Parent and Family Engagement Specialist

Position Details

• Position Type: CLASSIFIED/ INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
• Date Posted: 1/5/2026
• Location:
  
  FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS
• Work with school site staff to identify students not succeeding academically; engagement of their parents/guardians will be the primary focus of the Parent and Family Engagement Specialist.
• Interview parents of identified students to determine how to best support each family to help their children succeed.
• Help schools identify strategies that parents, families, and communities can use to support the elementary and secondary curriculum.
• Serve as the school’s liaison for the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) to ensure that the Epstein model is implemented with fidelity.
• Provide services to parents if student behavior or attendance is impeding student progress.
• Work with school staff to monitor the progress of focus students and communicate this to the parents.
• Establish on-going communication with parents through home visits, phone calls, email, newsletters, website, social media, etc.
• Provide parent workshops that enhance the parents’ capacity to support their children academically.
• Acquire thorough knowledge of assigned Title I School Wide Plans in order to support and monitor implementation, specifically Part A, parent and family engagement.
• Serve as a technical assistance provider on the Title I Planning Team within assigned clusters.
• Ensure that the district’s Parent Engagement policy is disseminated and implemented.
• Coordinate the development of the Parent Advisory Council and ensure that it operates in accordance to the guidelines set forth by Title I.
• Conduct parent survey annually to determine their needs.
• Based on parent survey and comprehensive needs assessments create and or coordinate workshops, trainings, and activities for families.
• Provide resources related to the school’s needs and discuss the purposeful administration of effective strategies in family engagement.
• Create opportunities for parents who have limited English proficiency, a disability or are underrepresented because of social economics or racial barriers to participate in education initiatives or enrichment workshops.
• Coordinate and implement research based strategies and programs to engage parents in improving student achievement.
• Collaborate with the district’s Title I office, Parent and Family Engagement personnel, local, regional, state, and national organizations to create opportunities to help families understand School Wide Plans, academic standards, assessments, and reports.
• Coordinate with other Parent and Family Engagement Specialists to plan multiple district-wide Parent and Family Engagement events.
• Collaborate with the school leadership team to foster a family-friendly school climate.
• Coordinate opportunities for parents to contribute in positive ways towards student achievement and acknowledge their contributions.
• Promote parents as equal partners in their students’ education by involving them in the decision-making process regarding parental involvement activities and school improvement.
• Create monthly newsletter for parents with helpful hints regarding the developmental, academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of children and information about upcoming workshops or community events.
• Develop handbooks, brochures, flyers and other communication designed to promote and increase parent and family engagement in the school.
• Maintain the Parent, Family, and Community Resource Center with current and relevant materials, books, videos, resources, and pamphlets, etc. for parent/staff information.
• Collaborate and work cooperatively with school and community agencies personnel regarding the needs of particular students. Regularly consult with other departments/disciplines on student issues and assists in locating resources to meet the environmental needs of students and their families where appropriate.
• Inform school staff of information that benefit parents and families, i.e., trainings, conferences, and support groups, etc.
• Meet with groups of students and parents to improve peer relationships and positive attitudes toward school.
• Make home visits to gather data and increase parents’…