Cultural Liaison - Hmong

White Bear Lake Area Schools; White Bear Lake (MN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

White Bear Lake Area Schools is seeking a Non Affiliated Exempt Staff member to support Hmong-speaking and other AAPI students, families and staff. The role involves translating for meetings, aiding enrollment, and connecting families with students across district sites.

Under the Director of Equity and Engagement, you will work with enrollment, multilingual staff, and principals to advance cultural and linguistic inclusion and educational equity for diverse learners in the district.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Support Hmong-speaking and other AAPI students, families, and staff.
• Assist enrollment process and connect families with students.
• Coordinate with district leadership and AAPI committees to support engagement initiatives.
• Develop programs impacting learning experiences and academic success for Hmong and AAPI students.
• Facilitate student empowerment, peer mentoring, and identity development groups.
• Provide culturally relevant and linguistically responsive learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
• Support the Achievement and Integration Plan and the District Strategic Plan as they relate to AAPI students and families.
• Collaborate with district leadership and community partners to advocate for targeted engagement.

Skills

Communication skills

Data entry

Office procedures

Cultural awareness

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Office software

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - White Bear Lake Area Schools #624

• Date Posted: 10/19/2026
• Location: District Center/District Wide, White Bear Lake, MN
• Closing Date: 10/30/2026

Non Affiliated Exempt Position

Expected Hiring Salary: .6FTE - Approx. $33,000.00 and Benefits Eligible

Working Schedule: 204 days

General Definition of Work:

Performs work supporting Hmong-speaking and other AAPI students, families and staff in the White Bear Lake Area School District. The positions will assist in the communication between Hmong-speaking and other AAPI parents and school staff including translating for various meetings as needed. In addition, this position will assist in the enrollment process for families in need of additional support and connecting with students at various sites.

Essential Functions

Program Responsibilities

• This position will execute under the direction of the Director of Equity and Engagement.
• This position will work with enrollment, building leadership, and multilingual department staff in the development of programming that directly impacts the learning experience and academic success of Hmong and other AAPI children in WBLAS.
• This position will be responsible for helping the district identify Hmong and other AAPI students within the system, facilitate cultural and linguistic integration, and support district enrollment and retention efforts.
• Partners with principals and school staff to develop a positive, inclusive building climate that leads to educational equity, strong home-school partnerships, and elevated student achievement for all Hmong and other AAPI students.
• Facilitates student empowerment, social, racial, academic, and cultural identity development groups (e.g., AAPI student affinity groups, youth leadership circles, and peer mentoring).
• Offers guidance and collaboration to district staff to provide supplemental, culturally relevant, and linguistically responsive experiential learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
• Implements the goals and objectives of the Achievement and Integration Plan and the District Strategic Plan as they relate to Hmong and other AAPI students and families.
• Coordinates and collaborates with district leadership, community partners, and the AAPI Parent Advisory Committee (or family advisory groups) to support, advocate for, and execute targeted engagement and education initiatives.
• This position will help create system-wide educational, family engagement, and community-building experiences that celebrate Hmong and other AAPI history, language, and heritage while fostering belonging across the district.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Some knowledge of district policies, manuals, programs, processes and procedures; some knowledge of standard office practices, procedures and equipment; some knowledge of business English, spelling and arithmetic; knowledge of native cultures and traditions; some knowledge of federal program rules, policies, and procedures; the ability to build strong community partnerships; some skill operating standard office equipment, personal computer and applicable hardware and software; some skill performing data entry on web-based forms; ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals; ability to create and maintain files, records, reports and databases in a timely and effective manner both electronically and on paper; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals; ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages; ability to change and influence school climate and culture; ability to facilitate groups and peer meetings; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written formats; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with officials, teachers, employees students, similar professionals, and the general public.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements:

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work frequently sitting and occasionally requires standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, lifting and repetitive motions; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating machines and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

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