Early Childhood Family Support Coordinator for the 2025-26 School Year

City Garden MontessoriSaint Louis, MO, US

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Job Description

City Garden Montessori School (City Garden) is the only Montessori charter school in Missouri, and we are one of the highest-performing charter schools in the state. Our team possesses passion and determination to implement the Montessori approach to educating children in a diverse, public school environment. City Garden is committed to being an anti-biased, anti-racist community and seeks others who are passionate about these values. We are committed to fostering excellence for all City Garden children.

At City Garden we are redefining public education, reimagining community, and reinvigorating our world.

City Garden is a community-centered and people-centered organization in an exciting point in our growth and expansion. Ours is an environment that celebrates vulnerability and centers humanity in the workplace. To learn more about City Garden’s impact on the community, please read some recent articles about us, found HERE and HERE.

Family Support Coordinator

Providing holistic support to our students and families is core to our school model; the Family Support Coordinator will have the responsibility of coordinating counseling, social-emotional and wrap-around support for City Garden students and families.

The Family Support Coordinator will :

Provide counseling and individualized intervention support for students
Coordinate family and student resource support
Promote and coordinate relationship and community building at City Garden
Support social-emotional assessment and education

The Family Support Coordinator will contribute to a positive, trustworthy, and respectful climate that has consistent expectations for all. The Family Support Coordinator will build relationships, communicate proactively, and promote continual growth while maintaining a student-centered focus.

Responsibilities

The following represents a summary of the responsibilities of this position. A detailed job description may be downloaded HERE.

Counseling and individualized intervention support

Provide direct counseling and, if needed, coordinate outside counseling services

Support student / family processing and interventions as needed (emotional dysregulation in class, death / divorce in family, etc.)

Coordinates all 504 plan meetings and the creation of the 504 plans; communicates with parents, school staff, and administration about 504 plan needs and issues

Maintain documentation of all counseling sessions, interventions, consults, interactions with families, etc. as well as complete students (in SPED) IEP quarterly progress reports

Family / Student Resource Support

Research and recommend community resources, and provide families assistance navigating those resources such as utility assistance, housing, med. insurance, glasses, food assistance, diapers, legal aide, holiday assistance program coordination, furniture, tutoring programs, etc.

School-wide resource / opportunity coordination

Attendance tracking, absence / late arrival support, and follow-up with chronic absence issues

Serve as McKinney-Vento liaison and Foster Care Point of Contact

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment and Education

Provide support and coordination regarding SEL curriculum, resources and assessment, including, but not limited to :

Individual lessons

Small -group lessons

Classroom lessons

In order to fulfill these responsibilities, the ideal Family Support Coordinator candidate will also :

Have strong rapport with young children and their parents and guardians

Be familiar with Montessori education, and aligned to Montessori’s holistic approach to child development

Have a strong grounding in anti-bias education and antiracist values and principles, and is excited to be part of a school that is reimagining education through these lenses

Have an ability to meet people where they are, build and nurture strong relationships, collaborate across stakeholders, build community, and lead with empathy

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling

School social work experience working with K through 8th grade students, public school experience preferred

Experience providing counseling services to children and their families

Experience connecting families to wrap around support services and resources

Be child-centered, flexible, and willing to do whatever it takes for our students

Schedule

School hours : 8 : 00 am to 4 : 00 pm Monday through Friday

Length of Work Year : August to June - 11 month contract (regular school and summer school) - paid over 12 months), up to 217 days per year, including but not limited to professional development, parent / teacher conferences, and preparatory work).

Compensation

This position offers a salary ranging from $45,000.00 to $50,000.00 based on level of education and years of relevant experience.

Benefits

City Garden offers a range of benefits for Full-time employees such as :

Generous Paid Time-off (Fall, Winter and Spring breaks, holidays, and additional days)

Paid Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance)

Pre-Tax savings for family health premium costs

Retirement Plan

Enrollment preference to City Garden Montessori for child(ren) grades K through 8 who reside in Missouri

Discount tuition for our Preschool program

City Garden Montessori School is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity, equity and inclusion. Recruiting staff to create an inclusive organization is a priority, and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, ethnicities, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientations, gender identities, military or veteran status, or other statuses protected by law. All candidates are evaluated solely on their qualifications to perform the work required.

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Early Childhood Coordinator • Saint Louis, MO, US