Director of School and Community Partnerships

Washtenaw ISD; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 128,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Washtenaw ISD seeks a Director of School and Community Partnerships to lead collaborative efforts with community organizations, businesses, colleges, health care systems, and local governments to advance the district’s mission and equity goals.

The role directs the Community and School Partnership Department, builds integrated partnership networks, ensures compliance with policies, and coordinates budgets, programs, and professional development to support economically disadvantaged youth.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• 3–5 years of educational administration and leadership experience.
• Successful collaboration with community agencies and resources.

Responsibilities

• Develops and sustains strategic community partnerships and alliances that support Washtenaw ISD’s mission and goals.
• Represents Washtenaw ISD at community events and coordinates with external partners.
• Directs the Community and School Partnership Department and ensures effective collaboration across functions.
• Plans budgets and programs in line with district policies and state/federal standards.

Skills

Equity & inclusion

Community partnerships

Strategic planning

Staff development

Public speaking

Education

Master’s Degree in Instruction, Curriculum, Assessment, Educational Administration, Social Work, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The WISD’s Mission

is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can.

The WISD’s Vision

is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

SUMMARY

The Director of School and Community Partnerships will provide leadership and guidance in forming and sustaining partnerships with community organizations, businesses, colleges, health care systems, and local government agencies focused on Washtenaw ISD’s mission and long-term goals. The goal of these efforts is to develop an integrated system of support framework so young people in Washtenaw County thrive.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Develops, plans, organizes, enhances and maintains effective strategic community partnerships and alliances that enhance agency vision, mission and goals to advocate for local systems change.
• Serves as liaison to community groups and organizations and represents Washtenaw ISD at various community events, activities and meetings.
• Directs the work of the Community and School Partnership Department.
• Serves to develop and maintain connections and resource partnerships with various external agencies, businesses, professional associations, K-12 schools, and community consortia.
• Establishes an integrated systems model with community agencies and school districts that addresses key youth development indicators and holistically addresses the needs of economically disadvantaged youth, children of color, and children with special needs.
• Ensures that we have an effective truancy approach that tracks and reports chronically absent children to appropriate agencies and develop partnerships to support and improve attendance through wraparound support models.
• Ensures a strong vision and programming for clinical school-based mental health work integrated with county health partners.
• Supports efforts to engage business partners around talent and career development in support of the county career and technical education efforts.
• Represents WISD in community settings to successfully connect, build and develop systems with community partners that positively impact youth.
• Manages, oversees, and organizes events, projects and trainings on behalf of the agency such as threat assessment training, restorative practices training, and mental health training.
• Participates in state level groups and organizations that align with local partnership efforts.
• Coordinates components of all programs to comply with applicable policies, procedures, and state and federal regulations.
• Coordinates program services within the department and between departments of the WISD.
• Develops and implements program budgets and maintain periodic, regular review and evaluation with the WISD business office.
• Plans and organizes the department in accordance with state and federal standards and board of education policy and procedures.
• Maintains regular, predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directly supervises, coaches, and evaluates assigned Community and School Partnerships administrators and staff.
• Establishes clear priorities, roles, timelines, and performance expectations and ensures responsive service, legal compliance, reliable follow-through, and effective collaboration across community and school partnership functions.
• Supports the professional growth of assigned staff through ongoing coaching, feedback, professional learning, and performance management.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree in Instruction, Curriculum, Assessment, Educational Administration, Social Work, or a related field.
• Three to five years successful experience in educational administration and leadership (or similar field such as business administration, organizational leadership, non-profit leadership, community organizing).
• Successful collaboration experience with community agencies and resources.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Demonstrates ability to read, analyze and interpret general educational periodicals, professional journals, or governmental regulation.
• Demonstrates ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Demonstrates ability to use a personal computer (PC) or MAC in a networked environment to utilize the Internet and other electronic communications mechanisms, such as email conferencing.
• Exhibits a working knowledge of productivity applications such as Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software) as required.
• Demonstrates technological skills, abilities and understandings - required.

REASONING ABILITY

• Demonstrates ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Demonstrates ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Demonstrates ability to work effectively with staff, educational leaders, business leaders, non-profit organizations and the community at large.
• Demonstrates quality organizational and communication skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, walk and stand. The employee is occasionally required to bend and or twist at the trunk more than the average person. The employee is continuously repeating the same hand, arm or finger motion many times. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as books and teaching material. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision and the ability to adjust focus. The ability to travel to other buildings is required. The position requires the individual to sometimes work irregular or extended work hours and meet multiple demands from several people.

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day. Occasionally the employee may be required to be outdoors for a short period of time, and therefore subject to varying weather conditions, for purposes of accomplishing the essential functions of this job.

FUNCTIONS OF POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position description has been prepared to define the general duties of the position, provide examples of work and to detail the required knowledge, skills and ability as well as the acceptable experience and training for the position. The description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the duties of employees under supervision. The WISD retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any portion of this description in its sole judgment. This position description is not a contract for employment.

The WISD is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The District will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodation with the employer.

TERMS

Salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Non-Affiliated Staff Manual. Starting salary ranging (dependent upon experience) $127,776 - $157,037

Washtenaw Intermediate School District is a drug-free an alcohol-free workplace.

It is the policy and commitment of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any legally protected characteristic, in its educational programs, activities, admissions, or employment policies in accordance with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, executive order 11246 as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all other pertinent state and Federal regulations.