Job o’ the Day: Project Attorney in the Alternative School Reform Project for the Center for Children’s Advocacy, Inc.
The Center for Children’s Advocacy is a non-profit organization dedicated to enforcing the legal rights of poor children. They are actively seeking an attorney for their new Alternative School Reform Project, an innovative program that advocates for systemic reform of alternative schools in Connecticut and impacts thousands of students The alternative schools usually have extremely low graduation rates and are often used to remove students from regular school who are low-achieving, have special needs, or poor school attendance. From the PSJD job listing:
The Project Attorney will work both in Hartford and with a coalition of community and government agencies in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to advocate for alternative school reform.
Responsibilities include:
- researching and analyzing information regarding alternative schools in four Connecticut cities;
- collecting case studies;
- advocating for changes at individual schools found to be violating children’s education rights;
- representing individual children impacted by inadequate alternative schools;
- conducting media outreach;
- developing advocacy products regarding alternative school issues;
- educating parents about alternative school rights;
- providing presentations to stakeholders regarding alternative school issues;
- involving impacted families in advocating for systemic reform; and
- advocating with state administrative agencies and legislators for alternative school reform.
This is a two-year position funded by a grant from a national foundation.
For more information on application instructions, salary and qualifications, view the full listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).