Farmington Municipal Schools Farmington , NM 87499
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Parent LiasionTitle 1 JobID: 2067
Position Type:
Title I/Parent Liaison/Facilitator
Date Posted:
5/22/2024
Location:
Animas Elementary
Date Available:
08/01/2024
Closing Date:
Until filled
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Vision Statement: To build the capacity of all stakeholders to develop strong, trusting
relationships that enable two-way communication and collaboration between home and
school which in turn strengthens the community, creates a school culture that honors
every family as a partner, and increases student success.
Parent Liaison Job Description
Purpose: The goal of a parent liaison is to ensure all families feel welcome and are a
part of the educational process.
Duties and responsibilities:
? Attend professional development meetings with other district school parent liaisons to
develop strategies that improve attendance at family engagement events
? Engage in communication with all families (eg. personal phone calls/emails/texts)
? Prepare for and attend family engagement events to support student learning and
relationship-building
? Improve attendance at all family engagement events
? Maintain a communication log detailing all family outreach efforts and outcomes
? Connect families to resources that will meet their needs
? Assist in creating a welcoming environment for all families
? Collaborate with the school site Student, School, and Family Support Services
Coach/Family Engagement Lead
? Keep principals and teachers informed of any special needs or concerns of families
Additional skills and responsibilities:
? Fluent in English, Spanish, or Dine (preferred, but not required)
? Must have own transportation
? Ability to maintain confidentiality
? Ability to work positively with other parents and district personnel
? Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
? Perform other duties as assigned by their supervisor
Terms of Employment:
Parent liaisons will be paid $16/hour (not to exceed 10 hours/week) - the school
principal will determine the work calendar based on need and available funding.
The Role of a Parent Liaison
(anything that involves positive family contact & increased attendance at family engagement events)
How Parent Liaisons Can Support Families How Parent Liaisons Can Support Teachers
? Build partnerships between home
and school that support student
success
? Help ensure all families feel
welcomed and a part of the
educational process
? Create positive and trusting
relationships with families
? Connect families with the school
? Connect families with teachers
? Connect families with school
resources (eg. counselor, social
worker, school resource officer, etc.)
? Connect families with community
resources (eg. library, Echo Food
Bank, Boys and Girls Club, etc.)
? Help families learn about district and
school initiatives
? Help families access and use
Schoology/PowerSchool
? Create, support, and participate in
parent and family networking
? Inform families of volunteering
opportunities at school
? Promote school events
? Collaborate with staff to make
families feel welcomed and included
? Keep staff informed about special
needs or concerns of families
? Connect families with teachers
? Attend family engagement events to
support learning and
relationship-building
? Employ strategies to increase
attendance at family engagement
events
? Invite families to school events
? Find volunteers to help at school
? Conduct an annual family
engagement survey to assess the
needs of families and staff
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Specific Ways Parent Liaisons Can Support their School
? Create a school newsletter for families. Try to include:
? school and community resources
? ways for families to engage with their child(ren) at home
? Personal welcome phone calls to every Kindergarten / 6th-grade student in Aug-Oct
? Personal phone calls to invite families to APTT/PAC/other family engagement events
? Call parents to:
? see why they weren't able to attend APTT/PAC meetings after the fact
? go over activity or information they missed at the event
? Find volunteers to:
? help put together APTT packets
? volunteer at Book Fair
? help with teacher appreciation, etc.
? Support APTT planning and implementation
? Support debrief after family engagement events
? Help review feedback from families
? Support One-School, One-Book
? Support Open House
? Attend Open House/APTT/OSOB/PAC/other family engagement events
? Provide community resources at family engagement events
? Help connect families with resources (social worker, food bank, etc.)
? Meet with grade-level PLCs to see how to support families
? Offer parent classes (PowerSchool, Schoology, computer, bring in community members)
? Send out an annual biography to families via Facebook, website, email
? Access to Facebook/Schoology to post events/flyers
? Create welcome packets:
? walk families through paperwork
? conduct follow-up phone calls
? walk new families through the school building
? Attend staff meetings/safety and other staff trainings
Farmington Municipal Schools