Liaison: Family Parent (0.4 FTE)- Esperanza Elementary School (2025-26)

Oakland Unified School District • Oakland, CA

96d

About The Position

The Liaison, Family Parent position involves performing a variety of proficient, specialized duties with the implementation of Board-adopted meaningful family engagement standards. This role requires good communication skills and the ability to utilize specialized knowledge and independent judgment, involving frequent and responsible public contact. The Liaison assists in ensuring that the individual site remains proficient in engaging families as partners for student learning and continuous school improvement.

Requirements

• AA Degree or its equivalency required (2 years of similar and relevant work level experience = 1 year of college) and relevant course work.
• Five years of relevant experience.
• Valid California Driver's License, if applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in parent advocacy, community organization, or related areas.
• Demonstrated commitment to multiculturalism.
• Demonstrated cultural competence with diverse groups across race, ethnicity, religion, gender, class, and sexuality.

Responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring that templates and protocols used to sustain the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) include the appropriate guidelines for compliance with the mandates of the various categorical and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) programs.
• Assist in ensuring that activities and meetings of the School Site Council (SSC), Site English Language Learner Committee (SELL), African American Parent Advisory Council (AAPAC), Special Needs Parent Council, and other SSC Subcommittees are aligned with site/district process and expectations for continuous school improvement.
• Develop and staff a Family Resource Center.
• Attend site-based and district professional learning communities.
• Work closely with the school principal, community school manager, teacher leaders, community partners to align and implement family engagement strategies linked to student learning and the goals of the SPSA.
• Communicate and collaborate with the Office of Meaningful Student and Family Engagement and the Central Family Resource Center, to align site-based family engagement activities and measures of quality.
• Collaborate with Family Parent Liaison/Family Engagement Staff in surrounding neighborhoods.
• Educate all parents in the school community about participation on site and District advisory committees.
• Facilitate workshops for parents on how to support student learning at home.
• Provide personalized assistance to teachers and staff on how to partner with families for student learning.
• Facilitate parent action team or family engagement coordinating team, to assist school site with creating educational equity through family engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Associate degree