Program Overview:The Parent Partner Program works with over 1,000 parents in different schools to increasethe skills, motivation, and confidence of Latinx parents in public schools to be moreeffective advocates for their children’s education and stronger partners on their path tocollege.
Key Responsibilities and Duties

- Planning, Communication, and Coordination
- Coordinate communication between the school, after-school program staff, and
- families about resources and engagement opportunities available from the District
- and the community at large
- Support with School-Family Communication, including newsletters, school
- messenger, bulletin boards, take-home folders, parent-teacher conferences, etc.
- Support parent involvement in school governance groups, such as School Site
- Council (SSC), English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) and/or African American
- Parent Advisory Committee (AAPAC)
- Coordinate, support, and collaborate with Social worker, Community Schools
- coordinator and CARE Team to find and distribute resources among families of focal
- groups: Newcomer families, Students with IEPs, and AAPAC
- Provide staffing for parent events and/or recruit parent volunteers
- Balancing workload between two different school sites


Capacity-building and Professional Development Support

- Contribute to Professional Learning Circles by participating regularly in meetings &
- trainings with school staff and after-school staff
- Support school & after-school staff (via participating in 1-on-1 or group meetings
- and trainings) to more effectively establish and leverage relationships with families
- to support student learning objectives
- Participate in and co-facilitate monthly Family Engagement Team meetings to
- coordinate all family engagement efforts
- Participate in planning meetings and facilitate parent communication during the
- school year


1-on-1 Support for Families

- During regular office hours, during pre-scheduled appointment times, and/or
- immediately following parent workshops or meetings, meet with families 1-on-1 to
- provide support (often assisting with technological challenges)
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- Topics that parents will need support with will include:
- Navigating the school district's online portal for receiving school
- communications and sending/receiving important documents (ParentVue)
- Applying for free and reduced-price lunch
- Accessing free community resources
- Registration for school
- Emergency cards update
- SchoolCafe

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