Family and School Engagement Liaison (Part time

Family and School Engagement Liaison (Part time)

Palmer Public Schools Palmer Public Schools - Palmer, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job : 5859051

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 29, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 24, 2026

Position Type: Part-time

Job Goal:
The Palmer Public Schools Family and School Engagement Liaison will increase parent and family involvement. Their primary role is to establish effective communication between home and school and improve community outreach and training opportunities for families that will impact student academic performance.

Salary:
Commensurate with experience

Work Year:
Part-time

Supervision:
Reports to the building Principals under the Direction of the Director of Student Services

Education, Work Experience, and Licensure and/or

Skills:

Associates Degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Prior experience or equivalent training in a school, early education, or community agency setting is highly desired.

Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English and in a second language. (Spanish, Arabic, or other prevalent language preferred).

• Welcome new families to the schools and be available to them as a resource.
• Contact parents and families through phone calls, home visits, and meetings at school or district offices to encourage participation in school and/or district activities and events.
• Collaborate with building principals or other personnel to develop district activities and workshops to improve family engagement.
• Establish a family resource center in the district and/or page on the district website.
• Be available to explain services/programs/resources that are in the schools and the community that can benefit parents, guardians, caregivers, and their student(s).
• Attend meetings (both informational and training) with district personnel and work with them to ensure federal compliance with the Family Involvement Policy under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
• Be present and assist in annual Open Houses and other school and community events.
• Assist with conducting workshops and presentations for families and school staff on the importance of family engagement and being engaged in school.
• Work to implement and strengthen family-school communication, particularly related to navigating the school system, district policies and procedures, events, and opportunities for family involvement.
• Build and foster trust between families and schools.
• Assist administration in building capacity to establish and maintain consistent, effective, and timely communication with families in a variety of ways in language and terms that they can understand to have active and meaningful participation in their student’s education.
• Work with the building Principals and staff to establish a school climate in which families and students feel safe, welcomed, respected, and free to voice their opinions and concerns.
• Develop a positive working relationship with the other school support service personnel to assist with identifying problems, sharing information, and designing student and family programs.
• Utilize technology to inform, engage, educate, and empower families to be a part of the school culture and participate in school activities and events.
• Assist and support after-school and summer enrichment programs.
• Other duties assigned.

Physical Requirements:

Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, adding machines, etc. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data Conception:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication:
Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to others.

Language Ability:
Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, newsletters, schedules, manuals, invoices, requisitions, menus, recipes, journals, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, procedures, charts, surveys, articles, bid specifications, brochures, news releases, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence:
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an…