Coordinator of Family Life and Sexuality Education

About the role

The Coordinator of Family Life and Sexuality Education (FLSE) is responsible for teaching age and stage appropriate FLSE classes to Middle School Students in Community Schools, weekly, throughout the school year in accordance with the DOE academic calendar, and during the summer. Under the guidance and supervision of the Director of FLSE, the Coordinator will ensure that FLSE programs prioritize a safe, respectful and engaging learning environment where students feel confident, included and represented in classroom activities and discussions.

Children’s Aid Mission is to help children in poverty to succeed and thrive by providing comprehensive support to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods. The organization is concentrating its efforts on creating cradle-through-college pathways in high-need neighborhoods, with a focus on children’s health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development.

Children’s Aid values include putting children, youth, and families first, seeking equity and transformation in communities, striving for excellence, being powered by collaboration, and being driven by compassion.

Responsibilities

• Lead the collaboration with the Office of Data Management to analyze and develop FLSE assessment reports to enrich and support agency goals and objectives.
• Support the development of systems to track program progress and evaluate the effectiveness of activities, services and support at all community schools and community centers implementing FLSE and PFLSE programs.
• Ensure that FLSE direct services at all sites maintain compliance with school and Children’s Aid agency policies as expressed at each Children’s Aid site.
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to develop materials for sharing information and data regarding outcomes from the FLSE programs.
• Ensure the timely collection of FLSE Health Assessment Data at all schools and centers.
• Develop lesson planning materials to be used in FLSE classrooms.
• Regularly deepen all Above the Waist curriculum themes to reflect clinical advances and new content material integration for middle school programs.
• Establish collaborative relationships with Children’s Aid leadership staff at schools and centers to develop and implement engagement strategies and interventions for adolescents.
• Ensure safe and productive program spaces to engage diverse learners for creative, accurate and productive FLSE lessons.
• Ensure materials that are distributed to parents and principals remain up to date with the most current information regarding FLSE programming.
• Join in collaboration with the Director and PFLSE staff in continuing to develop, plan and implement contemporary sexual health lessons for use in the PFLSE program.
• Establish a consistent presence at sites as an educational resource beyond classroom instruction, being available to student questions during lunch and other free periods.
• Refer students to appropriate Children’s Aid resources, when necessary, such as counseling, clinical care, or other agency services.
• Continue to prioritize partnerships within existing community schools and support the Director of FLSE in partnerships with community center leadership and the National Center for Community Schools.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in education or equivalent required; master’s degree in health education or equivalent strongly preferred. Minimum of three (3) years of experience working with youth. Minimum of two (2) years of classroom teaching experience with middle or high school students.

Skills

• Work well in teams and in collaboration with other organizations and entities.
• Strong communication skills and well organized.
• Experience working with middle school–age youth in an afterschool, camp, or school-based programs.
• Coursework or field of study in Education, Social Work, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in tutoring, teaching, or afterschool programming.

Pay

$70,000 - $80,000 per year.

Schedule

The incumbent is expected to work a schedule, whether in-person or hybrid, as determined by the department's needs to facilitate effective collaboration with the team.