Parent Liaison

Hours per week: 29
Salary: Hourly ESP (72) Lane Placement ff
Contract Length: Hourly Only

About the Role

The Parent Liaison works directly with parents and students to build the capacity of parents in assisting their children to succeed academically. Parent Liaisons make the bureaucracy of the school system manageable and accessible to parents. They serve as a liaison between teachers, parents, students, support staff, and the community regarding educational programs, services, and student concerns in areas such as attendance, academics, behavior, and health. They assist staff with family outreach to set up meetings or provide communication in the primary language. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Responsibilities

• Provides outreach, support, and guidance services.
• Serves as a liaison between teachers, parents, students, support staff, and the community regarding educational programs, services, and various student concerns.
• Provides outreach, liaison, and guidance services to assist in resolving student issues and problems in areas such as attendance, academics, behavior, health, etc.
• Serves as an informational resource to parents, staff, and others concerning school programs, services, attendance, and other matters.
• Responds to inquiries and provides information concerning related activities, standards, guidelines, practices, goals, objectives, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Provides information and materials to parents to assist in the location and utilization of school and community services and resources.
• Refers parents to school services or community resources as appropriate.
• Translates communications between teachers, staff, and limited or non-English speaking students and parents as assigned.
• Serves as an interpreter for phone calls and meetings as needed.
• Translates correspondence as needed.
• Composes, distributes, and responds to a variety of correspondence related to assigned liaison and support services.
• Schedules and arranges various student, parent, and other appointments as assigned.
• Arranges, schedules, and requests parent participation in conferences, meetings, and other activities.
• Encourages parents to participate in various school and community programs and services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficient in a second language.
• Spanish fluent preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in a second language.
• Skilled in communicating in person and over the phone.
• Basic understanding of current computer programs and usage.
• Skilled in interacting positively with students, parents, teachers, staff members, administration, and other community resources.

Working Environment

General office conditions. May require visits to students' homes. May be required to work some evening events, such as family literacy nights, parent conferences, etc. May be exposed to illness, blood, and body fluids from students.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.
• Some lifting/pushing/pulling, mostly under 20 lbs.