General Description: The Covenant Academies Foundation operates year-round charter high schools offering a traditional high school diploma to disengaged, dropout and at-risk students ages 15-22. Covenant Academies is seeking a Street Outreach Parent to support the School Leader by coordinating community efforts to find and engage dropout youth in our neighborhoods and cities who face extreme barriers. The position will work throughout the greater community to find youth who need help obtaining their high school diploma and work to re-engage them in the educational process.

Primary Responsibilities

• Motivates, educates, and assists youth in realizing their potential and encourages and supports them in engaging or re-engaging in school.

• Guide dropouts back to school and introduce dropouts to the Covenant Academies Foundation mission and school related projects

• Identifying and building community relationships with residents, local merchants, courts, police, school, health centers and community organizations/resources.

• Make connections with dropout youth and works to build trust relationships by meeting students “where they are at”.

• Drives the school van to transport students and their children to and from school.

• Help students overcome barriers by connecting them to services and support

• Distributes basic need supplies such as clothing, first aid supplies, health or hygiene supplies, food, drink, books, blankets, etc. to students in need

• Performs continuous follow-up with all youth and collects data

• Maintain daily activity log/record of support for state and federal auditory purposes

• School activities — Required to attend and participate in such other activities as directed by the School Leader such as staff meetings (before or after school hours), assessment windows, open houses, graduations, etc.

• Acts in accordance with the professional duties and directives and meets administrative and mission expectations as set forth by the School Leader

• Has read and agreed to abide by the policies, directives, and guidelines as stated in all Covenant Academies Foundation manuals pertinent to the position

Essential Skills and Abilities for Street Outreach Parent

• Understands, accepts, and abides by the Covenant Academies Foundation philosophy and mission statement in all his/her school activities

• Must possess servant leadership qualities

• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills, both in verbal and written formats, to all stakeholders

• Ability to understand the needs of dropout, homeless and youth with extreme barriers that the academy serves with sensitivity and compassion

• Ability to work with diverse youth from various backgrounds without bias or prejudice

• Maintain professional boundaries and be a positive role model

• Work independently with little supervision while performing outreach activities

• Ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders

• Receptive to professional learning on a regular basis

• Ability to impact student achievement through mentoring, motivation, and monitoring practices

Qualifications

• Experience in the area of social work, education, psychology or marketing

• Some college coursework preferred

• Prefer experience working with dropouts, homeless or at-risk youth

• Valid driver's license

• Must be able to pass a background check

• Proficient oral and written communication skills

• Proficient in technology, including Google Sheets and Docs

• Ability to speak a foreign language is preferred.

This job description is a summary of the responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualifications associated with this position. It is not an exhaustive list and may be changed at any time.

Covenant Academies Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, disabilities or other legally protected status.