Community Outreach
The objective of the Community Outreach Specialist is to work with administration, faculty and support staff at the secondary level to create opportunities for connections and relationships that will serve to improve student engagement in alignment with district-level goals.
About
The Community Outreach Specialist (COS) is to support family engagement and involvement for the benefit of student learning and academic success. The COS will also continue in the planning, implementation, monitoring, communicating and evaluation of activities, potential programs, and outreach services for families and students in conjunction with other community members within the school District and beyond its walls.
- Serve as a resource to students, parents and community members regarding community agencies, events, and activities.
- Assess the needs of students, families and community members.
Student Based Intervention Counselor
School-based counseling services to middle school and high school students who exhibit social, emotional and/or behavioral issues that place them at risk of school failure, delinquent behaviors, and possibly dropping out.
Services include:
- Individualized Education Program (IEP) Counseling
- At risk counseling
- Crisis intervention and management
Contact Information
- Johnstown Jr./Sr. High School, 1 Sir Bills Circle, Johnstown NY, 12095
- Phone: (518) 762-4661 ext. 2151
- cknowlton@johnstownschools.org
- cknowlton@thefamilycounselingcenter.org
Additional Links/Resources
December is International Human Rights Month
International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law are primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into nearly 400 languages, making it the most translated document in the world.
- Violence against women and children remains one of the most pressing human rights issues around the world. In many countries, domestic violence is not a crime
- In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which establishes “fundamental and inalienable” rights for all people.
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