BENTON HARBOR AREA SCHOOLS

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Family Liaison (Hired through EduStaff)

Reports to: Building Administrator

Location: Benton Harbor Area Schools

Job Summary:

The Family and Community Liaison is an individual based at a school whose primary function is to connect the home and school in a positive, respectful, and welcoming manner. The Family and Community Liaison play a dual role of ambassadorship. The liaison represents the school through thoughtful, meaningful, and culturally appropriate communications. The liaison represents the parent and/or guardian by understanding the many challenges that occur in our communities. The Liaison is cultural broker who maneuvers between school, home, and community to ensure understanding, transparency, and a space where trust may be fostered. High preference is for the Liaison to be a member of the community and/or have the ability to maneuver within the community successfully building relationships and respect.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Experience working and/or living in an urban or inner city setting

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and implement a space in the building for a Parent Center; for classes and meetings
• Assists in the continuous updating of demographic information, i.e. current address
• Collaborates in the development of process/procedures for conducting home visits
• Develops relevant and meaningful parent academy-type classes and seminars
• Serves as a member on the Student Study Team
• Work closely with the Principal, Specialists, Dean, Student Affairs Officer, Director of Positive School Climate, and/or the Community in Schools Coordinator
• Coordinate efforts with other F/C Liaisons and Specialist

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Commitment to Equity:Passionate about closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child, regardless of background or circumstance, receives an excellent education
• Leadership:Coaches, mentors, and challenges others to excel despite obstacles and challenging situations.
• Focus on Data-Driven Results:Relentlessly pursues the improvement of central office performance and school leadership, instruction, and operations, and is driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.
• Innovative Problem-Solving:Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
• Adaptability:Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic transformation effort; comfortable with ambiguity and non-routine situations.
• Teamwork:Increases the effectiveness of surrounding teams through collaboration, constant learning and supporting others; sensitive to diversity in all its forms; respects and is committed to learning from others.
• Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms; anticipates and responds to customer needs in a high-quality and courteous manner.

Terms of Employment:

$18 - $20 per hour; Hired through EduStaff

Salary based on education and experience pursuant to the Benton Harbor Area School Board policies and collective bargaining agreement for any position that falls under collective bargaining.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and talk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.

Funding Source:

This position is funded using Title I(a). Federal regulations do not allow a promise of employment beyond the current year of allocated funds. This position, at any time, may be dissolved based on funding availability and data collected from a comprehensive needs assessment.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

Benton Harbor Area Schools employees and applicants for employment are covered by federal laws and Presidential Executive Orders designed to safeguard federal employees and job applicants from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs

We are an equal opportunity employer