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Position
Description
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TITLE:
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Director,
Youth Development Services
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CLASSIFICATION:
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Non-Represented
Management, Certificated/ Classified
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SERIES:
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Director
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FLSA:
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Exempt
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JOB
CLASS CODE:
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5166
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WORK
YEAR:
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12
Months
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DEPARTMENT:
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Community
Health and Educational Support Services
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SALARY:
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Range
15
Salary
Schedule A
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REPORTS
TO:
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Assistant
Superintendent
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BOARD
APPROVAL:
BOARD
REVISION:
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09-09-02
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BASIC
FUNCTION:
Plan,
organize, control, direct, and provide administrative leadership in the
development, implementation, and maintenance of Youth Development Services
Programs that help young people obtain social, emotional, ethical,
physical, and cognitive competencies.
REPRESENTATIVE
DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform
any combination of the essential functions shown below [E]. This position
description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties,
knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is
intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements.)
Plan,
organize, control, direct, and provide administrative leadership in the
development, implementation, and maintenance of Youth Development Services
Programs that help young people obtain social, emotional, ethical,
physical, and cognitive competencies. E
Provide
leadership to schools and other departments to establish and strengthen
youth development programs. E
Create
meaningful, viable, comprehensive, and integrated youth development
programs. E
Create
meaningful youth development evaluation frameworks and processes;
supervise data collection, youth development research, and evaluation
activities. E
Work
collaboratively with public and private agencies, community groups, youth,
parents, site administrators, and central office personnel in the
development, implementation, and evaluation of Youth Development Services. E
Identify
and secure funding for youth development activities from local, federal,
and private sources. E
Work
with school sites, community groups, and central office to provide age
appropriate and developmentally based drug, alcohol, tobacco, and violence
prevention activities to young people. E
Work
with youth, school sites, and central office to develop a system of youth
leadership that is actively involved in decision making at both the school
site and district level. E
Work
with high school sites, community groups, youth, and central office to
continue the development and implementation of the Student Advisory
Committee and Youth Congress. E
Work
with school sites, community groups, and central office to provide social
and mental health services to youth and their families through the Student
and Family Support Services Center and Student Attendance Review Board (SARB)
processes. E
Work
with school sites, community groups, and central office to coordinate
mentoring projects at school sites through the Mentor Programs Office,
coordinate after school projects at school sites through the After School
Projects Office, and coordinate services to foster youth students through
the Foster Youth Services Office. E
Supervise
and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; interview and select
employees, and recommend transfer, reassignment, termination, and
disciplinary actions; plan, coordinate, and arrange for appropriate
training of staff. E
Perform
related duties as assigned.
TRAINING,
EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:
Any
combination equivalent to: bachelor's degree, and two years of
increasingly responsible supervisory experience with a background in youth
development programs.
LICENSES
AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Valid
California driver’s license; provide personal automobile; Administrative
Services Credential and/or Pupil Personnel Services Credential preferred.
KNOWLEDGE
AND ABILITIES:
KNOWLEDGE
OF:
Planning,
organization, and coordination of Youth Development Services Programs,
such as Youth Leadership, Foster Youth, Mentoring, Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities, etc.
Budget
preparation and control.
Grant
writing, project management, and report writing.
Policies
and objectives of assigned program and activities.
Laws,
rules, and regulations related to assigned activities.
Applicable
sections of the State Education Code and other applicable laws.
Interpersonal
skills using tact, diplomacy, patience, and courtesy.
District
organization, operations, policies, and procedures.
Oral
and written communication skills.
Principles
and practices of effective supervision and personnel management.
Operation
of a computer and related software.
ABILITY
TO:
Meet
district standards of professional conduct as outlined in Board Policy.
Plan,
organize, control, direct, and provide administrative leadership in the
development, implementation, and maintenance of Youth Development Services
Programs.
Establish
and maintain effective working relationships with staff, site, and central
office administrators, parents, youth, and public.
Communicate
effectively both orally and in writing.
Read,
interpret, and apply rules and regulations, policies, and procedures.
Analyze
situations accurately, and adopt an effective course of action.
Identify
and secure funding for youth development activities.
Interpret,
apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Meet
schedules and timelines.
Work
independently with little direction.
Plan
and organize work.
Operate
a computer and related software.
Supervise
and evaluate the performance of assigned staff.
WORKING
CONDITIONS:
SAMPLE
ENVIRONMENT:
Office
environment; driving a vehicle to conduct work.
SAMPLE
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
Hearing
and speaking to exchange information; seeing to read, prepare, and
proofread documents; sitting or standing for extended periods of time;
dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard; kneeling,
bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders, and
horizontally to retrieve and store supplies; lifting light objects.
Dir
I Youth Dev Services (271)
APPROVALS:
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Bernice
Hardee, Chief Personnel Officer
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Date
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James
Sweeney, Superintendent
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Date
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