.6 ACPS School-based Bilingual Dari/Pashto Parent Liaison ESSER III
- Employer
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- Location
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Closing date
- Oct 25, 2023
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- Industry
- Education
- Function
- School and Teaching
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
The School-based Parent Liaison creates a welcoming school environment for families; conducts outreach through a variety of communications to empower parents/guardians to be actively engaged in their children's education organizes family involvement events/activities; manages school-based volunteer opportunities; and works with the principal to address parent/guardian issues and concerns at the school.
The Parent Liaison is supervised and evaluated by the School Principal/Administration with feedback provided by the Family and Community Engagement Center (FACE) staff.
This position will work 4.8 hrs/day, 240 days/year.
Qualifications
Education: High School diploma or equivalent
Certificates & Licenses: Valid Driver's License
Experience:
- At least two years of professional experience working with community-based outreach program, schoolsand/or non-profits with increasing levels of responsibility is required.
- Experience working with culturally diverse communities.
- Dual language proficiency in Pashto and/or Dari is strongly desired.
Key Competencies:
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other team members.
- Understanding and sensitivity for diverse cultural, ethnic and socio-economic background of students.
- Ability to determine and assess confidential material, and maintain confidentiality.
- Excellent time management, customer service skills and people skills.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend availability.
- Ability to work in high-pace work environment and use good judgment.
- Passionate and committed to the mission of ACPS.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
Essential Functions:
- Creates a welcoming school environment
- Establishes trusting relationships and serve as a point of contact for families.
- Assists families in efforts to navigate the school system.
- Advocates for families, as appropriate.
- Works closely with other school staff to coordinate services for students and families, including: SchoolSupport Team members, English Learners (EL) and Specialized Instruction staff, teachers andadministrators.
- Provides information on services available to eligible students and families and encourages participation, as appropriate.
- Provides community referrals to families as needed.
- Works with bilingual parents/guardians and staff to ensure use of Language Line as needed and ensures necessary interpreter services are available at parent-teacher conferences, school meetings/activities and as requested.
- Ensures multilingual signs, bulletin boards and other displays visible at school entrance and/or lobby to welcome families and provide information.
- Attends appropriate trainings and meetings.
- Assists in the communication of matters concerning the division that impact the school community as appropriate.
- Conducts outreach to empower parents/guardians to be actively engaged in their children's education
- Places personal calls and coordinates multilingual robo-calls and text messages to families to invite them to events and/or to share important information.
- Prepares outreach materials for distribution in language(s) of parents/guardians (i.e. flyers about upcoming activities, school calendar of events, available school/community resources, etc.)
- Coordinates communications to share important information with families in the languages they speak.
- Surveys parents/guardians on welcoming environment, parent involvement opportunities and perceived access to information/resources.
- Stays abreast of ACPS and community information, resources and supports available to families and makes available to all parents/guardians served.
- Keeps track of contacts with parents and provides updated information as needed.
- Attends parent support meetings and other relevant meetings within the community.
Organizes family involvement events/activities:
- Organizes FACE-sponsored workshops/events to support family engagement efforts within the school (i.e., navigating the school system, preparing for parent-teacher conferences, bullying prevention, mental health support, and supporting literacy at home, etc.)
- Facilitates information sessions for parents/guardians, (i.e. Parent Coffees/Principal Chats).
- As appropriate, offer Parent Support Groups in cooperation with school Student Support Staff.
- Manages school-based volunteer opportunities
- Collaborates with principal and other school staff to identify specific volunteer needs and develops volunteer job descriptions.
- Recruits parents/guardians to volunteer, assists with application process, screens volunteers and identifies appropriate placement for volunteer in the school.
- Provides basic orientation for all volunteers and serve as point of contact.
- Keeps appropriate volunteer records and tracks volunteer activity.
- Works with the principal/administration to address parent/guardian issues and concerns at the school.
- Assists school administrators in the development or revision of strategies to facilitate school-family collaboration.
- Works with school's leadership team to develop an appropriate involvement component of the school's plan.
- Attends appropriate trainings and meetings at school.
- Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
Clearances:
- Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance
- Tuberculosis Skin Test
Public Health Compliance
- Proof of COVID vaccination. Exemptions for religious/medical will be reviewed.
- Must follow safety and health protocols.
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Primary Location:
Samuel Tucker Elementary School
Salary Range:
$23,719.68 - $29,157.12 / Support SUP-16
Shift Type:
Part-Time
Company
Alexandria City Public Schools is one of the most diverse school systems in the country and we celebrate that diversity. Our students come from more than 80 different countries, speak more than 60 languages, and represent a rainbow of ethnic and cultural groups. They are economically diverse, but all are rich in that the residents of Alexandria are dedicated to ensuring that each and every one of them achieves success.
The children of Alexandria have benefited significantly from the strong support of City Council and the Alexandria community over the years. Tremendous gains have been made in student achievement and ACPS continues to be in the forefront of technology integration.
T.C. Williams High School is on the cutting edge, both inside and out. The award-winning building features numerous environmentally sound features, such as a 450,000-gallon underground cistern that collects and stores rainwater for building use, and a rooftop garden that provides stormwater management. The redesigned educational program at T.C. consists of smaller learning communities designed to increase academic achievement and the level of student engagement. Students feel more connected to caring adults, and teachers have more opportunity to know and support their students.
The City of Alexandria was recently named one of the Top 100 Communities for Young People by America's Promise, partly because of the quality of our schools and programs. A recent City survey indicates that the number of people who made the decision to live in Alexandria based on the quality of the schools has increased since 2004. We have many reasons to celebrate. ACPS is truly an urban success!
- Location
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2000 N Beauregard St
Alexandria
VA
22314
US
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