Family Resource Center Parent and Family Educator (2025-2026- Pending Budget Approval)

Family Resource Center Parent and Family Educator

JOB GOAL

Plays a crucial role in providing support and resources to parents and families within the community. This position involves offering services, guidance, and assistance to parents and families in need, empowering them to overcome challenges and improve their well-being. The FRC Parent and Family Educator works with district personnel and community partners, advocates for family needs and family/school connections, and assists families with essential services and basic needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

Holds a valid Tennessee teaching license; Possesses a working knowledge of the resources/services within the community; and meets health and physical

REPORTS TO  Family Resource Center Coordinator

FLSA STATUS Exempt

SCHEDULE     200 Day  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serves as a liaison among the home, school, and community;

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  Maintains an up-to-date directory of community resources and resource agency information;
• Houses parenting materials for workshops;
• Attends and conducts workshops for parents, teachers, and community, as well as with other district personnel as time permits;
• Communicates with donors, volunteers, media, and the schools;
• Strives to meet the goal of prevention and a proactive mindset for parenting classes and engagement programs;
• Makes home visits per district guidelines;
• Provides training, guidance and assistance for teachers and classified staff  on topics such as family engagement, building home/school connections, and other topics based on district needs;
• Assists teachers with parent involvement as needed;
• Maintains monthly log of dates, times, and involvement activities;
• Participates in planning and implementation of parent workshops;
• Assists in planning and facilitation of Family Advisory Council meetings;
• Gathers ideas and research relating to family/parent involvement to share or distribute to schools and families throughout the year;
• Attends conferences/staff development sessions for professional growth;
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed;
• Organizes Family Resource Center donations;
• Packs and delivers food boxes and basic needs to families and schools as needed;
• Assists Family Resource Center Coordinator in completion of state reports and the documentation and recording of Family Resource Center data;
• Actively participates in truancy board and community groups that support families and the school district; and
• Other duties as assigned.

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure;
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, and/or planning of an activity;
• Adaptability to working with students; and
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based upon sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; the ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: The ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: The ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Data Perception: The ability to understand and interpret information presented in the forms of graphs, charts, or tables.
• Spatial: The ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
• Color Discrimination: The ability to perceive or to recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting or carrying of objects that exceed fifty (50) pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: pushing and/or pulling, stooping and/or kneeling, reaching and/or handling, talking, hearing, seeing, and climbing.

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel so assigned.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Wilson County Board of Education does not discriminate because of age, race, color, gender, national origin, disability, religion, genetics, creed, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities, or in employment opportunities or benefits.  The Wilson County School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and member of TN Drug-Free Workplace.  Employees or applicants who need reasonable accommodations should contact Human Resources for assistance.

Salary : $46,781