Parent Liaison
- Employer
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- Location
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Closing date
- Mar 5, 2020
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- Industry
- Education
- Function
- School and Teaching
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
The Parent Liaison creates a welcoming school environment for parents; 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 reports to both School Principal and FACE Parent Engagement Specialist.
Qualifications:
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
- Experience:
- At least two years of professional experience working with community-based outreach program, schools and/or non-profits with increasing levels of responsibility is required.
- Experience working with culturally diverse communities.
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: School Support Team members, English Language Learner (ELL) department staff, special education staff, teachers and administrators.
- 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 FACE trainings and meetings.
Conducts outreach to empower parents/guardians to be actively engaged in their children's education:
- 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.).
- Develops ongoing relationships with community-based and local faith-based organizations and makes presentations to provide school information.
- Coordinates robo-calls 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 information resources and support available to families and share with parents/guardians ways to support their children's learning at home.
- Keeps track of contact with parents.
- Attends PTA and parent support meetingsand other relevant meetings within the community.
Organize family involvement events/activities:
- Organizes FACE-sponsored and other monthly events or activities to support family engagement in school (i.e., navigating the school system, preparing for parent-teacher conferences, bullying prevention, mental health support, and supporting literacy at home, etc.)
- Facilitates workshops and information sessions for parents/guardians, including the 12-week Parents as Educational Partners (PEP) program each fall.
- As appropriate, offer Parent Support Groups in cooperation with school Student Support Staff.
Manage school-based volunteer opportunities:
- Engages in a broad-based needs assessment to establish priorities for the school volunteer program, works with principal and other school staff to identify specific volunteer needs and develops volunteer job descriptions.
- Recruits parents/guardians to volunteer and assists with application process. Once volunteer has been screened, finds an appropriate placement for volunteer in the school.
- Provides basic orientation for all volunteers and serve as point of contact.
- Keeps appropriate volunteer records and track volunteer activity.
Working with the principal to address parent/guardian issues and concerns at the school:
- Works with principal and other school staff, as needed, to address and resolve specific parent/guardian concerns.
- 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.
Annualized salary range: $28,385.28-$34,928.64
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Primary Location:
George Washington Middle School
Salary Range:
$18.48 - $22.74 / Support SUP-16
Shift Type:
Full-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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