Liaison - Family Engagement

Memphis Shelby County Schools • Memphis, TN

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About The Position

The Division of Family and Community Engagement builds effective partnerships among families, schools, and community stakeholders to support student learning. It coordinates, plans, and implements support programs and services within the District and community to promote students’ academic and social success. The Liaison develops and coordinates family engagement programming and initiatives, supports schools in building productive partnerships, and helps align family and community engagement with district academic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Education, Policy Studies, Communications, or a related field, plus two additional years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination totaling six years of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Proven successful experience working in a school setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide training to help parents work with their children to improve achievement, including literacy training and technology use, as appropriate.
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with parents’ assistance, about the value of parent contributions and how to communicate and work with parents as equal partners, coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and schools.
• Develop and implement ongoing engagement programming for parents, collaborating with department managers and specialists to identify school needs and available resources.
• Coordinate initiatives for families and community partners, collaborating with colleagues to ensure coherence among school-based family and student engagement, community engagement, and other engagement initiatives.
• Support schools in developing their capacity to foster productive partnerships and positive relationships among families, schools, the community, and the Division of Family and Community Engagement.
• Participate in regular reviews of district policies and research on best practices related to family, community, and student engagement.
• Support development and implementation of an integrated family and schools plan to build families’ and community partners’ capacity to support improved student outcomes; coordinate with District staff to align efforts with academic priorities.
• Perform other related family engagement duties as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time