SUMMARY:The Early Learning Partnership Coordinator provides coordination for county-wide Early Learning Partnerships including community and family outreach, the early childhood system centralized access point, and data collection and analysis. The Coordinator oversees community assessment research, development, and implementation of a three-year strategic plan to promote improvement in the early childhood system. In addition, the Coordinator recruits and supports a county-wide stakeholders' collaborative that emphasizes support of high need young children and their families and is representative of organizations, supporters and parents who endorse a seamless early childhood system.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:- Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
- Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
- Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
- Supports the WISD vision and mission to ensure all children thrive.
- Works in collaboration with Achievement Initiatives, Community School Partnerships, and Special Education Departments at the WISD to interconnect early childhood services and family engagement to school-based services.
- Utilizes a national model for early childhood family and community engagement and oversees the four main components of that national model.
- Provides community and family outreach:
- Convenes a countywide stakeholders' group of organizations and parents that support the goal of ensuring all children, with an emphasis on high need children and families, are healthy and reach school ready to succeed, and are reading by the end of third grade.
- Oversees the development and implementation Action Teams designed to carry out the systems change work of the strategic plan.
- Supports the work of the Family Liaison to organize a Family Coalition to provide parent driven education and support workshops related to child development and early literacy, (such as Parent Cafes and COFI-- the parent community organizing model) as well as family fun events,
- Support parent leadership development, and to promote parent voice in all aspects of the early childhood system. Coordinates community events which may include focus groups, trainings, workshops, and large outreach events.
- Provides child health worker outreach:
- Provides outreach to OB-GYN, Pediatricians, and Family Practice Physicians to promote referrals for early intervention and to promote family literacy development.
- Provides outreach with community Doulas to support healthy births and to promote the resources for families.
- Coordinates county-wide centralized access point:
- Develops and sustain community partnerships with local Early Childhood and Family Service agencies.
- Works collaboratively with the Early Childhood Department leadership and staff to support centralized access to WISD Early Childhood programming and services.
- Provides data collection and analysis:
- Ensures that Care Coordination activity is tracked accurately in the data system.
- Partners with the Early Childhood Department's Family Services Coordinator and WISD Programs Care Coordinator to ensure consistency in data collection.
- Reviews and analyze data to inform the work of the Help Me Grow system model in Washtenaw County.
- Completes the annual Help Me Grow Affiliate Fidelity assessment.
- Produces reports for use by WISD and community partners.
- Seeks additional funding and partnerships to meet the strategic goals of the Early Learning Partnership with an emphasis on the Trusted Parent Advisors of the Trusted Advisor initiative.
- Designs and implements an annual plan for MiLEAP, (Michigan's Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential).
- Prepares and submits reports requested by MiLEAP in a timely manner, in coordination with WISD.
- Maintains regular predictable attendance
- PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Supervises, the Community Engagement Specialist, Family Engagement Manager, Family Liaison, and other staff, and contractors who are responsible for projects designed to advance the goals of the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS:To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: - Master's degree in a related field of study - required.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, ETC.:- Current valid driver's license required.
- Successful candidate must be fingerprinted at WISD; results must be approved by the HR Dept.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:- Demonstrates ability to work effectively and collaboratively with other departments, agencies and individuals.
- Demonstrates ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of educators, customers and the general public.
- Demonstrates ability to facilitate effective group process.
- Demonstrates ability to express self clearly, both orally and in writing.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of a personal computer (PC) or MAC in a networked environment to utilize the Internet and other electronic communications mechanisms such as email, conferencing, bulletin boards, etc.
- Demonstrates excellent working knowledge of productivity applications such as Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentation software) and other technology to support efficient and effective office operation - required.
- Demonstrates ability to create web-based forms and documents.
- Demonstrates ability to integrate technology into the everyday workflow as necessary - required.
- Demonstrates ability to implement new technologies.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
- Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain a department budget and apply the concepts of basic math, algebra and geometry consistent with the duties of this position.
REASONING ABILITY:- Demonstrates ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Demonstrates ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Exhibits a high level of professionalism with the ability to handle confidential information, use good judgment, plan and handle complex projects and maintain a flexible attitude.
- Demonstrates ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:- Demonstrates ability to work independently with management guidance.
- Possess excellent customer service and communication skills with a client-centered focus.
- Demonstrates ability to build rapport with others and to serve diverse publics.
- Demonstrates ability to take initiative; work well with others as a collaborative team member and exhibit good communication skills.
- Demonstrates ability to work effectively and collaboratively with other departments, agencies and individuals.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk, see and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and reach with hands and arms. The employee is continuously repeating the same hand, arm or finger motion many times. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as books and training material. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position requires the individual to travel and/or drive to various off-site locations. The position requires the individual to sometimes work irregular or extended work hours and meet multiple demands from several people.
ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day. The employee may be required to be outdoors for periods of time, and therefore subject to varying weather conditions, for purposes of accomplishing the essential functions of this job.
FUNCTIONS OF POSITION DESCRIPTION:
This position description has been prepared to define the general duties of the position, provide examples of work and to detail the required knowledge, skills, and ability as well as the acceptable experience and training for the position. The description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the duties of employees under supervision. The WISD retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any portion of this description in its sole judgment. This position description is not a contract for employment.
TERMS: Salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Non-Affiliated and Early Childhood Manual. Starting Salary ranging from (dependent upon experience) $96,000 - $117,983
Washtenaw Intermediate School District is a drug-free workplace. 
