Liaison, Student Support

DPS•Denver, CO

About The Position

Creates, adjusts, and implements systems that support positive student behavior and attendance. Provides frameworks and interventions that enable students to have safe, productive, and successful educational experiences, reinforces the classroom and school culture, and ensures students understand behavioral and attendance expectations. The role engages with students, families, teachers, school personnel, counselors, social workers, and community partners to address students’ academic, social, behavioral, and attendance needs. It maintains student records, analyzes and reports findings to school leadership, and supports interventions for students, including those who are chronically absent or at risk. The position requires the employee to live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience required.
At least three years of experience and demonstrated success working collaboratively with other professional staff on instructional improvement issues.
Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in the community.
Believe in and support all students so they feel seen and heard and have access to high-quality education.
Maintain a permanent home address in Colorado while working for DPS.
Ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Experience working with alternative youth and service providers preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify student needs, particularly academic and social needs, and provide or suggest solutions.
Consult with teachers, parents, and school personnel about learning, social, and behavioral issues.
Discuss students’ strengths, opportunities for growth, and aptitudes with teachers and parents.
Maintain a positive school environment through conflict resolution, collaboration, positive reinforcement, and modeling.
Implement curriculum and restorative approaches to develop positive social skills.
Advise assigned students on attendance and motivate them to establish and achieve attendance goals.
Assist with appropriate interventions for chronically absent students.
Develop community partnerships that can provide programs or services aligned with identified student needs.
Establish and maintain accurate student records and files regarding attendance and disciplinary issues.
Analyze and report data findings to school leadership, including intervention plans when necessary.
Refer students to school counselors or social workers when concerns extend beyond academic or social issues.
Coordinate with counseling and other staff regarding issues affecting students’ academic performance or social conflicts with teachers, students, and parents.
Promote school and in-home literacy enrichment for at-risk students to support engagement and access to necessary resources.