School Partnership Coach, Training (DC Office)

Who We Are 

Guided by the belief that all children deserve the opportunity to live a fulfilling life, the Flamboyan Foundation works to ensure every child in the US and Puerto Rico receives an outstanding education. In Puerto Rico, we are focused on improving reading proficiency for students in the early grades and revitalizing the island by making strategic investments in arts, culture, and education. Our work in Washington, D.C. centers on strengthening effective family engagement in schools and school systems across the country through trainings, fellowships, and school-based partnerships.   

What You Do 

Flamboyan’s School Partnership Coach is a resident expert in its REAL Family Engagement approach, responsible for coaching a portfolio of DC public and public charter schools. They work to ensure that effective family engagement practices are embedded within a school’s culture and practice so that DC families whose children attend partner schools feel a sense of belonging, have a strong partnership with their child’s educators, and maintain a trusting relationship with their child’s school from Pre-K through high school.  The School Partnership Coach guides school teams to plan, lead, and implement effective and sustainable REAL family engagement practices. Because of their close proximity to schools and communities, their work is a frequent source of Flamboyan’s most innovative tools, resources, training, and products. Deeply committed to racial equity, the School Partnership Coach is always focused on elevating the agency and voices of people and communities most impacted by inequity. Internally, they actively contribute to Flamboyan’s coaching community of practice and share best practices to support the organization’s overall portfolio of school and district partnerships.   

 

The School Partnership Coach, Training is responsible for leading and collaborating training efforts for schools connected with the Family Engagement Partnership as well as other schools across Washington, D.C. This role requires the ability to be a skillful storyteller who can combine Flamboyan’s signature training content and their own facilitation expertise to build connections with training participants.  

 

Responsibilities 

Coaching & Advising  

• Collaborate with Managing Director of School and District Partnerships and other program team members to determine strategy and focus for coaching approach to specifically meet the secondary school context and adjust practice to ensure schools sustain REAL Family Engagement.  

• Provide regular, in-person coaching for up to 6 secondary school-based Family Engagement Leadership Teams (FELTs) to plan, lead and manage toward sustainable partnership outcomes for students and families. Throughout the course of the partnership, support schools’ as they transition to internally sustaining equity-driven family engagement without Flamboyan’s regular coaching practices.  

• Support school leader and FELT in building staff capacity to accelerate student learning through effective relationships, partnerships, and ongoing communication between educators and families.  

• Actively lift up the voices of marginalized people and communities within coaching practice, especially students, challenging FELTs, school leaders, school staff, and ourselves to explore unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable perspectives on race and equity. 

• Support school teams in setting clear goals and action plans and consistently analyze family listening, school data, and program outcomes to determine a