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District Cultural Liaison 1.0 FTE

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Description: A Cultural Liaison connects students, families, staff, community and the district. They are advocates for equity and inclusion, empowering and supporting families to promote student academic success. They assist and support students, staff and families with:

Cultural adjustment
Social-emotional development
Achieving academic success
developing leadership skills
career and college readiness
Job Summary:Develop relationships between school and community members.
Provide evidence-based practices leading to the implementation of successful programs and learning experiences that meet the educational needs of all of our students
Connect with our families and ensure that they are an integral part of our school community
Develop and provide intercultural professional development for staff and the school community that contribute to the district’s cultural competence around cultural diversity, cultural norms and customs, and student/family needs in collaboration with administration.
Facilitate effective communication loops with families around student academic and emotional needs.
Serve as a resource to school staff about working with students and families from diverse cultures.
Help families understand our school system and assist with paperwork such as school registration, immunizations, transportation, Free & Reduced Lunch applications, scholarships, and more.
Provide assistance with home-school communications and engagement and arrange for interpretation and translation needs as appropriate.  This can be to connect directly with school staff on academic, social-emotional, and behavior matters.
Assist with early  childhood screenings, special education assessments, English learner assessments, and parent meetings.
Encourage families to engage in student-parent-teacher conferences and participate in conferences, parent education, Special Education IEP meetings, and EL meetings as appropriate.
Conduct home and social visits to foster two-way communication with accurate language interpretation of school information, including district policies and procedures, appointments, and emergency information.
Assist in resolution of misunderstanding and conflicts that arise between students, parents, and staff who are from diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
Adjust the workday to meet the unique requirements of the position.
Conduct outreach and maintain a presence at locations families gather, including schools, early childhood and family education outreach locations, and other community places.
Qualifications:Commitment to equity and experience conducting outreach to underserved populations
Fluency in another language preferred
Experience working with educators to build on the cultural and language strengths and assets that students bring to the classroom and bridge cultures to develop intercultural fluency.
Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse families.
Knowledge of public school systems
Knowledge of Somali, Hispanic, Hmong, and/or African American culture
Self-directed, quick learner.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Computer and technology skills; proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, familiarity with Google docs, and interest in and ability to learn new platforms
Commitment to maintain confidentiality
Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable personal transportation

Speech-Language Pathologist – PT/FT Remote Teletherapy Any MN or SD Location

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Teachwell Solutions, an educational cooperative headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, is expanding its team of Speech-Language Pathologists. We are seeking MN-licensed SLPs to work primarily through teletherapy for MN schools. Experience providing services via teletherapy is preferred, but not required. Candidate must be adept with online technology.  Training and supervision are provided.

Integration & Equity Liaison

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Posting dates:   7/13/20 thru 7/17/20 or until filled

Hours:  Monday thru Friday, 8.0 hours per day – 10 month

Primary Objective: Community/Cultural Liaisons serve as a bridge; student-to-student; student-to-school; school-to-family and family-to-community.  The focus is on engaging, supporting and empowering students of color, immigrant and refugee students, or students otherwise isolated, in order to increase and improve communication and cultural understanding, resolve concerns student-student, student to school, and school to family, and increase protective factors for students.  Build long-term, meaningful relationships with diverse families resulting in more parent involvement and student success.  This position will work closely with families and students.
Qualifications:Minimum of four year College Degree or Equivalent Education.
Proven ability to work in collaboration with schools and community resources.
Proven ability to work respectfully and responsively with diverse populations of youth and families, community members, health and human service providers, city and county government and educators.
Possess a strength-based, child/youth-family centered philosophy.

Desired Qualifications:Strong child/youth advocacy and mediation skills.
Understanding of the concept of equity in education.
Understanding of school policy and best practices in Youth Development, Cultural Competency, and Special Education.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong verbal and written communication skills.
Experience facilitating and leading groups of educators, children and youth.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple assignments independently and with high and consistent follow through.
Proven ability to work in a diverse team environment
Knowledge of and/or willingness to learn about Suburban Ramsey community needs, initiatives and resources.
Ability to work independently and in a self-directed manner.

Job Responsibilities/Principal Duties:Enhance meaningful and authentic youth engagement, involvement and leadership in both school and community.
Utilize culturally and linguistically competent/relevant and respectful approaches at all levels of service and in all interventions.
Bridge communication and cultural understanding to resolve concerns in the following situations: student-student, student to school, and school to family.
Help families access to school resources.
Make phone calls (interpret when necessary) to families regarding recurring academic, concerns, attendance, health, lunch accounts, field trips or behavior issues or other requests by principals.
Act as a resource to school and community agency staff regarding working with students and families from other cultures.
Work to create increased school connectedness by supporting culturally inclusive clubs, character building activities, community building activities, service learning projects, cross cultural events, and student leadership activities.
Assisting with compiling annual reports.