Family and Community Engagement Liaison- East High School

What You'll Be Doing:

• Assists school administration in developing a sustained, systematic plan for family involvement and engagement aligned with the District’s strategic plan.
• Organizes and/or coordinates meetings, activities, programs, and learning opportunities for families to increase capacity for advocacy, civic engagement, and supporting their students’ learning.
• Collaborates with school staff and District leadership to achieve measurable outcomes and meet school and District goals.
• Collaborates with and assists the school’s parent leadership organization(s) to increase participation and ensure alignment with the school’s Parental Involvement Plan and schoolwide Title I Plan.
• Aids in the preparation and development of Parent School Compacts.
• Supports the creation and maintenance of a welcoming, safe, and supportive school environment and positive school culture.
• Provides information to school, students, families, and the community on programs, support services, and resources provided through the District and the community to improve student attendance, academic achievement, and school performance.
• Assists school attendance teams in verifying attendance information.
• Develops and fosters strong community relationships that build capacity for families and support school communities.
• Coordinates and integrates family engagement strategies with school and district programs.
• Attends and participates in scheduled professional development.
• Completes and reviews required program reports and documents.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To:

• A High School Diploma or G.E.D. and/or 3-5 Years of parent involvement engagement experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in coordinating and/or developing and delivering referral services for community-based education, social, or health programs.
• Experience preparing detailed written and oral reports.

To #LevelUp in This Role, You'll Need:

• Prior experience working in an educational, social service, or family support service environment.
• A Missouri state substitute teaching certificate.
• 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.