Parent and Family Engagement Coordinator

Role: Family Engagement CoordinatorReports to: Director of Federal ProgramsFLSA Status: ExemptContract Days: 190 daysRetirement: TRS

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement family engagement strategies: Create programs and initiatives to increase family involvement in the district and school community.
• Coordinate family events: Organize and facilitate school-wide and program-wide workshops (e.g. day, evening, and/or weekends) for the purpose of providing information, resources, and support to parents/guardians enhancing their overall parenting skills in the school and community.
• Build relationships: Establish and maintain positive relationships with families, students, staff, and community partners. Establish and maintain an ongoing liaison with community agencies and other resources to meet student needs; refer family and students to agencies when appropriate.
• Provide resources and support: Offer families information and resources to help them support their children's education.
• Monitor and Assess engagement: Track family participation and assess the effectiveness of engagement strategies. Assist with any necessary programmatic reports, focused around Family and Community Engagement.
• Collaborate with staff: Work with teachers, administrators, and district office personnel to integrate family engagement into the district and schools' overall strategy. Maintain ongoing contact with teaching staff through class visits, email, telephone, etc. in order to share relevant information. Maintain on-going contact with the Director of Federal Programs regarding Parent and family engagement duties and responsibilities.
• Communicate effectively: Maintain clear and consistent communication with families through various channels, i.e. phone calls, social media, newsletters, advertisements, mailings, etc.
• Support student achievement: Assist families in understanding and supporting academic standards and expectations. Assist families with transportation to school appointments as appropriate. Make home visits as needed and work with parents regarding ways in which they can help their children achieve. Actively encourage parents to participate in parent meetings, field trips, events, etc. Assist families in enhancing skills (e.g. parent education classes, ELL classes, computer and technology classes, and adult classes) for the purpose of being actively involved in their child's education. Collaborate with ELL teacher to host meetings for ELL students and families.
• Promote a welcoming environment: Ensure the school is a welcoming place for all families.
• Follow professional practices: Maintain compliance with Title I, Part A, Family and Parent Engagement requirements. Maintain a variety of records/documents (confidential and non-confidential) for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference and/or ensuring documentation for future reference in accordance with administrative and legal requirements. Assist with any necessary programmatic reports, focused around Family and Community Engagement and Title I, Part A. Adhere to school and system policies in working with students, families, and colleagues.
• Ensure adherence to ethical standards: Follow the Code of Ethics for Educators as established by the relevant professional standards commission.
• Integrate technology: Use effective technology to enhance family engagement.
• Participate in professional development: Participate in on-going professional learning for Title I, Part A federal requirements and professional learning aimed at current trends and best practices and apply learned concepts to improve family engagement.
• Ensure safety procedures: Adhere to appropriate safety procedures during family events.
• Follow laws and policies: Comply with federal and state laws, as well as Board policies and administrative directives.
• Perform other duties as assigned: Carry out additional tasks as required.

Qualifications:

• Required certification: Hold or be eligible for required certification.
• Interpersonal skills: Ability to work well with families, students, staff, and the community.
• Integrity and character: High integrity, excellent character, and good professional reputation. Ability to maintain a professional appearance.
• Ethical standards: Abide by the relevant professional standards code of ethics.
• Reliability: Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
• Proficient Skills and Abilities: Strong oral and written communication, leadership, planning and organization, public relations (customer service), technology, public speaking.
• Physical requirements: Ability to perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting. Ability to perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Supervision: Ability to coordinate, provide technical assistance, and other support necessary to assist and build the capacity of all Title I, Part A Schools. Must be able to properly and consistently supervise students, particularly during emergency situations.

Important Notes:

ESSENTIAL DUTIESJob descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Human Resources Director.) It should also be noted the order of performance responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSIn filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.