Outreach Worker - Taylorsville Elementary

Outreach Worker

As an Outreach Worker you will be assigned to oversee a Family Engagement Center. The main goal for this position is to enhance every child's education and learning experience by strengthening the partnership between schools, families, and the community. This position will be located at Kearns High School.

Essential Functions:

• Work with Family Center Outreach worker to facilitate a warm and welcoming Family Engagement Center
• Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers.
• Outreach to engage parents specifically in areas of literacy, attendance, other school identified needs.
• Work with Community Partners
• Teach academic and functional support skills to adults using district approved curriculum.
• Including but not limited to the following classes:
  Adult ESL Computer Together Time Family communication/advocacy Parenting Parent involvement in school- gradebook, portal, attendance, etc Literacy and other academic needs
• Attend assigned meetings
• Attend District professional development trainings.
• Assist principals and school community councils with partnership activities that meet the goals of their school parent involvement plan.
• Work independently using initiative based on needs as well as collaboratively with school/community/district personnel.
• Inform patrons/families of available school, GSD, and Community resources/services.
• Assist assigned schools with SEP/SEOP/ APTT meetings.
• Facilitate partnerships and involvement between parents, school, and school-parent organizations.
• Turn in monthly reports

Non
- Essential Functions:

• Other duties as assigned

SPANISH SPEAKING ABILITY STRONGLY PREFERRED

Required Education and

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Required Prior

Experience:

• none

Required Knowledge and

Skills:

• Experience working with schools and families preferred.

Interactions with Others:

• Facilitate a warm and welcoming Family Engagement Center
• Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers.
• Attend assigned meetings
• Work with Community Partners

Supervisory Responsibility:

• none

Budget Responsibility:

• none

Working Environment:

• Build positive relationships with the community, parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, and co-workers.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
  
  Must be able to stand for long periods of time Employee may be asked to assist with food pantry set up that would require lifting no more than 20 lbs.