FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to promote and encourage parent and family engagement in Title I schools to improve school readiness, academic achievement, and graduation rates. It is also to empower parents and families to positively impact their students' learning outcomes by providing services, support, and activities to increase their knowledge and skills.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans, coordinates, and/or facilitates, and assesses a variety of parent family engagement activities, based on stakeholder input, such as required meetings and workshops and other evidenced based strategies aligned to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Sessions may be for all parents and families enrolled at the school or smaller groups specific to grade levels, subject areas, or student groups such as Students with Disabilities or English Learners.
• Plans, coordinates and/or facilitates, and assesses, with the assistance of parents and families, professional development opportunities for school staff on topics, including but not limited to: incorporating the value of parent and family contributions; inviting collaboration with parents and families; communicating and working with parents and families as equal partners; implementing and coordinating programs; and building partnership between parents and families and the school. Ability to host parent meetings off school sites and in the local community and/or neighborhoods.
• Uses data from multiple sources such as surveys (school, district and/or state) and school level evaluation data to identify and address potential barriers to parent and family participation and to assist with planning parent family engagement opportunities.
• Visits student home environments to assist with services that may include, but are not limited to, identifying basic personal needs, food and clothing, developing relationships between parents/families/guardians or other services related to improving academic performance and parent/family, and community engagement.
• Maintains and develops multiple communication channels to engage parents/guardians which may include, but are not limited to, newsletters, emails, text services, social media, and special events.
• Ensures compliance of the school and district’s parent and family engagement program with all federal guidelines, including opportunities for input to the Title I plan, school PFE policy, and home school compact.
• Translates district and/or school-based documents (letters, forms, newsletters, website information, etc.).
• Remains up-to-date with ESSA requirements, adult learning principles, and strategies to build capacity of parents and families and school staff.
• Encourages parent and family involvement in education by collaborating with parents, teachers, and the school’s leadership team to foster a caring, family-friendly school climate.
• Provides supplemental support to the school-based team and Newcomer Center by helping to identify resources, testing and working to engage parents/families to address student needs and to help remove barriers to learning, such as attendance and access to social services.
• Duties for the EL Parent Family Engagement center around specifically helping our parents of our English Learners (EL).
• Participate in community meetings.
• Prepares a monthly calendar of District and community activities and events for distribution Maintaining a weekly schedule of activities for family engagement.
• Ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends.
• Interprets at intervention and IEP meetings, parent conferences, parent meetings, and individual student assessments.
• Participates in school-based meetings related to student needs, as appropriate, to assist parents/families in understanding impact on student learning and helping to identify solutions.
• Represent WSFCS in different outreach Promoting resources and information.
• Plans, coordinates, and/or facilitates, and assesses EL family literacy programs or activities based on ESSA guidance in Title III Sec. 3102 (5) “to promote parental, family, and community participation in language instruction educational programs for the parents, families, and communities of English learners.”
• Additional tasks as assigned by the supervisor and allowable under Title I, Part A of ESSA.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ASSA), specifically Section 1116.
• Knowledge of various community, school, and governmental resources to assist parents and families support students’ learning and academic success.
• Knowledge of computer software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and others applicable to the work performed and various social media platforms.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with parents and families with various backgrounds.
• Ability to utilize multiple formats to promote parent family engagement.
• Ability to identify potential barriers to parent family engagement and determine appropriate solutions.
• Ability to clearly communicate in both written and verbal forms (composing, editing, word choice, expressiveness, clarity) with teachers, administrators, volunteers, parents and families, and community partners.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education, or another related field.
• Minimum: One year of experience working with students and families of diverse popultions.
• Minimum: For the EL position, Bilingual/Biliterate is preferred.

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:

Valid Driver’s License is required.

Pay Grade 65 - $3,062.34 Monthly Salary - Full Time Position 

PHYSICAL WORK DEMANDS:

In compliance with Federal Law, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability.