Community Coordinator

Assabet Valley Collaborative; Marlborough, New York (MA, NY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational service agency in Massachusetts is seeking a Community Coordinator for their therapeutic school. The role involves overseeing daily operations, mentoring staff, and fostering an environment of educational equity. Ideal candidates are flexible, resourceful, and possess strong leadership and communication skills. Competitive benefits and a commitment to professional development are offered.

Benefits

12 sick days

4 personal days

75% health insurance premiums covered

Health Savings Account contributions

Participation in MA State Retirement

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a commitment to educational equity.
• Uses a growth mindset to develop relationships with students, staff, and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of the school and supervise paraeducators.
• Create daily coverage schedules and ensure adequate staffing.
• Serve as liaison between educators, clinicians, and paraeducators.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Assabet Valley Collaborative:
Community Coordinator Therapeutic Day School, Orchard Street Academy

NOTE:
Before you read on, please read the Commitments to Educational Equity that AVC strives to adopt across our organization. We seek to add employees to our team who can help us make these commitments a reality and influence how we lead, learn, innovate, design, collaborate, and serve our students, families, partners, and communities. Within this role, examples of how we strive for Educational Equity includes ongoing, in depth examination of individual and interpersonal beliefs and how they impact our work within micro and macro systems. Still interested? See below:

Who We Are:

Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC) is an educational service agency in Metrowest/Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs, wraparound services, transportation services, professional development, cooperative purchasing and consulting.

AVC's Orchard Street Academy (OSA) is a small public therapeutic school serving grades 6th- 12th.

We are looking for a Community Coordinator who serves as a leader and as a learner; a team member who is flexible, resourceful, and thrives in a fast-paced, non-traditional, collaborative environment and who understands educational and human service institutions. This person demonstrates a learning mindset and ability to receive feedback, self-reflect, and adapt, as well as an ability to effectively facilitate the learning of others by pushing their thinking, building their skills, and sparking their self-reflection and curiosity.

The primary role of the Community Coordinator at OSA is to lead the year round daily operations of the school including the training, supervision and evaluation of paraeducators, deploying staffing resources to meet student daily needs throughout the school.

Qualifications:

• Ability to provide and receive feedback and engage in honest and authentic conversations with peers/staff.
• Flexible and versatile - able to support many different components of our school community.
• Identifies problems as well as opportunities and take initiative to find the best path forward.
• Collaborates with others and plans for effective outcomes.
• Has demonstrated a commitment to educational equity.
• A reflective learner through verbalizing self-awareness and seeking to learn and refine your skill set.
• Uses a growth mindset to develop relationships with students, staff, and families that build on strengths and foster growth.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred and/or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and mentoring through modeling effective practices and strategies; support all staff by providing feedback, strategies and suggestions.
• In conjunction with others respond to critical or serious incidents that arise within the program.
• Create and revise daily coverage schedules to ensure adequate staffing for all school programming, in-the-moment coverage changes, and other duties related to daily school programming.
• Communicate with transportation providers, parents, school districts regarding any changes or issues.
• Collaborate with paraeducators on assignments and schedule.
• Meet with paraeducators for 1:1 supervision to support their growth and learning, at least monthly.
• Serves as liaison between educators, clinicians, and paraeducators.
• Serve as ESY program coordinator, to include: develop (or oversee) weekly course and activity schedule, sign and submit weekly attendance sheets; develop Field Trip/Activities budget; submit student roster to Accounts Receivable/Transportation Specialist; submit staff roster (anticipated hours/schedule) to AP/Payroll Specialist.
• Provide consultation and/or professional development for staff as needed.
• Complete necessary documentation.
• Member of Interdisciplinary Leadership Team.
• Participate and engage in community events.
• Comply with collaborative wide policies and procedures.
• Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Physical ability to execute job responsibilities that may include (depending upon assignment):

• Meet the physical requirements necessary to physically intervene in a crisis or emergency as trained and per AVC Physical Restraint protocol, policy and applicable regulations.
• Ability to report to work on time and fulfill contract days and hours.

Competitive Benefits Include:

• 12 sick days; 4 personal days
• 75% health insurance premiums covered by AVC
• High deductible Health Insurance Plan + Health Savings Account (AVC contributes 50% of deductible into your HSA)
• Participation in MA State Retirement or Teachers Retirement pension systems
• Voluntary benefits: Health Savings Account, Life, Short-term, Long-term Insurance and Dental Insurance

Salary: $78,000-$80,000

Calendar Class: 207 days (this includes the 5 week Extended School Year program) + 2 days for new staff orientation

Minimum Reporting Hours: 8 hour school day; 7:30-3:30