School Partnership Coach, Secondary Specialist (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 family engagement in schools and school systems across the country through trainings, fellowships, and school-based partnerships.   

 

What You Do 

The School Partnership Coach, Secondary Specialist, is a resident expert in Flamboyan’s REAL Family Engagement approach and is responsible for coaching a portfolio of DC public and public charter schools, ensuring that 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.  

 

Because of your close proximity to schools and communities, your work will be a frequent source of Flamboyan’s most innovative tools, resources, training, and products. Deeply committed to racial equity, you will focus on elevating the agency and voices of people and communities most impacted by inequity. Internally, you will 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. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with colleagues to inform the evolution and relevance of training content and proactive and reactive public-facing resources; and the external affairs team to amplify Flamboyan’s impact and learnings.  

 

This role in particular will focus on ensuring that Flamboyan’s programmatic offerings meet the unique needs of secondary schools, serving grades 6-12th, and that school staff are equipped with the skills, knowledges, and resources to support families in the transition to and through secondary schools. You will guide up to 6 secondary school teams to plan, lead, and implement effective and sustainable REAL family engagement practices.  

 

Job 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,