Job Title: Bilingual Family Liaison
Location: School Based
Pay Grade: Administrator and Professional Salary Grade A07
Work Calendar: All 12 Month Employee
FLSA Status: Non Exempt GENERAL PURPOSE
The Family Liaison implements the goals and priorities of the Strategic Plan that pertains to Family Engagement and Equitable practices. Reporting directly to the Principal of their assigned base-office, the Coordinator assists with communication between students, families, and the school in a holistic manner to enrich the student's development and will work in conjunction with other staff to create a TOT model for authentic Family Engagement. Promotes understanding of families' cultural diversity; and ensures families feel welcome, trusted, and valued by the school; conducts outreach through a variety of communications to empower families to be actively engaged in their children's education; collaborates with colleagues to design, promote, and implement high impact family engagement strategies during the school day and after school; facilitates communications and provides SCPS information and resources to families; encourages family engagement; builds relationships with and among families, staff members, and community members. MAIN JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Creating a TOT model for authentic Family Engagement Provides information about SCPS and the schools and conducts an orientation upon admission or within the first two weeks of admission to new English Learner students and their families, and helps the families procure ongoing support throughout the year. Helps schools in creating a system for holding orientation meetings for new English Learner students and their families and helps schools create a system of ongoing support throughout the year. Helps schools in communicating/explaining school rules, procedures, schedules, and curriculum to Families as needed with an emphasis to English Learner students and their families Provides connections between parents, community, and school staff to support student achievement and facilitate communications. Directs staff and families to appropriate SCPS and community resources for information and resolution of concerns. Identifies best practices and assists in the development strategies to facilitate school/community collaboration. In conjunction with school-based staff, develops and helps coordinate programs to involve families and the community in students' education and school programs. Plans, schedules, helps organize, and participates in delivering a variety of school/community outreach and involvement activities, including one-on-one consultations, small meetings, presentations, conferences, and workshops for families and staff members. Participates in school, community and civic activities to maintain visibility and credibility in the community. Researches and develops strategies that promote staff members' outreach to parents. Assists, staff and leadership in ensuring multilingual communication is included at events and informally, and in a limited fashion, and only for emergencies or extremely unusual circumstances, interprets if and where needed by faculty and parents. Assist with the overall training support for Family engagement initiatives and programs and develops strategies improvement - both at school and district level. Maintains knowledge of developments in Family Engagement and staff development. Support and demonstrate core values of Stafford County Public Schools Engage in ongoing professional development relevant to position. Respond promptly and thoroughly to written and oral requests for information. Maintain a clean, neat appearance, appropriate to position. Maintain a record of appropriate attendance and punctuality. Serve as a role model for students, colleagues, and the general public. Work in close harmony with colleagues, supervisors, and co-workers. Comply with all District and School policies and regulations, including but not limited to guidelines for confidentiality. Perform other related duties as required/assigned. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Three (3) years of progressive experience working with families and with school and community activities and programs. Preferred experience in working with K-12 age children and/or a placement similar to an educational setting. Experience with family engagement programs and/or community agencies. Bilingual-English KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Knowledge School and Community programs, organizations, services, and resources. Familiarity with the special needs of children and diverse issues of parenting. Skills Proficiency in public speaking and written communication to expressand/or exchange ideas in English and Spanish. Abilities Work flexible and evening hours. Work cooperatively in a team environment to meet goals Organize and perform work independently Meet deadlines for all work even when working on multiple projects Show sustained effort and enthusiasm in quality and quantity of work WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Work environment is primarily inside, with moderate noise, temperatures that are moderate, and no exposure to chemicals or other negative air quality elements. The work is light work, requiring exertion of up to 20 pounds of force to move or lift objects. The following physical and mental abilities are representative of those expected to complete the essential functions of the job: standing for prolonged periods; sitting for prolonged periods; moving the hands, wrists, or fingers repetitively; moving with force on the back or lower body repetitively; feeling, grasping, or holding objects by hand; identifying colors visually; identifying objects in low light or distant conditions; communicating via spoken language; communicating via written language; perceiving sounds; making decisions using logic and rational thinking. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations shall be made, as required by law, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described.
Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties, just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
