Chicago International Charter School - Lloyd Bond campus serves approximately 350 students in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. The campus is located on the far south side of Chicago where President Barack Obama started out as a community organizer. One of the nation’s first public housing developments, Altgeld Gardens was built in 1945 to address the housing needs of African Americans returning from WWII. This community is home to families who are 97% African-American, and over 90% of its students have “free or reduced" lunch status.  The school was recently named after Dr. Lloyd Bond, who grew up in the Gardens and is a respected social scientist and researcher. The vision for the campus is to give this economically challenged community a quality public school option where children can be safe, learn effectively, and go on to succeed in college and life.

Chicago International Charter School – Lloyd Bond Campus (K-8) is searching for a Student Support Manager for a temporary assignment.

The Student Support Manager (SSM) leads a school-wide approach to identifying, securing and coordinating resources that ensure success for every child.  EdisonLearning categorizes this support into four main areas: attendance, the Family and Student Support Team, parent and volunteer involvement, and community connections.

The student support manager ensures direct support for students, the inclusion of parents through partnership, and the integration of services to children. Specifically, the Student Support Manager should:

·          work in collaboration with the office staff and teachers to maintain records of attendance trends

·          oversee school-wide attendance incentive programs

·          work directly with house teams, individual teachers, and families to ensure attendance of every child

·          apply his or her clinical experience directly to students, provide leadership to the Family and Student Support Team (FASST), and guide the development and implementation of initial and ongoing referral, coordination, and follow-up of a variety of services for children needing additional support

·          provide direct services to students and teachers based on the referral process and on the student support manager’s own background and experience

·          maintain FASST records, such as referral date and documentation of student support services and interventions

·          work in collaboration with Special Education colleagues to coordinate support services for students and communication with parents regarding student needs

·          provide appropriate follow-up to ensure that students’ needs are being met and act as a point of contact for outside organizations working with students and their families

·          design and oversee opportunities for involving parents, guardians, and volunteers in the life of the school; establish a forum for publicizing ways that parents/volunteers can be involved in the school; ensure that all parents are informed of relevant issues; evaluate effectiveness of parental involvement and volunteer programs; and strive for continuous improvement of parent relations

·          design parent involvement programs such as parent orientation and training, family fun and parent/student activities to support school goals

·          work collaboratively with teachers to create workshops and activities that support classroom instruction

·          serve on the Board of Friends as a liaison between the school and local community

·          coordinate and oversee the interactions of community organizations with partnership school staff, students, and families to ensure that no student falls through the cracks

·          determine the needs and interests of the partnership school community and present options to the school advisory council that best reflect the desires of the school community

·          develop connections with community businesses and organizations such as the Junior League, neighborhood associations, local universities, the city council, and the community service departments of local law firms, hospitals, chambers of commerce, and corporations

·          form a consortium of service providers to deliver a wide variety of services to the partnership school community based on determined school and student needs

·          seek opportunities for student service in the community and work closely with the faculty to design and coordinate a school-wide student service program