ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Title

Community Schools Assistant Director

FLSA-Classification

EXEMPT

Salary Range

$50,000-$55,000

Reports to

Community School Director

Location

Bronx Design and Construction Academy

Bronx Haven High School

Program

Community Schools)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/ Objective

East Side House Settlement is a community resource in the South Bronx. We believe education is the key that enables all people to create economic and civic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. We seek a dynamic, hard-working, and creative leader who shares our passion for providing exceptional programming to children and families.

The Assistant Director of Community School will oversee Attendance Improvement for the Community School Program will support the development of a high-performing community partnership where students and families feel supported, community members, feel connected, and emerge in successful outcomes. Coordinated resources and programs must address key priorities such as attendance, behavior, literacy, math, youth, and family engagement. Resources to be coordinated are dependent on present school needs; academic, socio-emotional, health and others. Programmatically, resources may be designed to include options before, during after-school, during the school year, and summer months

The role of the Assistant Director requires a dynamic person who can effectively collaborate, negotiate, build relationships, mobilize, navigate, and interconnect multiple systems to succeed for kids and families. The Assistant Director will assist and at times take the lead in executing, coordination and alignment of resources within a Community School to achieve the educational goals of students and their families. The Assistant Director is expected to work in partnership with others under the vision and direction of the school principal. 

The Assistant Director will carry out the Leadership Team's shared vision as well as the school's requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, applying ESH's competencies to planning and organizing learning opportunities, attendance interventions, and providing support for students/families within the school and community. Additionally, managing a data-driven incentive program, events to celebrate school accomplishments, and fostering an engaging and welcoming school culture for stakeholders.

Essential Functions

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Under the direct supervision of the Community School Director (CSD), work in tandem with school Principal, their School Leadership Team (SLT) and Attendance Team, to detect student needs and facilitate relationships with community-based organizations, both internal and external, to address needs.
• Provide ongoing supervision and support for a minimum of two (2) part-time and /or full-time staff, and community partners.
• Delegate and monitor effectiveness of tasks performed by workgroups and community school staff
• Organizing and coordination of wide range of resources via our electronic filing system to support student cohorts.
• Utilize positive youth development resources to improve student attendance, behavior and/or academic performance.
• Attend partnership school workshops and events to ensure alignment across all programs.  
• Generate reports on outcomes of the Community School efforts for various stakeholders
• Collect, review, and analyze student data to develop new strategies and plan for continuous improvement and interventions
• Coordinate services, programs, and resources surrounding social and emotional well-being and enrichment, for students with attendance and academic struggles
• Provide social-emotional well