Bilingual Parent Liaison

Tenney Grammar School; Methuen (MA); On-site; USD 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenney Grammar School in Methuen, MA seeks a Bilingual Parent Liaison to support English and Spanish speaking families. The role includes translating documents, handling phone calls, and interpreting at meetings to foster strong school-family relationships.

Responsibilities cover liaison activities, scheduling, workshop support, and representation of the school at events. The position is 183 days with a 6.5 hour workday and a salary of $23,816 annually.

Qualifications

• Fluent speaker of English and Spanish
• Competent English and Spanish literacy skills
• Must be able to relate positively with others, as evidenced by evaluations and/or references
• Commendable prior work performance, as evidenced by evaluations and/or references
• Reliable, flexible, organized

Responsibilities

• Translate written documents as needed
• Make/take phone calls to/from Spanish-speaking families as needed by school personnel
• Interpret during a variety of school meetings
• Develop and maintain constructive and trusting relationships with families and staff
• Represent the school professionally and courteously
• Assist in the development of, and attend parent informational workshops
• Contact families on a daily basis about outstanding school lunch balances
• Regularly utilize district Google scheduling calendar for all meetings, appointments, personal days, etc.
• Interpret at out-of-district IEP/Special Education meetings on a rotating basis with other liaisons
• Translate district-wide department paperwork on a rotating basis with other liaisons
• Attend and interpret at minimum 3 district-wide afternoon or evening events throughout the school year, at the request of building principal or any Central Office administrator
• Work two days in August in Family Resource Center one week prior to the start of school
• 6.5 hour work day including 30 minute duty-free lunch
• Other responsibilities as assigned by Principal/LAD Director
• This position is jointly supervised and evaluated by Supervising Principal and Language Acquisition Department Director

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Job description

Bilingual Parent Liaison

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Job Details

Job ID: 5879510
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Aug 11, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 1, 2026

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Fluent speaker of English and Spanish
• Competent English and Spanish literacy skills
• Must be able to relate positively with others, as evidenced by evaluations and/or references
• Commendable prior work performance, as evidenced by evaluations and/or references
• Reliable, flexible, organized

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Translate written documents as needed
• Make/take phone calls to/from Spanish-speaking families as needed by school personnel
• Interpret during a variety of school meetings
• Develop and maintain constructive and trusting relationships with families and staff
• Represent the school professionally and courteously
• Assist in the development of, and attend parent informational workshops
• Contact families on a daily basis about outstanding school lunch balances
• Regularly utilize district Google scheduling calendar for all meetings, appointments, personal days, etc.
• Interpret at out-of-district IEP/Special Education meetings on a rotating basis with other liaisons
• Translate district-wide department paperwork on a rotating basis with other liaisons
• Attend and interpret at minimum 3 district-wide afternoon or evening events throughout the school year, at the request of building principal or any Central Office administrator
• Work two days in August in Family Resource Center one week prior to the start of school
• 6.5 hour work day including 30 minute duty-free lunch
• Other responsibilities as assigned by Principal/LAD Director
• This position is jointly supervised and evaluated by Supervising Principal and Language Acquisition Department Director

SPECIFICS: Annual appointment - 183 work days - This position is unaffiliated.

SALARY: $23,816 annual

INTERVIEWS BY INVITATION ONLY

THE METHUEN SCHOOL DEPARTMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND SERVICE PROVIDER.

The Methuen Public Schools prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, gender identity, religion, national origin or sexual orientation and ensures that all students and employees have equal rights of access and equal enjoyment of the opportunities, advantages, privileges and courses of study.

Position Type: Full-time

Job Categories:
Classroom Teacher > Bilingual Education
Support Staff > Secretary

Welcome to Tenney Grammar School

The Tenney Grammar School community is committed to the total development of our students so they each may achieve their academic, social and emotional potential. We recognize that a safe environment where respect and responsibility for ourselves and our school building is necessary to ensure human equality and academic excellence for all our students.We believe that a positive educational experience is dependent on continued collaboration between home and school. As such, we envision that our community of students, parents and staff will work together as partners to communicate our common goal of educational excellence and positive character development.We realize that the education of all youngsters must be based on a carefully planned developmental curriculum that is aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. This will provide students with relevant learning and life experiences that encourage them to become life long-learners and productive members of our society. Students and parents will be provided with the guidelines for fair and equitable academic standards and expectations at all grade levels, preschool through eighth grade. These standards and expectations will be met by providing students and teachers with an educationally sound and safe environment and the resources necessary to meet them. We will access and utilize community resources, partnerships with private industry and our state of the art technology to maximize and further enhance students’ educational careers.We trust that everyone at the Tenney Grammar School will embrace and emulate mutual respect for all community members as part of their daily participation in this school community. Our school environment must inherently possess an understanding and celebration of diversity of race, culture and ethnicity within its student population. We are committed to fostering students’ awareness and pride in the personal abilities, talents and gifts of themselves and others. It is our belief that accepting and understanding the uniqueness of others and ourselves will bring us closer toward a true celebration of our humanity. To this end, we must learn and utilize the skills necessary to peacefully resolve differences so that all community members are empowered to express their thoughts, feelings and beliefs in a safe and accepting environment.Finally, we will strive to challenge our youngsters to make responsible decisions based on socially appropriate values. We expect that as our youngsters experiment with social and academic decisions they will develop and refine their individual characters to make them contributing and effective members in our society-at-large.

Job Requirements

Contact Information

• Glenda Javier , Interim Supervising Principal
• 75 Pleasant Street
• Methuen, Massachusetts 01844
• Phone: ((78) 722-9026
• Email: [e-mail]

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