District METCO Program Liaison - Long Term Sub

Title: METCO Family & Student Engagement Coordinator - Long Term Substitute Reports to: METCO Director/Building Principal Position Summary: The Sudbury Public School system ranks among the State of Massachusetts' oldest and most accomplished school districts. The town hosts a total of 4 elementary schools and one middle School. Sudbury is home to one of the State's oldest voluntary desegregation programs - METCO or the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity program. METCO is State-funded and supervised by the Department of Education in a partnership with Sudbury's district leadership. The mission of the program is to decrease racial isolation while providing students an opportunity to grow in a rigorous academic environment. Sudbury's METCO program hosts a total of 70 students from Boston's diverse inner city communities. The Family and Student Engagement Coordinator's role would be to support the matriculation of a fraction of this student population across two schools. The coordinator would look after the academic and social emotional needs of students while they attend school in Sudbury. Key Responsibilities and Duties: • Serves as a liaison between Boston students, their families and district staff and administration on all relevant aspects of social and academic well being of the students with special emphasis on struggling learners and their families; • Attends periodic meetings for METCO parents in Boston and Sudbury to share relevant data and build partnerships. The number of meetings per year should be in the range of 3-5; • Provides daily academic support to all learners in the classroom through individual or small group sessions as needed, based on student needs in collaboration with the district's teachers; • During the school day, meet weekly with SPS METCO Director and staff to establish and monitor goals related to METCO's mission • Helps families understand standards and assessments, student test scores, student learning data and the school report card; • Attends parent-teacher conferences and various educational support meetings as necessary; • Collaborates with school administrators and staff on all aspects relative to the success of the student in the classroom, among peers and on the METCO bus; • Attends all relevant professional development recommended by district leadership, METCO Director especially around issues or research relative to family and student engagement practice; • Collaborates with school staff, community partners, PTO to develop programs and activities geared to reach families who are underrepresented due to social, economic, racial and/or language barriers; • Helps teachers, school leadership and METCO families develop strong partnerships through regular, timely and two-way communication around student learning, • Provides information about school and METCO activities, community resources and student's achievements to the Director for inclusion in parent communications; such as, parent newsletters and more; • Works with Director, Superintendent, and school administration to facilitate and support the Cooperative Parent Network in assigned schools; • Recruits METCO parents to be part of school based PTO and other decision making committees in the district; • Surveys students and families yearly to keep abreast of concerns, issues and trends in the overall quality of the SPS METCO program; • Maintains an automated portfolio of cohort's major milestones (photos, artifacts, etc.) • Publicizes and promotes district program for families, such as advocacy workshops, literacy workshops and math related capacity building workshops; • Other related duties as assigned. Qualifications: • Experience and/or strong passion for working with young children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds; • Familiarity with urban and suburban school cultures a • Ability to think and act in a manner that respects ethnic, cultural, sexual and linguistic diversity • Experience communicating successfully with teachers, families, administrators and students (bilingual capacity strongly preferred); • Familiar with social media trends and at ease with computers; • Familiarity with current research on effective family and student engagement in school a setting • Strong writing, speaking and collaborative skills; • College degree is preferred. $125/day in accordance with the SPS Substitute Pay Guidelines This position also has the potential to be combined with an AM/PM METCO Bus Monitor position. $100/ride