Catholic Central School is seeking professionals to implement the City Connects program within our school. City
Connects, a school-based collaboration among schools, community agencies, and Boston College, is reinvigorating a core
function of schools by implementing an innovative model of systemic student support. City Connects assesses the
strengths and needs of each student in the school and connects students with a tailored set of supports and resources
from inside and outside the school.
Catholic Central School seeks TWO full-time School Site Coordinators to fill a leadership position at the elementary
school and junior/senior high school. The responsibilities of the School Site Coordinators are to:
- Establish and lead a Student Support team and process in the school that identifies and responds to the strengths and personal developmental needs of each and every child in the school.
- Connect students to a range of prevention, early intervention and intensive services programs that address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development of each student.
- Develop and enhance community partnerships with varied community agencies to meet the identified needs of students, families, and the school.
- Collaborate with school staff, including classroom teachers, to implement the City Connects model.
- Promote the City Connects model of student support to the school community, families and community agencies.
- Engage families and caregivers in understanding and supporting the education of their children and the ways in which academic outcomes are enhanced by serving the social / emotional and personal development needs of the child.
- Collect data on the implementation of the model and the delivery of services
Required:
- Master's degree in School Counseling or Social Work
- Licensed School Counselor, Licensed Pupil Adjustment Counselor, or Licensed Independent
- Clinical Social Worker (LCSW / LICSW)
- Experience working in a school environment
- Evidence of culturally competent practices
- Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse staff, a diverse student body and families, as well as a team of professionals at both the school and the university
Preferred:
- Experience and/or knowledge of Catholic schools
- Fluency in Spanish
- Experience with an organization that uses data to guide practice
