Family Engagement Specialist

Job Summary: The Family Engagement Specialist will help design and implement strategies and procedures to authentically engage with BCCS families to ensure positive school community climate  and support the wellbeing and success of students. This position will work closely with many across the district including the Community Schools Site Coordinators to aid ISD 286 in implementing the key principles of the community schools Framework, including collaborative leadership, shared power and voice, culture of belonging, safety and care, and powerful student and family engagement as well as achieving its mission, vision, and goals. 
 

BCCS is looking for applicants driven to uphold our Mission: To become a justice-center school community who fuels the unique genius of each student.

BCCS Core Values – Written on a foundation of student voice, our district core values communicate the culture and character of Brooklyn Center Community Schools.

• We stand front and center

• We demonstrate passion, pride, and perseverance

• We acknowledge and disrupt oppressive systems

• Our diversity fuels learning

• We fiercely lead in justice-centered educated

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

This list is representative of, but is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed. Employees are required to be in attendance and prepared to begin work on the specified days and hours. Factors such as regular attendance are not routinely listed in job descriptions, but are an essential function. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Coordinate high-quality family engagement, including outreach, home visits, advisory committees, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and more

In partnership with the Community Schools Manager, oversee the continuous quality improvement process for the district’s family engagement

Manage partnerships and with leaders and cultural representatives in the community 

Support the district’s volunteer opportunities

Partner with district staff, including teachers, administrators, and others to authentically engage families in support of their student’s learning experiences

Work closely with fellow community schools team members to ensure implementation of the community schools framework

Support district staff, including administrators as they implement family engagement strategies

Conduct data collection and entry

Manage program supply purchases

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• Previous experience working with diverse populations and urban school settings preferred
• Previous experience in secondary and postsecondary education preferred

Pay and Benefits: $23.10- $28.62/hr DOQ. Competitive Pay and Benefits following the Unaffiliated Non-Exempt Pay and Benefits Guide
Duty Days: 240 (11 months)
School Year Hours:  8:30am -4:30pm, weekends and nights as needed. 

Why Choose BCCS?

• Flexible Health Insurance Options
• Dental Insurance
• Group Life and AD&D Insurance
• Supplemental Life and Dependent Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Pet Insurance
• Full service community school
• Sand Creek: Supportive counseling and coaching
• Breastfeeding Friendly Certified Workplace
• Staff Wellness Opportunities: Annual benefits fair, wellness challenges and campaigns, free yoga and personal trainer sessions
• NeoPath Health Clinic: Onsite medical care to help you improve your overall health and wellness.  The clinic offers all of the primary care services you would expect from a family physician/general practitioner.

We’re not a community on the fringe, we’re a community moving toward a center. Moving in unison with a shift in cultural expectations.  Our voice and achievement will not be disqualified, we’re moving toward a change in history and hearts.  
 Standing FRONT AND CENTER so we are seen and heard.
 

Application Process:
Please select this link to learn more about Brooklyn Center Community Schools: https://www.bccs286.org/
Please select this link to apply online:   https://www.applitrack.com/brooklyncenterschools/onlineapp/

BROOKLYN CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:  
Brooklyn Center Community Schools is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable Equal Opportunity laws, directives and regulations of Federal, State and Local governing bodies or agencies. Brooklyn Center Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, gender identity and expression, disability, age, or status.