Family and Community Advocate

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Reports To:

Site Administrator/Family Engagement Manager
FSLA Status:
Non-Exempt
Compensation: 102 (Salary determined by experience.)
Work Days: 181
FTE: 1.00 (7 hours per day)

The Family and Community Advocate works with families to understand and remove barriers to students’ academic success and to establish a positive and inviting school climate for families and the community.

• Seek out, understand, and respond to families' educational concerns and needs to assist in improving family involvement and enhancing student success.
• Collaborate and coordinate with school staff, community members, partners, and families to implement programs and activities designed to engage families in learning with a focus on families who are underrepresented because of social, economic, racial, and/or language barriers.
• Coordinate volunteer programs in alignment with District best practices to include volunteer applications, logging time, and safety protocols.
• Counsel students, staff, parents/legal guardians for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems, providing support and resolving conflicts.
• Maintain a variety of confidential and non-confidential lists and records (e.g., work/appointment schedules, contact logs, parent resources, etc.).
• Participate in a variety of meetings, workshops and committees (e.g., monthly district meetings, parent-student workshops, educational seminars, department in-service, etc.) to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions and remain knowledgeable of current professional program regulations.
• Develop and support the creation of parent organizations at assigned school site.
• Communicate with families through phone calls, home visits and meetings at school or district sites as needed and/or as assigned to enhance student success, increase family understanding and/or ensure safety of students and/or personnel.
• Provide quality customer service, foster two-way relationships between schools and families, and strengthen communication and family engagement programs for student success.
• Prepare a variety of documents, reports and written materials to communicate information to families, staff; also provide written support, developing recommendations and/or conveying information.
• Refer and connect students and families to appropriate OKCPS resources including, but not limited to:
  Equity and Student Support:
  Family Connect, Mental Health, Embrace OKC, HOPE, Attendance Advocacy, etc.
• Act as school site representative for Coat A Kid and Kit A Kid programs to help identify students with most need and coordinate with Foundation/District point of contact.
• Assist in identifying and tracking community partnership opportunities.
• Act as main point of contact for Weekend Food Backpacks and/or in-school food pantries and assist with distribution of food.
• Execution of essential functions will occasionally require some work to be performed outside of standard work hours, to include evenings and/or weekends.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Completion of a High School Diploma/GED.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET);
  • Education Testing Service Para Pro Assessment (passing score is 455);
  • ACT Work Keys Assessment (passing score is 4 or better on all three parts).
• Specific skill-based competencies required: applying pertinent laws, rules and regulations; utilizing pertinent software applications; performing standard bookkeeping; and planning and managing projects.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Specific ability-based competencies: being attentive to detail; communicating with persons with varied cultural and educational backgrounds; establishing and maintaining constructive relationships; maintaining confidentiality.
• Bilingual English/Spanish fluency preferred; may be required for some sites dependent upon the school’s demographics.
• Relevant experience may be substituted for formal education at a 2:1 ratio. Therefore, for every 1 year of college lacking, 2 years of…