Parent Outreach Assistant Bilingual

Parent Engagement Assistant

Rate of Pay: $23.27/hr Must Be Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Position Goal:
To assist the Principal with activities to engage parents in the educational process of their children.

Essential Functions:

• Help the school develop a family-friendly school climate.
• Develop programs and activities designed to engage families in improving student achievement.
• Help teachers and other staff members develop strong partnerships with families and enhance communication between parents and families and the school staff.
• Develop and implement effective family involvement strategies and activities to empower students and their families.
• Take part in opportunities for professional development.
• Participate in and support school and district activities and programs for families.
• Help to recruit community partners to become part of the school and district's family involvement program.
• Make home visits and telephone calls to parents as deemed necessary by building administrator.
• Perform other parent involvement activities as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Qualification Requirements:

• High school diploma or its equivalent.
• Knowledge of parenting goals.
• Understanding of socioeconomic class and cultural backgrounds of families and how to interpret culture of school to them.
• Ability to think and act in ways that respect ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity.
• Knowledge and experience as an assistant or other voluntary experience in school building.
• Bilingual English/Spanish required.

Language

Skills:

• Ability to follow written and verbal direction.
• Ability to read, write and do simple computations.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in prioritizing tasks.
• Ability to work under supervision and make appropriate work-related decisions.

Other

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Must be courteous and able to deal effectively with people.
• Must be cooperative, congenial and service-oriented.
• Ability to work in an environment with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to organize classroom setting to efficiently accomplish tasks.
• Basic typing of form letters.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit at a desk/table for limited periods of time. Stand for limited/extended periods of time.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, stoop, twist, lift, reach and grasp.

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Terms of Employment:
As per terms and conditions set forth in the contract between the School District of Reading and the Reading Educational Support Personnel Association.

Prepared By: J. Madueno Rev. 11/05 TC Rev: 06/06

C. McCann Rev: 10/09 J. Madueno