ML Compliance and Family Engagement Specialist

ML Compliance & Family Engagement Specialist

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.

Essential duties include:

• Assisting the ES/DL Director with maintaining compliance and implementation of ESL policies and federal guidelines.
• Supplementing ESL and DL services to language minority students as they transition to the district and assisting language minority families in locating community resources for the purpose of promoting parent effectiveness and student achievement.
• Meeting with family and sharing information about the school system.
• Contacting an interpreter to ease communication when necessary.
• Getting acknowledgements signed by parents or legal guardians.
• Assisting with translating letters and documents of supplemental nature as well as interpreting on meetings or over the phone when required.
• Assisting with interviewing new contracted interpreters.
• Collaborating with district personnel to proactively identify issues and/or concerns relevant to language minority families, EL services, and DL services.
• Checking the student information database daily and identifying students who have enrolled and may be eligible to be assessed with the English proficiency test.
• Reviewing the registration form.
• Contacting the previous school system to obtain EL identification and scores.
• If not a WIDA member, coordinating with the test administrator and family to administer the test.
• Obtaining a report from WIDA DRC and discussing results with family.
• Explaining about available programs students may be eligible for such as newcomers, dual language, etc., as well as ESL delivery mode that students may receive at school.
• Discussing with family the results of the English proficiency test and providing information about the delivery method of ESL services at school.
• Explaining in detail about newcomers and dual language programs as a way to deliver English acquisition.
• Assisting with pre-placement and placement of students in appropriate instructional programs.
• For high school students, explaining about available courses, pathways to graduation, and future jobs.
• Evaluating foreign transcripts for newly enrolled students eligible to participate in the newcomer program.
• Obtaining scores and/or transcripts for potential EL students either by contacting former schools (within or outside the USA) or processing a transfer request within the database.
• Maintaining knowledge of changes in worldwide educational systems.
• Collaborating with local high school counselors in regards to scheduling of newcomer students.
• Providing high school newcomers and their families with a tour around the school, making sure their lunch forms, if applicable, are processed to ease the transition.
• Scanning all documents and uploading to ELLevation and preparing 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, coordinating testing for rising K-12th.
• Finding and reserving the location, contacting different internal and external organizations to be present during the testing Expo, getting technology ready (chrome books, headphones, testing program ready), coordinating with volunteers to offer childcare.
• Creating rosters for newly enrolled students, contacting families via email or telephone to set up appointments for assessment.
• Rescheduling appointments as needed.
• Coordinating with Spanish or Chinese test administrator and family if a student…