Family and Community Engagement Liaison

The Family and Community Engagement Liaison serves as a liaison between families and the school to build each entity’s capacity to make school environments welcoming, strengthen two-way communication, facilitate and encourage respectful interactions, and increase shared power and responsibility. This position supports and strengthens the partnership between the school, families, and community to positively impact student achievement and overall school performance.

The Family and Community Engagement Liaison will be responsible for connecting families to District and community supports, as well as developing: 1) relationships with families that foster trust between families and the school, 2) leadership, advocacy and involvement among the parent/caregiver community, and 3) opportunities for families to support their student’s education to enhance academic achievement and attendance, as defined by Federal guidelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : include the following:

Other duties as assigned.

* SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience preparing detailed written and oral reports.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bilingual skills (Spanish) preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and fingers, bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least ten pounds. The job requires the employee to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl occasionally. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.