stakeholders and full partners in school transformation strategies.
- Conducting ongoing outreach and facilitating dialogue with families to ensure their voice and involvement in the continuous improvement of the school.
- Coordinating programs and activities to support parent and student involvement and engagement, that ultimately impacts the collective families’ success, including adult education services and meaningful volunteer opportunities.
- Conducting presentations and workshops that build up our participating parents’ sense of belonging, decision-making, skills set, advocacy, and leadership development.
- Building up and transforming the culture of “families as true and equal partners” at our partnering school sites.
- Meet with stakeholders to develop a family engagement implementation plan designed to coordinate, integrate, strengthen and manage resources and support at each school site.
- Partner with school staff to build the capacity of parent centers, ensuring that the center models inclusivity, shared decision-making, shared learning and collaboration, and authentic relationship-building.
- Cross-collaborate with the other LAEP teams based at feeder pattern partner elementary, middle and high school campuses; develop workgroups to better address collective academic, social emotional, and wellness needs of our families.
- Facilitate ongoing pipeline and feeder pattern collaboration between our schools, engaging school staff at every stage.
- Participate in the collection and input of evaluation data used to measure on-going program effectiveness of service providers and progress towards the school’s goals.
- Work with families, community partners, and the school in developing transition programs for entry and transition to middle school that address social-emotional adjustment and academics.
- Other duties as assigned.
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