Behavior Education Assistant​/Family Liaison Muir - FTE - SY

Behavioral Education Assistant

Hourly Wage: $24.82 (Starting Compensation).

Employment Type:

Non‑Exempt.

• Be an active and positive member of a mobile response team that supports students who are demonstrating challenging/dysregulated behavior.
• Follow protocols and systems for supporting students.
• Communicate with teachers, Dean of Students, principals, and families in a professional manner.
• Input data into Edu Climber system to keep track of behavior calls.
• Collaborate with the team of BEAs, the Dean, and other mobile response members.
• Provide proactive support to students who need to regulate to learn.
• Support students both in and out of the classroom.
• Display mature, patient, and compassionate behaviors when working with all students.
• Display professional behavior that includes refraining from cell phone use when working with children.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Work collaboratively with school staff.
• Work with Student Services staff and bilingual staff to identify and work directly with individual families who may be in need of more support. When appropriate, manage a small caseload of higher‑need students/families, not to exceed five students per semester.
• Work directly with School Student Support Teams, School Parent Support Teams, MSCR and the School PTO/PTA to promote diverse parent representation and involvement.
• Act as an advocate for parents to ensure parent voices are heard and valued throughout decision making.
• Meet with parents and principals regarding concerns or complaints and work with school staff and parents toward resolution of the issue.
• Conduct home visits, including but not limited to accompanying the School Social Worker on home visits when needed.
• Attend school‑based evening events that the Family Liaison has been directly involved in planning or is needed for effective partnership with families. Attendance at PTO/PTA should be discussed with the principal.
• Provide transportation for families through allocated funds for bus tickets or taxi/cab. Transportation of students/families in personal vehicles may only be done in accordance with school district policy.
• Promote communication with families and community.
• Write articles for the parent newsletter and prepare presentations for staff. Interact with media and community leaders with approval of the principal.
• Serve as a co‑lead with the IRT, librarian, or other designated staff for Read Your Heart Out. Participate in the school committee, identify dates and resources needed to execute the program, solicit volunteer/community speakers, greet families, and design appropriate recognition for families and volunteers. Work collaboratively with other Family Liaisons in other elementary schools to engage in the development of Read Your Heart Out as a strategic way to address literacy and family engagement across the district.
• Attend professional learning and meetings offered by FYCE and/or Community Schools leaders to promote effective strategies aligned to the FACE standards.
• Submit payroll and expense documentation to the FYCE clerical assistant in a timely fashion. Manage FYCE budget funds and share updates with the principal on available funds for school activities.
• Bring key learnings on effective family engagement practices back to school to share for professional learning opportunities.
• Foster strong school/community relations by keeping the community aware of and responsive to school programs.
• Family Liaisons have four priority work streams:
  1) Coordinate attendance initiatives, support the PTO and neighborhood associations, area businesses/nonprofits, etc., to promote daily attendance and safe transitions from home to school and back; support enrollment efforts at the beginning of the school year and summer semester enrollment efforts in the spring by personally contacting families; and support intensive attendance initiatives during annual assessment weeks.
  2) Family empowerment: coordinate Family Empowerment Groups to lift caregiver voice and enhance community, especially for families who are less familiar with the district’s and school’s systems.
  3) Family orientations:…