Parent Involvement Specialist - Part-Time - Title I @ Pleasant Ridge Gifted and Talented Academy

Gaston County Schools•Gastonia, NC

About The Position

The employee performs a variety of tasks for the professional staff in the schools to build a good home-school partnership. Among the specialty areas are home visits, interviewing parents, and coordinating parent involvement activities.

Requirements

Knowledge of the developmental stages of students at assigned school.
Knowledge of parent education programs.
Ability to effectively communicate events on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
Ability to communicate and work with parents of disadvantaged children.
Ability to use sound judgment in approaching and working with sensitive and difficult situations.
Ability to analyze situations, determine possible options, and make appropriate decisions based on the facts and specific situations.
Interest in students and the learning environment.
Ability to coordinate and/or conduct parent workshops.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to be patient and tactful with parents.
Ability to direct and lead parents and/or students in individual situations and group activities.
Ability to prepare a variety of materials for parent workshops and operate the necessary machines to prepare these materials.
Ability to help maintain a positive atmosphere in the school.
Ability to plan and organize multiple activities, projects, and other tasks.
Ability to develop and compile records and reports.
Ability to develop and maintain an effective working relationship with students, teachers, administrators, and parents.
Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made in order to train parents to be able to assist their children.
Some knowledge of the school organization and its community.
Skill necessary to operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines.
Ability to solve independently most minor problems.
Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision.
Ability to record and store data accurately.
Ability to maintain the confidentiality of student information.
Some understanding of the problems related to parents of disadvantaged children.
Interest in students and the learning environment.
Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, grasping, talking, and hearing.
Must be able to perform light work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally; and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Must possess the visual acuity to count money and objects, check the work and efforts of the children, and observe behavior and actions in the classroom.
Graduation from high school, preferably with one or two years of experience working with adults; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Computer/technology skills required for maintaining records (demonstration may be required, if interviewed).

Nice To Haves

Higher education level preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as liaison between parents, school, and community to build good home-school relations.
Conducts home visits; interviews parents; plans, coordinates, and implements parent involvement activities.
Seeks input from staff in making decisions about parent involvement activities.
Develops parent activities.
Prepares and distributes a weekly calendar of events for parent involvement activities.
Collaborates with community agencies on specific projects.
Maintains parent resources.
Conducts parent training sessions.
Operates copiers and mimeograph machines for the reproduction of materials for parent involvement activities.
Other duties as assigned.