Liaison - Family Engagement - Memphis Shelby County Schools

OVERVIEW

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is seeking dynamic educational champions ready to position our district as a national exemplar of education transformation. We need leaders with a fierce commitment to actualizing a bold vision that yields ambitious outcomes for more than 110,000 students and families across the Memphis-Shelby County area. The reality is that we can do better for kids, and we will with the right leaders in place. The most successful candidates believe that more is possible for Memphis and are:

• Courageous Thinkers & Doers: Prepared to navigate and thrive in a complex and ambiguous environment on day one, present innovative ideas to address systemwide issues, and execute sustainable plans toward transformation.
• Solutions-Oriented: See the possibilities, demonstrate the capacity to synthesize information and adjust short and long-term goals, and consistently find a window when doors close to deliver measurable results for kids and families.
• High-Performing Gamechangers: Leader of leaders with the capacity to mobilize and empower an outstanding team, make people-centered data-informed decisions, and operate with a relentless hyperfocus on removing stubborn barriers that destroy the hopes and dreams of too many of our students.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Division of Family and Community Engagement is designed to build effective partnerships among families, schools and community stakeholders to support student learning. This is done by coordinating, planning, and implementing support programs and services within the District and the community to ensure the academic and social success of students.

1. Provide training to help parents to work with their children to improve their children's achievement, such as literacy training and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement
2. Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and the school.
3. Develops and implements ongoing engagement programming for parents and collaborates with managers and specialists in the department on an ongoing basis to determine the needs of schools and available resources.
4. Coordinates initiatives for families and community partners while working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure coherence between the school-based (family/student) engagement work, the community engagement work, and other engagement initiatives.
5. Supports schools to build their capacity to develop and foster productive partnerships that facilitate positive family, schools and community relationships with the Division of Family and Community Engagement.
6. Participates in regular reviews of district policies and research on best practices related to family, community and student engagement.
7. Supports the development and implements an integrated family and schools plan to build the capacity of families and community partners to support improvements to student outcome; Coordinate with District staff to ensure alignment with academic priorities.
8. Performs other related family engagement duties as requested.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in in Education, Policy Studies, Communications, or related field plus an additional two (2) years of related work experience or an equivalent for a total education/experience of six (6) years.  Proven successful experience working in a school setting preferred

Degree Equivalency Formula: Bachelor's Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience. Master's Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master's degrees are required, years for Bachelor's Degrees must be included.