Temp Access Liaison - Southern Middle

Job Description

Title Code:
Temp:
Opportunity & Access Liaison

Job is posted to create a pool of candidates. Eligible Candidates will be contacted as positions become available at this school.

Serves as a school‑based liaison/mentor for identified students to optimize academic achievement. In this role, Opportunity and Access Liaisons assist students by connecting them to resources that can support them in navigating the balance of school and personal life. They will guide students through the challenges of maintaining a successful academic career, as well as finding a balance between home and community.

Serves as the point of contact for the school administration, classroom teachers, parents, pupil personnel workers, and professional school counselors.

• Ability to work flexible schedules

• Monitors and/or mentors an identified group of 20-25 students. Coordinates one‑on‑one and small group sessions.
• Serves as a liaison to ensure opportunities and access are afforded to the identified group of 20-25 students overall.
• Maintains and submits timely reports in the communication log detailing student participation and outcomes. Ensures accurate and confidential student records.
• Keeps an Outlook calendar of formal and informal student check‑ins. Creates a consistent check‑in schedule with students to include, but not limited to, the established student goals.
• Acts as a liaison between the student, families, and staff to participate in school events/programs.
• Participates in school events to support the identified group of 20-25 students.
• Monitors progress of students, their activities and keeps detailed records.
• Establishes effective and cooperative working relationships with professional and support staff.
• Attends meetings with school‑based staff, administrators, and parents, when necessary.
• Attends central office Opportunity and Access Liaison staff meetings, when necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or Equivalency Certificate required.
• Some College Level Courses in human development, child psychology, counseling, special education or related field of education preferred.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities deemed sufficient to prepare the employee to successfully perform the duties of the position.

• Group facilitation and/or supervision experience preferred.

• Possesses strong clerical and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with diverse communities and develop outreach strategies to encourage parental involvement in student learning.
• Ability to employ a variety of teaching styles to respond to the needs of diverse learners.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and engage diverse parents/guardians with varied communication styles, levels of skill, and experience to support their child's educational experience.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. video/web conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).

• Bilingual native or near native preferred.

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The physical demands and working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Standing: under 1/3 percent of the time
• Walking: under 1/3 percent of the time
• Sitting: between 1/3 and 2/3 percent of the time
• Keyboarding: between 1/3 and 2/3 percent of the time
• Talking: between 1/3 and 2/3 percent of the time
• Hearing: between 1/3 and 2/3 percent of the time
• As required by the duties and responsibilities of the position.

• No special vision requirements

• Office, school or similar indoor environment: over 2/3 percent of the time

• Moderate: between 1/3 and 2/3 percent of the time

• Lifting and carrying requirements:
  None

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