Family and Community Engagement Specialist- Kenilworth

Family and Community Engagement Specialist
- Kenilworth

Starting Date: Jul 20, 2026

Salary: $22.58 to $25.81 per hour (Grade 115)

Meeting our mission to inspire every child to achieve depends on the relationships between families, schools, and the broader community. The Family and Community Engagement Specialist engages families as active partners to increase student achievement and help reach school goals. In collaboration with families, staff, and community members, the Specialist develops, organizes, improves, and supports family engagement activities and events while coordinating the school‑wide volunteer program.

• Plans, implements, and evaluates trainings and workshops to help parents and families participate more effectively in improving their children’s learning.
• Assists in coordination of all Title I and site‑based parental involvement activities.
• Serves as outreach liaison between school, families, community, and district, which may include home visits.
• Collaborates with teachers, coaches, interventionists, and other staff to provide parent and family education and training relevant to student learning, academic goals, and social and emotional development.
• Confers effectively with appropriate school personnel, parents, and community agencies.
• Prepares all resources and materials for parent and family meetings and workshops, including flyers, agendas, transportation, childcare, and refreshments.
• Coordinates and facilitates the school volunteer program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or equivalent.

• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree.
• Two or more years of experience facilitating parent and family involvement in schools.

Knowledge of:

• School, district, and community resources that support academic, social, and emotional student growth.
• Best practices in stimulating and increasing parental and familial involvement in schools.

Skilled in:

• Presenting information to diverse groups in one‑on‑one and group settings.
• Representing and serving as a good steward of the school community to encourage enrollment and participation.

Ability to:

• Facilitate and lead parent meetings or activities.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed for school‑hosted events.

• Communication
• Inclusiveness
• Relationships for Impact
• Valuing Diversity

The employee will frequently stand, talk, and sometimes walk or sit. Hands, arms, and fingers are used to input data, handle, feel, or reach; the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lb. Vision requirements include close vision to read handwritten or typed material and the ability to adjust focus, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Noise levels range from moderate to loud and may vary with temperature.

The position may occasionally be stressful; interaction with the public and other district employees may expose the employee to different scents.

Discrimination against an otherwise qualified individual with a disability or any individual by reason of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or national origin is prohibited. Efforts will be made in recruitment and employment to ensure equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons. The district is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities.