Community Services Outreach Liaison (Alternative Learning School: Grades 9-12)

Split assignment located at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, MN within the Alternative Learning Program.

Schedule

• 8.0 hours per day (7:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.)
• Monday through Friday
• 12-month contract working 225 days per year

Pay

Starting at $64,710 per the Liaisons contract.

About the role

Under the direct supervision of the Secondary Principal, the Community Services Outreach Liaison supports the daily operations of community school initiatives by connecting families, students, and staff with partner resources, assisting with outreach events, and maintaining positive stakeholder communication. The Liaison works to create a high-performing community school strategy wherein community members are connected, students and families are supported, and experience belonging with successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building a team to implement an asset and needs assessment, in partnership with all constituent groups to identify clear priorities; re-assess each year based on youth, family, and community voices.
• Serve as a liaison to agencies and programs interested in partnering with the school to help develop new partnerships aligned with the school vision.
• Support leadership to expand learning and enrichment opportunities, health services, parent/family engagement, programming with local universities, and mental health services for students.
• Support leadership in MTSS wrap-around services for student and family needs (individual and school) to ensure students are connected to opportunities and services.
• Support the development of youth leadership structures in support of continuous school improvement and the development of a co-created vision for the community school.
• Lead or participate in family engagement events with the school and community partners; coordinate educational opportunities for families related to academics, basic life skills, or other identified needs.
• Identify and provide support for students needing equitable academic enrichment (e.g., tutoring and credit recovery).
• Support and identify partners for coordinated activities before, during, or after school, as well as during the summer months; maintain a lens of college/career readiness for all students.
• Conduct periodic focus groups or informal conversations and collect other data to understand school climate and community interests and opportunities.
• Regularly communicate with district or community-based organization leadership to assess alignment.
• Participate in the school leadership team, site meetings, MTSS, and teacher learning committees to examine and make recommendations based on data and curricula to explore potential partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 1–3 years of relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience within an educational, non-profit, or human services setting.
• Knowledge of K–12 school environments, including tiered systems of support (MTSS/RTI), Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and district compliance policies preferred.
• Capability in establishing and maintaining effective, collaborative relationships with students, families, advisory boards, civic leaders, corporate partners, and the general public.
• Lived or professional experience successfully navigating complex socioeconomic and systemic structures, with the ability to handle basic conflict resolution or escalate complex situations as needed.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to relay information accurately between school staff and external partners, and communicate clearly and tactfully across diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• General proficiency in event scheduling, organizing, and planning large-scale student, family, and community outreach events.
• Strong computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, and specialized school information systems.

Skills

• Knowledge of applicable district policies, practices, and procedures, as well as school outreach and community partnerships best practices.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students and families.
• General skill in operating standard office equipment and applicable hardware and software.
• General skill in organizing multiple events for students.
• General skill in developing and implementing frameworks for student success.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, advisory boards, businesses, industrial personnel, member district staff, non-member district staff, and the general public.

About the organization

Intermediate School District 917 provides special education, career & technical education (CTE), and/or alternative learning for nine member districts in the south metro. Programs are located in more than 20 sites throughout the south metro, including Dakota County Technical College (DCTC), where the district office is located. The district focuses on being purposeful, personalized partners within the community, modeling an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff.

The culture of ISD 917 is built on the core values of collaboration, empathy, innovation, stewardship, communication, integrity, personalization, equity, and diversity. Programs are designed to provide high-quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students from birth through age 21.

Mission: In partnership with member districts, Intermediate School District 917 provides high-quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students.

Vision: Intermediate School District 917 models an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff.

Core Values:

• Collaboration: Working together to achieve more collectively.
• Empathy: Considering and respecting the perspective and needs of member districts, students, families, and staff.
• Innovation: Ongoing improvement of programs and services.
• Stewardship: Managing financial and human resources carefully and responsibly.
• Communication: Multi-dimensional, transparent conversation focused on sharing information and creating a positive learning and working environment.
• Integrity: Aligning actions with values and beliefs.
• Personalization: Building on strengths and addressing the unique needs of individual students.
• Equity: Intentionally providing opportunities while removing barriers at all levels of the organization.
• Diversity: Appreciating and valuing everyone’s unique selves.

Strategic Directions:

• Increase student achievement and engagement.
• Support and lead staff through continuous improvement.
• Deepen engagement of stakeholders through quality, equitable communication practices.
• Increase social-emotional learning and skills for students and staff.
• Increase support for ALL through inclusive practices.

District Motto: Purposeful. Personalized. Partners.