Family and Community Engagement Specialist 2026-27SY (anticipated)

Inputs 

(activities done by the position/ how they spend their time/ daily schedule

Outputs 

(what can we see as a result of the daily schedule - logs, data book, quarterly reports, calendar) 

Outcomes

(what happens for students - attendance, test scores, Panorama scores - how do we know this position is getting good ROI?)

Family Support Activities:

• Serves as a resource to parents and students by linking services from health and social service agencies, counselors, and teachers
• Establishes linkages with community agencies
• Assists in the orientation and registration of students
• Assists with needs assessments with McKinney Vento families
• Assists parents in interactions with schools
• Assist Mckinney Vento families by providing access to resources
• Monitor attendance data to decrease chronic absenteeism rate
• Provides home visits as needed
• Support MTTS team's and BSS's goals related to attendance, academic and/or SEL goals with students
• Provide food backpack for students

Cultural Bridge:

• Advocates for culturally responsive practices within the school

Educational Programming:

• Conducts at least 3 parent educational meetings per year, including one covering the Family component Second Step
• Assists schools with family literacy nights and cultural celebrations
• Provides information on educational resources

Student Support:

• Assists in meeting district and state guidelines for student physicals and immunizations
• Monitors student attendance, tardiness, and engagement
• Connects students with appropriate academic and social-emotional resources
• Supports all students in adjusting to school environment

Documentation & Records:

• Maintains detailed contact logs with families
• Creates quarterly reports for Building Principals and Superintendent
• Documents community referrals and follow-up activities
• Tracks attendance at parent educational meetings
• Maintains Panorama data for attendance,and tardies to support school staff with increasing student attendance
• Maintains discipline referrals, suspensions, achievement, extra-curricular participation for caseload students
• Support school nurses with monitoring health status of students needing immunizations and physicals and connecting students with clinics
• Makes contact with parents/guardians at least once a quarter to discuss student progress relative to goals

Communication Materials:

• Develops presentation materials for parent educational meetings
• Prepares needs assessment tools and summary reports

Program Development:

• Participates on the school Positive Behavior Intervention System Tier I teams
• Collaborates with building teams on agendas and materials for family engagement events
• Develops resource directories of community services
• Produces culturally responsive family education curriculum

Student Success Indicators:

• Improved attendance rates for all students
• Reduced chronic absenteeism among caseload students
• Track resources connected to McKinney Vento students.
• Increased academic achievement as measured by MAP scores and other assessments
• Higher rates of homework completion and assignment understanding
• Improved health compliance rates for physicals and immunizations
• Enhanced social-emotional well-being as measured by Panorama scores

Family Engagement:

• Higher rates of parent volunteer involvement
• Improved parent satisfaction as measured by surveys
• Increased utilization of community resources by families

School Community Impact:

• More culturally responsive school environment
• Enhanced school-community partnerships
• Increased staff cultural competency through collaborative work with principals