Bilingual Community Schools Support Specialist

Georgetown East Elementary; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgetown East Elementary in Annapolis, MD is seeking a Support Specialist: Bilingual to join the Community School program. This role works with the Community School Program Manager and the Director to connect families and students with wraparound services, emphasizing health, academic enrichment, and multilingual engagement.

The ideal candidate is bilingual (English/Spanish), demonstrates cultural responsiveness, and can work flexible hours including evenings and summers to support families

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in related field of education from a regionally accredited college or university required.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities deemed sufficient to prepare the employee to successfully perform the duties of the position.
• Native or near native fluency in English and Spanish (speaking, reading, and writing).
• Driver's License (DL) Class A Non-Commercial required; daily access to reliable transportation.
• Ability to work flexible hours including daytime, late afternoon, evenings, weekends, and summer hours.
• Knowledge of community resources that support families who are English Learners.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality when interpreting for and interacting with students and families receiving social, emotional, and behavioral counseling.
• Demonstrated proficiency with business technology applications (Video Conferencing, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Supports the Community School Program Manager in helping connect students and families who are non-native English speakers with appropriate community resources and government agencies to support Physical Health, Social, Emotional, and Behavior Health, 2+ Generational Supports, and Academic Enrichment.
• Helps to recruit students and families to take part in Community School programming, including student academic enrichment programs, adult education classes, workforce development programs, family experiences and field trips, resource fairs, citizenship classes, and civic participation activities. Interprets for participants in these programs as needed.
• Works with Student Services personnel and community agencies to ensure that language is not a barrier to social, emotional, and behavioral counseling support sessions by explaining the purpose and benefit of such programs and interpreting for students and families during support sessions.
• Translates Community School communications and other documents and helps the school in all aspects of communicating with and recruiting families to participate in Community School and other school programming.
• Collaborates with the school's Bilingual Facilitator to ensure consistent messaging, creating a welcoming environment for families whose primary language is not English, and communicating with them in a meaningful way about academic programs, community resources, services, and their children’s progress. Assists with bilingual facilitator duties in the occasional absence of the bilingual facilitator.
• Supports the Community School development process to ensure that the needs and voices of non-English speaking students and families are considered when identifying goals and effective programming to support academic enrichment, 2+ Generational supports, and physical and social/emotional/behavioral needs.
• Participates in professional development related to trauma-informed education, restorative justice practices, culturally responsive teaching, working with students in poverty, and community school strategies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Interpersonal communication

Community liaison

Education

Associate's Degree in education or related field

Tools

Video conferencing

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

Georgetown East Elementary in Annapolis, MD is seeking a Support Specialist: Bilingual to join the Community School program. This role works with the Community School Program Manager and the Director to connect families and students with wraparound services, emphasizing health, academic enrichment, and multilingual engagement.

The ideal candidate is bilingual (English/Spanish), demonstrates cultural responsiveness, and can work flexible hours including evenings and summers to support families