Position Type:
Casual Support

Date Posted:
7/16/2024

Location:
Education Services Center

Programming:

• Organize and facilitate affinity groups for students including but not limited to:
  • Coordinate in-school, small-group, cultural programming.
  • Plan field trips and cultural events for families.
• Participate in affinity groups for parents.
• Create a predictable schedule for student engagement across all E-12+ schools.
• Communicate the schedule to building administration, scholars, and parents.
• Maintain set office hours for parent phone calls.

Organize and facilitate affinity groups for students including but not limited to:

• Coordinate in-school, small-group, cultural programming.
• Plan field trips and cultural events for families.

Coordinate in-school, small-group, cultural programming.

Plan field trips and cultural events for families.

Participate in affinity groups for parents.

Create a predictable schedule for student engagement across all E-12+ schools.

Communicate the schedule to building administration, scholars, and parents.

Maintain set office hours for parent phone calls.

Relationship Building:

• Connect students and families with relevant programs and resources.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with staff, parents, and students.
• Assist in mediating cultural or language-related misunderstandings and conflicts.

Connect students and families with relevant programs and resources.

Develop and maintain effective relationships with staff, parents, and students.

Assist in mediating cultural or language-related misunderstandings and conflicts.

Language Support:

• Assist English Learner (EL) families in communicating with school personnel.
• Interpret at meetings, conferences, and other school events.
• Provide support during enrollment and participation in school activities.

Assist English Learner (EL) families in communicating with school personnel.

Interpret at meetings, conferences, and other school events.

Provide support during enrollment and participation in school activities.

Collaboration and Problem-Solving:

• Plan and facilitate college and university tours with high school staff across sites.
• Effectively manage conflicts and collaborate with staff and families.
• Support staff in understanding diverse student needs.
• Provide cultural information and insight to educators and Special Education IEP teams
• Provide consultation and liaison support in Individual Education Plan (IEP), 504, and Pre-referral Intervention processes, including meetings
• Collaborate with teachers and counselors to ensure access to services and consistent intervention support.
• Collaborate with district data specialists to assess student needs.
  • Support student/family data collection via surveys, interviews, and focus groups
  • Champion ACCESS data related to language acquisition and growth
  • Review and share disparity data in partnership with principal and data specialist with special focus around student belonging and engagement and academic achievement

Plan and facilitate college and university tours with high school staff across sites.

Effectively manage conflicts and collaborate with staff and families.

Support staff in understanding diverse student needs.

Provide cultural information and insight to educators and Special Education IEP teams

Provide consultation and liaison support in Individual Education Plan (IEP), 504, and Pre-referral Intervention processes, including meetings

Collaborate with teachers and counselors to ensure access to services and consistent intervention support.

Collaborate with district data specialists to assess student needs.

• Support student/family data collection via surveys, interviews, and focus groups
• Champion ACCESS data related to language acquisition and growth
• Review and share disparity data in partnership with principal and data specialist with special focus around student belonging and engagement and academic achievement

Support student/family data collection via surveys, interviews, and focus groups

Champion ACCESS data related to language acquisition and growth

Review and share disparity data in partnership with principal and data specialist with special focus around student belonging and engagement and academic achievement

Multilingual. Seeking Hmong, Spanish and Somali speakers.

College degree, preferred

Two or more years’ experience working in a similar role, preferably in a school setting, working with families across cultures.

Experience with diverse populations; linguistically, racially, culturally, socio-economically and LGBTQ.

OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Driver’s license.

Navigating Public School Systems:

• Understanding of public-school systems and advocacy for scholars
• Ability to navigate educational processes and advocate for equitable opportunities.

Understanding of public-school systems and advocacy for scholars

Ability to navigate educational processes and advocate for equitable opportunities.

Special Education Awareness:

• Familiarity with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or willingness to learn.

Familiarity with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or willingness to learn.

Organizational Skills:

• Ability to manage tasks efficiently and maintain structured processes.

Ability to manage tasks efficiently and maintain structured processes.

Communication Skills:

• Proficient oral and written communication in English and target language.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills.

Proficient oral and written communication in English and target language.

Excellent cross-cultural communication skills.

Technology Comfort:

• Familiarity with technology tools commonly used in educational settings.

Familiarity with technology tools commonly used in educational settings.

Multilingual: Spanish, Hmong, and Somali-speakers sought

Relationship Building:

• Skill in building positive relationships with scholars from diverse academic backgrounds.

Skill in building positive relationships with scholars from diverse academic backgrounds.

Teamwork and Problem-Solving:

• Ability to collaborate with colleagues and address program-related challenges.

Ability to collaborate with colleagues and address program-related challenges.

Professional Conduct:

• Maintain confidentiality, neutrality, and respectful communication.

Maintain confidentiality, neutrality, and respectful communication.

Commitment to Equity:

• Eradication of achievement and opportunity gaps, disproportionality (race, income, language), biased achievement tracking, or patterned discrimination.

Eradication of achievement and opportunity gaps, disproportionality (race, income, language), biased achievement tracking, or patterned discrimination.

Work is performed in school settings at multiple locations throughout the District, and may include other locations in the community, including parks, outdoors, and other community buildings.

Travel required to locations throughout the District.

Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours.

Seeking up to 3 multilingual individuals fluent in Spanish, Hmong and Somali for full-time and part-time positions.

These roles are made possible due to a reconfiguration of the cultural liaison roles formerly part of the Community Education department.

SUMMARY:
The Student Success Cultural Liaison plays a vital role in promoting understanding and building strong home-school partnerships. This year-round position operates within the context of learning and teaching at Hopkins Schools, guided by the Equity commitment. Our goal is to eliminate achievement and opportunity gaps by actively addressing disproportionality related to race, income, and language, as well as biased achievement tracking and patterned discrimination.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Programming:
  • Organize and facilitate affinity groups for students including but not limited to:
    • Coordinate in-school, small-group, cultural programming.
    • Plan field trips and cultural events for families.
  • Participate in affinity groups for parents.
  • Create a predictable schedule for student engagement across all E-12+ schools.
  • Communicate the schedule to building administration, scholars, and parents.
  • Maintain set office hours for parent phone calls.
• Relationship Building:
  • Connect students and families with relevant programs and resources.
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships with staff, parents, and students.
  • Assist in mediating cultural or language-related misunderstandings and conflicts.
• Language Support:
  • Assist English Learner (EL) families in communicating with school personnel.
  • Interpret at meetings, conferences, and other school events.
  • Provide support during enrollment and participation in school activities.
• Collaboration and Problem-Solving:
  • Plan and facilitate college and university tours with high school staff across sites.
  • Effectively manage conflicts and collaborate with staff and families.
  • Support staff in understanding diverse student needs.
  • Provide cultural information and insight to educators and Special Education IEP teams
  • Provide consultation and liaison support in Individual Education Plan (IEP), 504, and Pre-referral Intervention processes, including meetings
  • Collaborate with teachers and counselors to ensure access to services and consistent intervention support.
  • Collaborate with district data specialists to assess student needs.
    • Support student/family data collection via surveys, interviews, and focus groups
    • Champion ACCESS data related to language acquisition and growth
    • Review and share disparity data in partnership with principal and data specialist with special focus around student belonging and engagement and academic achievement

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience:

• Multilingual. Seeking Hmong, Spanish and Somali speakers.
• College degree, preferred
• Two or more years’ experience working in a similar role, preferably in a school setting, working with families across cultures.
• Experience with diverse populations; linguistically, racially, culturally, socio-economically and LGBTQ.
• OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Required Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.

• Driver’s license.

Required Knowledge and Skills & Abilities
Knowledge:

• Navigating Public School Systems:
  • Understanding of public-school systems and advocacy for scholars
  • Ability to navigate educational processes and advocate for equitable opportunities.
• Special Education Awareness:
  • Familiarity with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or willingness to learn.

Skills:

• Organizational Skills:
  • Ability to manage tasks efficiently and maintain structured processes.
• Communication Skills:
  • Proficient oral and written communication in English and target language.
  • Excellent cross-cultural communication skills.
• Technology Comfort:
  • Familiarity with technology tools commonly used in educational settings.

Abilities:

• Multilingual: Spanish, Hmong, and Somali-speakers sought
• Relationship Building:
  • Skill in building positive relationships with scholars from diverse academic backgrounds.
• Teamwork and Problem-Solving:
  • Ability to collaborate with colleagues and address program-related challenges.
• Professional Conduct:
  • Maintain confidentiality, neutrality, and respectful communication.
• Commitment to Equity:
  • Eradication of achievement and opportunity gaps, disproportionality (race, income, language), biased achievement tracking, or patterned discrimination.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mobility to work in school settings, use standard office equipment and stamina to sit for extended periods of time; strength to lift and carry up to 20 pounds; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed in school settings at multiple locations throughout the District, and may include other locations in the community, including parks, outdoors, and other community buildings.
• Travel required to locations throughout the District.
• Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours.

Salary: $55,347-82,954, DOE.
FTE: Up to 1.0, 185 days.