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– Tell us a story about a time that you supported a student and/or a family in the past. Who did you collaborate with and what was the impact on that student or family? – What skills are you excited to bring to this work? Part 1, Performance Task: You are the Community Hub School Coordinator at one of our Boston Community Hub Schools (please select one of the schools from the profiles provided). You are planning an hour-long community meeting hosted on zoom. The purpose of the meeting is to give attendees a general overview of the Boston Community Hub School strategy and get their buy-in around bringing this new mindset to their school. Please be prepared to share documents that demonstrate your planning for this meeting in alignment with the Racial Equity Planning tool (see resources above), the full meeting agenda and any materials you would be sharing with participants. Please plan to facilitate 10 minutes of the meeting (whichever 10 minutes you prefer) with the interview committee acting as the attendees. Part 2, Questions: Please be prepared to answer the following questions: – During an administrative team meeting, your school leader shares that 60 students are at risk of being held back a grade because they have been absent more than 25 days this school year. What factors do you believe have contributed to this scenario? What do you think your role is in addressing the issue? What sustainable solution would you offer and how would you come to that conclusion? Who would you include in the process? – This role requires you to facilitate conversations regarding race, ethnicity, racism, culture, and racial equity. A parent informs you that they feel that one of the partner programs serving their child during the school day utilizes racist practices and curriculum. How would you address this situation? Who would you include? How would you facilitate a conversation about this scenario? What aspects of this part of the work do you think will be most challenging for you? – This role requires a dynamic person who can build and maintain positive, trusting relationships with all parties to support collaboration. This role will also require you to leverage resources that empower students and families to lead sustainable solutions. To launch this work, each school community will have $17,000 in Catalyst Funds. Please walk us through how you would engage families in a participatory process to determine how to use these funds and what that process would look like. Part 3, Sharing Your Work: We believe that Boston is a resource-rich city with systems that create inequities and barriers to access for many students and families in Boston Public Schools. A key part of this role is being able to think critically and strategically about the systems that impact our students and families and how to best support the organization of assets and resources in service of students’ individual and collective academic success and wellbeing. Please share one or more artifacts (no more than 3) that showcase the work that you have done in the following areas related to the position of Boston Community Hub School Coordinator: Coordinating Resources/Partnerships Community Organizing and Engagement Creating Systems for Sustainability Training Please take this opportunity to highlight your knowledge of Boston and it's resources.
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Boston Community Hub Schools Coordinator

Interviewed at Boston Public Schools

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Jan 14, 2022

– Tell us a story about a time that you supported a student and/or a family in the past. Who did you collaborate with and what was the impact on that student or family? – What skills are you excited to bring to this work? Part 1, Performance Task: You are the Community Hub School Coordinator at one of our Boston Community Hub Schools (please select one of the schools from the profiles provided). You are planning an hour-long community meeting hosted on zoom. The purpose of the meeting is to give attendees a general overview of the Boston Community Hub School strategy and get their buy-in around bringing this new mindset to their school. Please be prepared to share documents that demonstrate your planning for this meeting in alignment with the Racial Equity Planning tool (see resources above), the full meeting agenda and any materials you would be sharing with participants. Please plan to facilitate 10 minutes of the meeting (whichever 10 minutes you prefer) with the interview committee acting as the attendees. Part 2, Questions: Please be prepared to answer the following questions: – During an administrative team meeting, your school leader shares that 60 students are at risk of being held back a grade because they have been absent more than 25 days this school year. What factors do you believe have contributed to this scenario? What do you think your role is in addressing the issue? What sustainable solution would you offer and how would you come to that conclusion? Who would you include in the process? – This role requires you to facilitate conversations regarding race, ethnicity, racism, culture, and racial equity. A parent informs you that they feel that one of the partner programs serving their child during the school day utilizes racist practices and curriculum. How would you address this situation? Who would you include? How would you facilitate a conversation about this scenario? What aspects of this part of the work do you think will be most challenging for you? – This role requires a dynamic person who can build and maintain positive, trusting relationships with all parties to support collaboration. This role will also require you to leverage resources that empower students and families to lead sustainable solutions. To launch this work, each school community will have $17,000 in Catalyst Funds. Please walk us through how you would engage families in a participatory process to determine how to use these funds and what that process would look like. Part 3, Sharing Your Work: We believe that Boston is a resource-rich city with systems that create inequities and barriers to access for many students and families in Boston Public Schools. A key part of this role is being able to think critically and strategically about the systems that impact our students and families and how to best support the organization of assets and resources in service of students’ individual and collective academic success and wellbeing. Please share one or more artifacts (no more than 3) that showcase the work that you have done in the following areas related to the position of Boston Community Hub School Coordinator: Coordinating Resources/Partnerships Community Organizing and Engagement Creating Systems for Sustainability Training Please take this opportunity to highlight your knowledge of Boston and it's resources.

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