Job Description
Job Description
This is a Part-Time Position
Location: Tim Lee Club
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Coordinate and implement programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement.
- Plan programs in collaboration with staff, teachers, parent organizations, business-community partners and principal of school
- Design monthly activities to help families participate more effectively in improving their children’s learning. (Family Reading Activities, ESL, Financial Planning, Math and Science trainings, Career and College Planning events, etc.)
- Help families understand standards and assessments, student test scores, rubrics and the school report card.
- Facilitate and organize other parent meetings and workshops, as parents request.
- Collaborate with Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier staff, community members, partners and families to develop programs and activities geared to reach families who are underrepresented because of social, economic, racial and/or language barriers.
- Develop monthly family contact logs with parent telephone numbers/emails in order to be in touch with families at least once a month.
- Develop monthly newsletter to keep parents informed of afterschool activity, community resources, etc.
- Be a liaison between families and staff when problems arise.
- Arrange for translation and interpretation services for meetings.
- Communicate regularly with staff about parent's ideas and concerns.
- Recruit parents to participate in afterschool activities.
- Document parent/community activities through visual portfolios that include sign-in sheets, flyers and pictures.
- Submit monthly reports on the family involvement activities.
- Reach out to local community groups and businesses to find out how they would like to promote family involvement.
- Work with community partners and families to identify resources for families in the community. Ensure that staff have up-to-date referral information on community services to give to families. Attend community meetings that will help you connect to community resources for families.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
- High School Diploma or GED required. Associates or bachelor's in human services/welfare, preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of community social services organizations
- Ability to communicate effectively with parents and community.
DISCLAIMER:
The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and drug-free workplace, candidates selected for this position will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug screening. The drug testing process will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, and the results will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.