COVID Operations Coordinator

ABOUT PERRY STREET PREP
Perry Street Prep serves 400+ elementary and middle school students in Northeast DC. We are a community of diverse learners, with students from all eight wards of the city, that builds relationships with families and empowers students to be college-ready and to thrive in a global society. Our goal is to provide every student, PreK-8th grade, with the knowledge, the attitudes and the support they will need to succeed in rigorous high schools and beyond.

Perry Street Prep students have PRIDE: perseverance, respect, integrity, dependability, and excellence. Our school culture emphasizes PRIDE qualities, and our faculty and staff help our students strive to embody them.

Our diverse, committed, and driven staff have led Perry Street Prep to become one of the highest performing schools in Washington, DC. In 2019, we earned the distinction of Tier I, the highest performance rating given by the DC Public Charter School Board, designation as an ESEA Distinguished School by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for exceptional student achievement by our students with disabilities, and the selection as a 2019 Bold Performance School by EmpowerK12.

For additional information about Perry Street Prep visit pspdc.org.

ABOUT THE POSITION
We are seeking a COVID Operations Coordinator to begin immediately. This position is a full-time position working 8 hours a day (Monday-Friday) with an hourly rate of $20-$25. This position requires a detail-oriented, organized person to manage the implementation of daily COVID operations and testing for students and staff. The Coordinator will be provided full personal protective equipment in order to safely complete all job duties.

Roles and Responsibilities:
COVID-19 Operations:
- Serve as the in-house expert on all available guidance from the DC Department of Health (DC Health) and the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) regarding K-12 school reopening and stay up to date on any changes;
- Ensure all mandatory reopening requirements are met;
- Maintain supplies and accessibility, at each school, of personal protective equipment (PPE), cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, and other relevant supplies;
- Advise COVID Response Team and school leadership teams on the most effective COVID procedures for arrival, dismissal, meals, transitions, etc.
- Conduct daily screening and observation of students and staff ensuring all individuals on campus meet health requirements.

COVID-19 Testing:
- Implement the asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 testing program;
- Contact and support families to collect all necessary COVID testing consent forms and track student eligibility for testing;
- Respond to any reports of symptomatic students or staff, including coverage of isolation rooms;
- Support the Director of Operations and/or Human Resources Manager to report any positive cases to DC Health and to conduct the school's contact tracing.

COVID-19 Reporting and Messaging:
- Serve as the lead contact tracer for COVID-19 positive cases before reporting to DOH and OSSE;
- Serve as a point of contact on all COVID-19 issues for staff, students, and families;
- Work with the Director of Operations to ensure signage is accurate and posted throughout school.

COVID-19 Isolation Room Management:
- Supervise and manage the isolation of symptomatic students who meet criteria and cannot be served through the nursing suite;
- Test symptomatic students using noninvasive SheildT3 testing protocols;
- Contact parents and ensure a smooth and safe dismissal from school for symptomatic students clearly communicating to parents return requirements;
- Work directly with Shield T3 staff to get symptomatic on demand student samples to the lab and facilitate weekly school based asymptomatic testing.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Ideal candidates will have the following education and experience:
- High school degree or equivalent required;
- Experience with patient care or in the medical field a plus;
- Must be timely, flexible, and dependable;
- Spanish language skills a plus;
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Experience working with youth ages 3 – 15.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

In accordance with Mayor's Order 2021-109, Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School requires all staff to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or obtain an approval for exemption due to medical or religious reasons by November 1, 2021.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran’s status, or any other factor, which would constitute a violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act or other applicable laws or court order.