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Chief Family Officer

About Lorain City Schools

The International City is the home of the Lorain City Titans. We are a district that will disrupt the status
quo for 6,700 scholars across 15 campuses in Northeast Ohio, just outside of Cleveland. To do so, we will
transform the way that we look at educating our scholars, performing as leaders, and inspiring as people, all
while having fun doing it. Lorain City Schools is one of two districts in the state of Ohio who have been
granted the authority to redream what is possible for our young people with the passing of House Bill 70.
This house bill empowers the CEO to improve district practices and operate with a level of urgency and
purpose that is unique to traditional public school systems across the country. The districts academic
improvement plan, The Lorain Promise, outlines the ambitious yet obtainable outlook for Lorain City Schools
with bold statements about how we will operate as a district and a community. This innovative new
direction for Titans, will not only change the way we look at public school education, but seeks to set the
new standard for what is possible when we put our scholars first. To learn more about Lorain City Schools,
please visit www.loraincityschools.org
Our Shared Values

Our Shared Values are the heart of our culture and the foundation of all of our work at Lorain City Schools,
reflecting input from people across the community. They will shape who we are and how we work together
to realize every scholars potential.

Scholars First Everything we do is focused on ensuring that students reach their full potential. We
will honor the voices of our students and their families and support each other as champions of
Lorains scholars, knowing that we all have their best interests at heart.

One for All Our differences as individuals strengthen our schools. We will focus on equity, work
proactively to eliminate bias in our systems and procedures, and invest in effective strategies to
ensure equal opportunity for all scholars and families.

Experience Joy Our schools will be places where all scholars and staff can pursue a love of learning
with enthusiasm and optimism. We will lift each other up and celebrate our successes.

Expect Excellence We will hold high expectations for every student and staff memberand hold
each other accountable to ensuring that every student succeeds.

Collaborate with Integrity We promise to be transparent, knowing that we can only get better if
we work togetherand are honest with each other. We will hold ourselves to the highest standards
of personal behavior, including trust, honesty, fairness, and integrity.

Take Pride We value, honor and respect one another, our schools, and our community. We will
work together to build schools where all adults look forward to coming to work and students are
eager to learn.
About the position

The Chief Family officer will play a critical role in molding our community into a place where love, learn, and
leadership can coexist. To do so, the Chief Family Officer will have to inspire and establish opportunities for
the community to connect and contribute to joyous learning environments across Lorain in a cohesive and
intentional way. Reporting to the CEO, s/he will embed the core values of the district into day-to-day
functions of the school and the community, create community engagement and alignment to The Lorain
Promise, and proactively create spaces of connectedness through all layers of our system. Working in
partnership with the Chief Operations Officer, and the Chief Equity and Achievement Officer, the Chief
Family Officer will be a part of a leadership team that brings our community together and promotes
conversations that breakdown barriers and builds bridges. S/he will work to ensure that our families are
valued, our schools are cared for, and the scholars that are a part of our Lorain lives are able to thrive. The
Chief Family officer will be charged with empowering families to speak up for an excellent educational
experience for their scholars, hold the community accountable to our Lorain promise, and motivate
educational equity in learning environments that embody our six core values of Scholars First, One for All,
Experience Joy, Expect Excellence, Collaborate with Integrity, and Take Pride.

This is an exciting opportunity for a collaborative systems leader, who enjoys creating a culture of
connectedness, empowerment, and self-worth. S/he has a desire to create mindsets in adults that ensures
that there will be no scholar who is unable to reach their full potential because of the challenges they may
face day to day.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:


In close partnership with the CEO, lead the development of the Family Office
Defining what excellent community partnerships should look like throughout the district
Create a comprehensive approach towards community engagement
Leading multiple offices (internal and external) towards common scholar and family outcomes
Creating systems engage our efforts to collectively support the whole child in a coordinated and
calculated approach
Create a vision for family advocacy and implement it across our system
Proactively create a school culture and climate common picture
Redesign our districts code of conduct with an equity and restorative justice lens
Lead a new way to approach adult to scholar interactions and relationships
Facilitate best practices across the network
Candidate Requirements:
A minimum of a bachelors degree from a four-year college or university; Masters in leadership or
masters degree in a related field preferred (but not mandatory)
At least 5-7 years of leadership experience in a high-performing organization, leading a high
performing school or department with proven and documented scholar outcomes and/or school
impact
Track record of successfully meeting or exceeding organizational targets, achieving ambitious goals,
and data that shows significant organizational or departmental impact
Ability to make strong relationships that are professionally balanced with key performance metrics
Strong people and organizational management skills, with a track record for developing and
empowering communities at-large to galvanize around a vision and direction
A thinker who is able to overcome challenges in creating improvements in low performing settings
An ability to convey a vision and implement the plan that is community based but outcomes driven
An ability to create systems and processes that do not exists with small or large teams
An unwavering belief in our school systems core values and vision
Experience in urban education and/or organizations that fight for equity and achievement of our
underserved populations

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