Position Description

Under the direction of the Director of English Language Learners and the site administrator, the School and Community Engagement Facilitator acts as the liaison between students, staff, and parents to remove barriers to improve student learning and achievement.  The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, serving as a resource to students and parents regarding district and community agencies, resources, parent education, and other events and activities that are linked to strong, positive student outcomes.

Essential Duties

• Provide oversight and coordination of school and community-based services and service providers
• Identify campus resources and gaps in service areas
• Connect students in crisis situations to appropriate services
• Support the implementation of school climate goals
• Develop and/or support data collection
• Coordinate linkage of identified students to appropriate programs, activities, and services
• Conduct home visits to support students and families in achieving student success
• Organize parent engagement workshops, including logistics and communication
• Compile materials and create files for documentation of compliance with district goals, such as Local Control Accountability Plan and Title III
• Compile attendance reports and work with School Attendance Review Team and Board to support improved student attendance
• Support the Progress Monitoring process for targeted students at the site and district levels
• Schedule SSTs
• Schedule 504s
• Other related duties as assigned

Skills and Requirement

• Compile and interpret quantitative reports
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Navigate school/district and community systems
• Understand and respect the diversity of families’ economic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Recognize sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Work independently and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Experience with using data bases and analysis
• Establish and mainitain strong interpersonal and team relationships with students, staff, parents, and community partners
• Create and maintain a system to monitor timelines and action plans
• Maintain flexible work hours when necessary

Experience/Education

Two or more years of experience developing skills or knowledge areas described

Bachelor’s Degree preferred, such as Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Development, Education, Social Work or related field

Fluent Spanish required at specific sites

Physical Demands

(Note:  Terms used in this section are defined as follows:  Rarely – 1 to 10%; Occasionally – 11 to 33%; Frequently – 34 to 66%; and Continuously – 67 to 100% of the work day)

Sitting:                                                 Occasionally

Standing/Walking:                               Continuously

Bending/Neck bending:                                  Frequently

Squatting/Climbing/Kneeling:              Frequently

Crawling:                                                         Occasionally

Neck/Waist twisting:                           Continuously

Pushing/Pulling:                                              Continuously; up to 60 lbs. at a time

Reaching:        Above shoulder:                      Occasionally

                        Below shoulder:                      Continuously

Lifting/Carrying:          0-10 lbs.:                     Frequently

                                    11-25 lbs.:                   Occasionally

                                    26-50 lbs.:                   Rarely

                                    51-75 lbs.:                   Rarely

Hand Activities:

Repetitive hand use:

Simple grasping:              Occasionally

Fine manipulation:           Occasionally

Hand and arm:

Twisting/turning:               Frequently

Computer operation:        Occasionally

Writing:                             Occasionally