Family Organizer

Are you an educational advocate who is passionate about increasing access, quality and equity in Contra Costa County public education? Are you passionate about building parent power to ensure that historically underserved students have access to a high-quality public education? Do you believe that the people closest to the problem of quality education should have a seat at the table when it comes to policy and decision making?

If this sounds like you, we encourage you to read on and join us as the Family Organizer for a dynamic and growing coalition of public charter schools.

About 5

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The Contra Costa County Charter Coalition (5C) is an inclusive and growing coalition of high-quality charter schools throughout Contra Costa County (CCC), including Aspire Public Schools, Caliber Beta Academy, Leadership Public Schools, Making Waves Academy, Richmond College Prep, Summit Public Schools, and Voices College-Bound Academies that collectively serve nearly 6,000 students.

In 2023, charter school executive leaders in West County united to launch 5C, a new 501c3 organization that channels the inherent power of CCC charter school communities. Our families are united in a shared interest of high-quality public schools, and we believe in their potential to champion equitable access to high quality schools. The priorities of 5C are to support successful charter renewals and to increase the influence of the CCC charter school community and advocate on behalf of the students.

Together, we commit to these outcomes:

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• Developing a cross-school council of charter family leaders who advocate collectively for public education quality, equity and access

• Building influential relationships with key elected officials, community leaders and education decision makers

• Increasing voter education and registration among the families and staff of our school communities

• Amplifying a holistic narrative about public charter schools in CCC through information campaigns

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Core Responsibilities

This is a full-time position. 5C uses a hybrid model in our organization, meaning we have 3 on-site work days and 2 remote work days per week, in addition to in-person and virtual evening meetings.

As our Family Organizer you will support the 5C’s Executive Director to

drive family organizing, advocacy campaigns and power building within the 5C’s Coalition. Specifically, you will:

• Identify and recruit parent leaders from each member schools to join our Family Leadership Council (FLC) in collaboration with school site family engagement staff.

• Work with charter schools to build site-based family engagement and power, including supporting the establishment of a Parent Leadership Team (PLT) at each school site.

• Train and develop parent leaders to lead organizing campaigns and engage coalition members in 1-2 advocacy campaigns per year that increase quality, equity and access in CCC public education (including voter education, voter registration, and GOTV)

• Use 1:1 meetings to build relationships and identify parent/community leaders. Use a variety of outreach methods to recruit leaders and allies including school events, house visits, and house meetings.

• Develop the knowledge and understanding of family leaders in education data, the Contra Costa public education landscape, and the principles and practices of community organizing.

• Support individual charter school partners in their charter renewal

The essential daily functions of the Family Organizer include:

• Recruit, train and lead a core set of parent/community leaders to develop school-based parent-led organizing teams to empower parents, youth and teachers to act in the public arena to promote and defend their interests and values.

• Build the capacity of parents to understand the State and local educational landscape, key decision makers, and power of community, through a relational model of community organizing.

• Recruit, mobilize, and retain a network of parents and community stakeholders that build advocacy and engagement to transform our local communities.

• Complete 15
  -20 one-on-one relational meetings every week with current and future parent leaders and other important stakeholders that build organizing…