School Improvement Support Liaison SY 26-27

Job Summary

The School Improvement Support Liaison assists all school personnel in connecting supports for students and their families, ensuring academic achievement as outlined in the school's action plan. They work in the schools to coordinate school improvement programs and activities for all members of the student community. They also serve as a liaison between the school, parents/guardians, and community, assisting in building community partnerships to enhance student performance and provide support to families.

Essential Functions

• Maintains all necessary records, including daily activity logs.
• Serves as a member of the attendance team.
• Assists in the completion of documents needed for the truancy prevention and intervention processes.
• Serves as a liaison between the school, parents/guardians, and community.
• Collaborates with instructional staff, identifying topics for parent and student information sessions concerning curriculum, interventions, and academic support activities.
• Works with individual students, or small groups of students.
• Schedules and facilitates individual parent/guardian meetings at school or the parent’s home as needed to address parent concerns and needs.
• Tracks data to address the needs of students and families.
• Supports and advocates student and parent participation and attendance in extended instructional and non-instructional opportunities.
• Acts as a liaison for Supplemental Education Services (SES) for eligible students.
• Responds appropriately to concerns and issues raised by parents, students, and community organizations.
• Assists with the implementation of the policies and procedures of the School District, Board of Education, and all grant mandates.

Salary Information

School District of Philadelphia
Salary Grade: 885 | $31,436
Minimum Requirements: Associate's degree from an accredited college or university. Three (3) years of full-time, paid social services experience working in a school setting or with children, parents, or community organizations.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of: community resources, supplemental educational services and social service agencies.
• Ability to: successfully work with children, employ tact, diplomacy and sound judgment in dealing with sensitive and/or confidential issues and hostile attitudes, work effectively with parents/guardians and children from varying socio-economic levels and cultural backgrounds to address their specific concerns, effectively present information and respond to questions in various settings, write routine reports and correspondence, use a personal computer with regards to e-mail, internet browsers and word processing and the ability to learn other necessary software, read and interpret various documents, such as but not limited to, safety rules and governmental regulations, communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Additional Requirements

• For the Bilingual Specialty: Ability to speak English and the required foreign language fluently, read and write English and the required foreign language.