Liaison - Family Engagement

Memphis Shelby County Schools; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Memphis Shelby County Schools is seeking a Family and Community Engagement professional to lead partnerships between families, schools and community partners, coordinating programs that support student learning and well‑being.

The role focuses on training parents to support literacy and technology use, guiding staff on partner engagement, developing sustained programs, and ensuring alignment with district priorities to improve student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Policy Studies, Communications, or related field plus 2 years of related work experience.
• Total education/experience of six years may be achieved via degree equivalency.
• Experience in a school setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide training to help parents work with their children to improve achievement.
• Educate staff and parents on engaging as partners and building ties with families.
• Develop and implement ongoing engagement programs with district staff.
• Coordinate initiatives with community partners to ensure coherence with engagement efforts.
• Support schools to develop productive family–school partnerships.
• Review district policies and research best practices in family and student engagement.
• Assist in creating an integrated family and schools plan aligned with academic priorities.

Skills

Parent engagement

Communication

Staff training

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education, Policy Studies, Communications, or related field

Job description

Purpose and Scope

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Division of Family and Community Engagement is designed to build effective partnerships among families, schools and community stakeholders to support student learning. This is done by coordinating, planning, and implementing support programs and services within the District and the community to ensure the academic and social success of students.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide training to help parents to work with their children to improve their children's achievement, such as literacy training and using technology, as appropriate, to foster parental involvement
• Educate teachers, pupil services personnel, principals, and other staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of contributions of parents, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent programs, and build ties between parents and the school.
• Develops and implements ongoing engagement programming for parents and collaborates with managers and specialists in the department on an ongoing basis to determine the needs of schools and available resources.
• Coordinates initiatives for families and community partners while working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure coherence between the school-based (family/student) engagement work, the community engagement work, and other engagement initiatives.
• Supports schools to build their capacity to develop and foster productive partnerships that facilitate positive family, schools and community relationships with the Division of Family and Community Engagement.
• Participates in regular reviews of district policies and research on best practices related to family, community and student engagement.
• Supports the development and implements an integrated family and schools plan to build the capacity of families and community partners to support improvements to student outcome; Coordinate with District staff to ensure alignment with academic priorities.
• Performs other related family engagement duties as requested.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in in Education, Policy Studies, Communications, or related field plus an additional two (2) years of related work experience or an equivalent for a total education/experience of six (6) years. Proven successful experience working in a school setting preferred

Degree Equivalency Formula: Bachelor's Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience. Master's Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master's degrees are required, years for Bachelor's Degrees must be included.