ML Compliance and Family Engagement Specialist

Chapel Hill
- Carrboro City Schools Job Description

Job Title:

ML Compliance & Family Engagement Specialist Salary

Schedule:

Classified Salary Scale

Reports To:

Director of Multilingual Learners, Dual Language, and World Language Salary Grade: 107

Work Location:

Lincoln Center / Sheryl-Mar

Work Schedule:

12 months

The ML Compliance & Family Engagement Specialist serves as a primary liaison between multilingual families, schools, and the district, fostering meaningful family engagement and supporting equitable access to educational opportunities for multilingual learners. The position coordinates student enrollment, language identification, assessment, placement, and ongoing compliance with federal, state, and district requirements for English Learner and Dual Language programs. The Title III Parent Liaison provides translation and interpretation services, connects families with school and community resources, and collaborates with educators to ensure students and families receive comprehensive support throughout their educational experience.

Additionally, the position maintains student records and data systems, coordinates multilingual learner assessments, and assists with program implementation, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Assist the ES/DL Director with maintaining compliance and implementation of ESL policies and federal guidelines.
• Supplement ESL and DL services to language minority students as they transition to the district and assist language minority families in locating community resources for the purpose of promoting parent effectiveness and student achievement. Meet with family and share information about our school system. Created videos containing basic information and got them translated in several languages. Have videos updated as needed.
  
  Contact an interpreter to ease communication when necessary. Get acknowledgements signed by parents or legal guardians.
• Assist with translating letters and documents of supplemental nature as well as interpreting on meetings or over the phone when required. Assist with interviewing new contracted interpreters.
• Collaborate with district personnel to proactively identify issues and/or concerns relevant to language minority families, EL services and DL services.
• Check the student information database (Infinite Campus) daily and identify students who have enrolled and may be eligible to be assessed with the English proficiency test. Review the registration form. Contact the previous school system to obtain EL identification and scores. If not WIDA member, coordinate with the test administrator and family to administer the test.
• Obtain a report from WIDA DRC and discuss results with family. Explain about available programs students may be eligible for such as newcomers, dual language, etc., as well as ESL delivery mode that students may receive cuss with family the results of the English proficiency test and provide information about the delivery method of ESL services lain in detail about newcomers and dual language programs as a way to deliver English acquisition.
• Assist with pre-placement and placement of students in appropriate instructional programs. For high school students, explain about available courses, pathways to graduation and future jobs. Evaluate foreign transcripts for newly enrolled students eligible to participate in the newcomer program. Obtain scores and/or transcripts for potential ELs students either by contacting former schools (within or outside the USA) or processing a transfer request within our database.
  
  Maintain knowledge of changes in worldwide educational systems.
• Collaborate with local high school counselors in regards to scheduling of newcomer students. Provide high school newcomers and their families with a tour around the school, make sure their lunch forms, if applicable, are processed to ease the transition.
• Scan all documents and upload to ELLevation and prepare detailed emails including but not limited to, scores, educational background, assistance needed with food, clothing, mental health issues shared by the family, suggested schedules when a student is assigned to the newcomer program for either middle or high schools, request transportation, etc.
• During the summer, coordinate testing for rising K-12th. Find and reserve the location, contact different internal and external organizations to be present during our testing Expo, get technology ready (chrome books, headphones, testing program ready),…