Community Liaison (6 Hour) - Bilingual (English/Spanish) Required, 2024-2025 School Year

Job Purpose Statement/s: The job of "Community Liaison" is done for the purpose/s of assisting parents of Spanish-speaking students in understanding school procedures, programs and goals; performs liaison duties between school and community; receive general and direct supervision from the school principal or designate and must be fluent in English and a designated second language. Essential Job Functions:

• Meets with parents of student discussing student and school procedures.

• Involves parents in school activities and encourages understanding and support of school/student programs.

• Improves school attendance among students by assessing problems, improving communication and enlisting parent support.

• Counsels students, identifies interests and reviews schedules.

• Recruits parent volunteers and makes home visitations as needed.

• Confers with teachers, assesses tutoring needs and assists in adjusting student programs.

• Communicates and provides information concerning school and district programs.

• Attends inservices and workshops as scheduled.

• Performs variety of clerical work, including typing, filing, checking and recording information on records.

• Solicits community assistance for programs and special awards.

• Assists in increasing awareness of needs of students among instructional staff by conferring with teachers, assessing individual student goals and problems with them. Other Job Functions:

• Assists other personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities. Job Requirements

• Qualifications:

• Experience Required: One (1) year of responsible experience in community relations, social service, inter-group or inter-cultural activities.

• Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities Required: Skills: Typing/keyboarding

• 30 words per minute. Fluency in oral and written English and a designated second language. Knowledge of general concepts of child growth and development, child behavior characteristics and inter-cultural relationships; community resources related to individual student and group needs. Abilities understand oral and written instructions. Interpret and communicate student problems to teachers and school problems to students and parents; explain, confer, mediate and train as appropriate to situations presented.

• Education Required: High School diploma or equivalent. Some college level courses in psychology, human relations, education or similar social science fields.

• Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance, negative pre-employment drug screen test and negative TB test results. Successful completion of District Proficiency Test. Possession of a valid California Driver's License.

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