Summary:
The Parent and Family Liaison is to be a key member of the school leadership team and is responsible for fostering a positive, safe, and inclusive learning environment. The primary purpose is to empower parents/guardians and to focus on supporting students’ academic, social, and emotional growth while strengthening partnerships between the school and families.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Family Outreach & Communication: Serve as the primary contact for families. Communicate through telephone calls, emails, and in-person meetings to encourage engagement. Support students and families with research proven practices to promote mental and physical health.
Attendance & Student Support: Orient families to school expectations, schedules, routines, and available supports. Work with students and families to promote regular school attendance, address barriers to attendance, and support students experiencing challenges.
Community Resource Connection: Identify and connect families to school and community resources (e.g., food pantries, health services, mental health counseling).
Event Planning & Engagement: Organized family engagement events (e.g., literacy nights, math workshops, science fair, etc.) that align with the School Improvement Plan. Promote parent participation in conferences, workshops, school events, and advisory committees.
Data & Documentation: Maintain accurate records of family interactions, interventions, attendance, and the effectiveness of engagement initiatives.
Student Success Plan/ 504 Creation/ Monitoring: Proactively communicate with families of students with emerging attendance or engagement concerns to understand the root causes and co-develop supports. Collaboratively create, implement, and monitor student success plans and 504 Plans.
Collaboration: Work alongside teachers, social workers, counselors, and administrators to support students. Coordinate with staff to align prevention and interventions strategies for individual students.
