Equity Coordinator

Sylvania; Beverly (MA); Hybrid; USD 5,000 - 7,000; Part time

Job summary

Beverly Teachers Association is seeking a part-time Equity Coordinator to support discrimination/harassment and bullying policy implementation across Beverly buildings. You will educate staff, students, and parents on policies, coordinate with the Title VI & IX Coordinator, and promote equity across the school community.

Responsibilities include documenting complaints, interviewing parties, recommending actions, and maintaining secure records with oversight from the Principal.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and consultation to staff and students regarding discrimination/harassment and bullying at specified buildings on an ongoing basis
• Inform all students of Beverly Discrimination/Harassment and Bullying Policies and Procedures by October 1
• Review with school personnel the policies by October 1
• Explain policies to parents at first open house (by October 20) and as needed
• Ensure staff, students and parents know who their building Equity Coordinator is
• Ensure policy summaries are posted in every room
• Receive and refer discrimination/harassment and bullying complaints to Title VI & IX Coordinator
• Document and investigate student-student complaints following guidelines
• Interview all parties and meet with associated parties
• Recommend corrective action and discipline as indicated
• Maintain records in a secure file
• Resolve informal complaints
• Notify parents of targets and aggressors of complaints and outcomes
• Provide written findings and recommendations under supervision of Principal and/or Coordinator
• Update the Title VI & IX Coordinator regularly
• Attend Equity Coordinator group meetings and individual meetings with Coordinator
• Promote and support student equity programs
• Participate in trainings and workshops
• Review and refer reports of alleged prohibited conduct and address complaints promptly
• Assess climate issues and recommend actions to building administration
• Promote school-wide tolerance and diversity through collaboration
• Compensation is set in accordance with the Beverly Teachers Association Unit A collective bargaining agreement.

Job description

I. Basic Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and consultation to staff and students with regard to discrimination/harassment and bullying issues at specified building locations on an ongoing basis
• Inform all students of BPS Discrimination/Harassment and Bullying Policies and Procedures by October 1
• Review with school faculty, staff, lunch monitors, cafeteria workers and office staff BPS Discrimination/Harassment and Bullying Policies and Procedures by October 1
• Explain BPS Discrimination/Harassment and Bullying Policies to parents at first open house(by October 20th, and as necessary)
• Ensure that staff, students and parents know who their building Equity Coordinator is
• Ensure that policy summaries are posted in every room

II.Receive discrimination/harassment and bullying complaints from students and refer, when appropriate, to the Title(s) VI & IX Coordinator

• Document and investigate student-student complaints in accordance with procedural guidelines
• Interview all parties (target, aggressor, witnesses) and meet with associated parties (teachers, administrators, parents or guardians), as indicated
• Make recommendations for corrective action and discipline, as indicated
• Maintain all appropriate records relating to complaints in a secure file
• Resolve informal complaints
• Notify parents of target and aggressor of complaints and outcomes
• Respond in writing of findings and recommendations (to target and aggressor on formal complaints) with supervision of Principal and/or Title(s) VI & IX Coordinator

III.Update the Title(s) VI & IX Coordinator regularly

• Attend a minimum of two (2) Equity Coordinator group meetings per year
• Attend a minimum of one (1) individual meeting with Title(s) VI & IX Coordinator per year
• Help promote and support student equity programs in respective buildings
• Participate in appropriate trainings and workshops as scheduled by Title(s) VI & IX Coordinator
• Review, facilitate, investigate and refer when appropriate, oral and/or written reports of alleged prohibited conduct, providing prompt and thorough attention to all complaints
• Assess climate issues/concerns and make recommendations to the building administration
• Promote an "area of focus" for the school year that supports the spirit of our Discrimination/Harassment & Bullying Policies and meets a need in your specific school community
• Foster school wide tolerance and diversity appreciation through ongoing collaboration with building administrators and colleagues

Compensation

• Compensation is set in accordance with the Beverly Teachers Association Unit A collective bargaining agreement.
• In the event that multiple individuals are selected to fill a single stipend position, the stipend amount shall be divided equally among all such individuals.