ABOUT THE ROLE

The Director of Student and Family Services (DSFS) is an administrative position for Breakthrough Summerbridge (BTSB). This position plays a substantial role in innovating, implementing, and overseeing several programmatic aspects, and promoting the culture of BTSB’s school year and summer programs. The DSFS is responsible for all aspects of student recruitment and admissions; high school advising; planning and implementation of special events; ensuring student and summer faculty with social and emotional support through close collaboration with the counselor; providing current student/alumni support; and empowering parents/guardians in their quest for high quality social and emotional support for their children. A successful DSFS is passionate about supporting our students, adapts to changes and cultivates productive relationships with faculty, students and families.
This position requires the availability to participate in evening and occasional weekend community wide special events, and to attend professional development conferences. The DSFS collaborates closely with other Breakthrough Summerbridge’s staff members and reports to Breakthrough Summerbridge’s Executive Director.
Requirements:

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Essential Duties

• Serve as Dean of Students; support positive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for students; ensure student adherence to expectations
• Lead the High School Advising (HSA) program to support 8th grade students and their families in the high school application process
• Teach the HSA student workshops
• Plan and lead Breakthrough Summerbridge Family Association meetings
• Oversee student and parent conferences
• Maintain collaboration with the counselor to ensure effective student support plans are in place
• Recruit incoming students and manage overall student recruitment process
• Build, maintain, and leverage relationships with school counselors and teachers across middle schools to ensure effective student recruitment
• Community outreach, visits and presentations
• Publish the monthly BTSB family e-newsletter
• Oversee admissions process, deliberations, and new family orientation
• Recruit summer student support staff (counselor, co-curricular leads)
• Recruit and manage the high school volunteers [Non-Teaching Interns (NTIs)]
• Provide pre-summer program training to summer faculty, in collaboration with the Director of Programming and Instruction
• Design non-academic summer program activities and events; manage Teaching Fellows in the planning and leading of those events
• Use assessment analyses to inform programmatic decisions
• Serve as administrator on duty and daily program close
• Take on other duties/ complete other projects as needed/ assigned