2025-2026 Community Schools Coordinator at Upchurch Elementary School bei Hoke County Schools

HOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS

2025-2026 Community Schools Coordinator at Upchurch Elementary School

Title: Community Schools Coordinator at Upchurch Elementary School only

Reports To: Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction

Terms of Employment: Full Time

Starting Salary: $55,000 annually with a comprehensive benefits package, including: 

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance 
• 403(b) Retirement Plan & Matching 
• Fitness & Wellness Benefit 
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Paid Vacation Day 
• Paid Sick Days 
• Paid Federal Holidays 
• This position is eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

POSITION OVERVIEW

Student U is partnering with leaders across the North Carolina Community Schools Coalition (NCCSC) to expand and implement Full Service Community Schools (FCSCs) in North Carolina over 5 years, from January 2024 to December 2028. Student U is the regional implementation partner tasked with the growth and leadership of community schools in Central North Carolina. 

The Community Schools Coordinator (CSC) is responsible for the implementation of the community schools model at the school site. They will be an integrated member of the team, embedded on-site. In the first year, they will: 

• Develop strong relationships with all members of the school community, including staff, administrators, students, parents, and community partners 
• Conduct a thorough needs and assets assessment (ANA) via a listening tour 
• Recruit for and launch a School Advisory Board to develop and implement a strategic plan that is responsive to those assets and needs and aligns with the 4 pillars of the Community Schools Model. 
• Open a Family Resource Center to provide both material (food, clothing, hygiene) and economic (benefit enrollment and access) support for families. 

Over time, the CSC develops and furthers the wisest use of community resources to create optimal impact by enhancing community and individual assets, meeting critical needs, and

promoting long-term collective solutions. This position is based in the local school district, with Student U serving as the employer. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social work, health, or related field, master’s preferred 
• Experience coordinating comprehensive program activities in a school/academic setting is required
• Professional experience working in the district and/or community is strongly preferred
• Experience working in a K-12 public school setting
• Ability to work within a fast-paced and data-driven educational environment  
• A commitment to the mission and vision of Student U and the Community Schools model, and the ability to articulate to various groups of stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated ability to collect, interpret, and analyze data from a variety of sources, evaluate that data, and make recommendations based on evaluation 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal & written), including active listening
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred 
• Demonstrated ability in grassroots community organizing, leadership identification, and development
• Knowledge of community resources supporting whole-child and family wellness.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and effective and collaborative working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and people from varied backgrounds (communities of color, low-income communities, speakers of various languages, etc.) 
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and respond to deadlines while working on multiple tasks
• Knowledge of political, economic, and social barriers to educational success
• Skilled in PowerPoint, Excel, Google Docs/Drive, and social media 
• Ability to work independently and without close supervision

Supervises:

None

Essential Job Functions:

Program coordination and alignment: 

• With support from the Associate Director of Student & Family Services, develop and coordinate the Family Resource Center that prioritizes most urgent needs for students and families. 
• Match quality community partnerships with school community members, that meet identified needs and support student achievement. 
• Ensure the integration and alignment of community resources and partnerships to maximally support the goals of the principal, School Advisory Board, SIT Team, LEA and strategic partners to the fullest extent possible. 
• Coordinate expanded and enriched learning programming during and beyond the school day for students, families, and the community. 

• Assist with designing and managing volunteer systems within the school. Serve as a liaison between the school and larger community. 

Data and evaluation: 

• With support from the Associate Director of Family and Community Engagement, coordinate initial deep needs and assets assessment listening tour, and additional ongoing assessments and listening projects, to identify gaps in service for students and families and to identify existing resources in the community to fill those gaps. 
• Work with Student U Community Schools staff and the School Advisory Board to analyze data from needs and assets assessment. 
• Implement a menu of strategic programs and services according to the priorities identified by the school community, in partnership with school staff, parents and community allies. 
• Track the effectiveness of interventions and supports in collaboration with the data teams at Student U, NCCSC, and school. 
• Perform required data collection and evaluation; prepare and present written and oral reports to district and partners. 

Leadership and teamwork: 

• Meet regularly with the Community Schools team at Student U. While this position will report directly to the Associate Director of the Sandhills, he/she will also engage effectively and routinely with the school principal and other school leadership.
• Be a champion for the Community Schools movement within the school community, advise school leadership on how to integrate diverse community partners, parents, etc. into school governance structures. 
• With support from the Associate Director of Family & Community Engagement, establish and facilitate the School Advisory Board. Serve as a key member of the board. 
• Participate in targeted professional learning, including Student U and school-based
• learning, as well as local, state, and national community schools opportunities.
• Represent NCCSC in various public forums as needed and participate in advocacy activities to promote the initiative. 
• Facilitate communication and relationship-building with community partners, key stakeholders, and volunteers including representing the school in neighborhood groups.

Program coordination and alignment: 

• With support from the Associate Director of Student & Family Services, develop and coordinate the Family Resource Center that prioritizes most urgent needs for students and families. 
• Match quality community partnerships with school community members, that meet identified needs and support student achievement. 
• Ensure the integration and alignment of community resources and partnerships to maximally support the goals of the principal, School Advisory Board, SIT Team, LEA and strategic partners to the fullest extent possible. 
• Coordinate expanded and enriched learning programming during and beyond the school day for students, families, and the community. 
• Assist with designing and managing volunteer systems within the school. Serve as a liaison between the school and larger community. 

Data and evaluation: 

• With support from the Associate Director of Family and Community Engagement, coordinate initial deep needs and assets assessment listening tour, and additional ongoing assessments and listening projects, to identify gaps in service for students and families and to identify existing resources in the community to fill those gaps. 
• Work with Student U Community Schools staff and the School Advisory Board to analyze data from needs and assets assessment. 
• Implement a menu of strategic programs and services according to the priorities identified by the school community, in partnership with school staff, parents and community allies. 
• Track the effectiveness of interventions and supports in collaboration with the data teams at Student U, NCCSC, and school. 
• Perform required data collection and evaluation; prepare and present written and oral reports to district and partners. 

Leadership and teamwork: 

• Meet regularly with the Community Schools team at Student U. While this position will report directly to the Associate Director of the Sandhills, he/she will also engage effectively and routinely with the school principal and other school leadership.
• Be a champion for the Community Schools movement within the school community, advise school leadership on how to integrate diverse community partners, parents, etc. into school governance structures. 
• With support from the Associate Director of Family & Community Engagement, establish and facilitate the School Advisory Board. Serve as a key member of the board. 
• Participate in targeted professional learning, including Student U and school-based
• learning, as well as local, state, and national community schools opportunities.
• Represent NCCSC in various public forums as needed and participate in advocacy activities to promote the initiative. 
• Facilitate communication and relationship-building with community partners, key stakeholders, and volunteers including representing the school in neighborhood groups 

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the K-5 Curriculum

Coordinator job classification within Hoke County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• Operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, SmartBoard, and data
• projectors
• Gather, convey and exchange information
• Communicate effectively and efficiently, both orally and in writing
• Use tact and courtesy when working and dealing with the community
• Read, comprehend, and prepare various kinds of communication and information
• including emails, correspondence, reports, articles, proposals, contracts, policies, charts,
• spreadsheets, curriculum documents, staff development plans, educational forms and data
• Write using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar,
• diction, and style
• Speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• Apply principles of logical, critical, creative or scientific thinking to define problems,
• collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrate and apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instruction and
• to make simple decisions
• Interpret, infer, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate materials, resources, situations and
• problems to generate options and solutions
• Interpret and carry out oral and/or written instructions
• Demonstrate continued professional curiosity and growth
• Hear, speak, read, record and explain information, communication, and procedures
• Deal fairly with people beyond giving and receiving instructions

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of

the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.