What are the responsibilities and job description for the Migrant Recruiter/Advocate position at Bourbon County School District?
Migrant Recruiter/Advocate
Qualifications: 1. Bachelor’s Degree (preferred) or experience in the field
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Optional-Bilingual (written and spoken Spanish - English)
Reports to: Federal Programs Director
Job Goal:
Identify and assist migrant students in reaching their highest educational goal by linking them to the appropriate service and/or resource.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Set goals for academic improvement for migrant students through meetings and communications with students and parents/legal guardians (completed in Spanish, when necessary)
- Schedule to meet with families and make referrals as needed.
- Work with summer programming to meet the literacy needs of migrant students/families.
- Collaborate on scheduling field trips.
- Prepare documents for summer programming in Spanish (translate information that is not provided in Spanish originally).
- Collaborate on PI programming
- Translate all PI program information into Spanish (if not already available).
- Assist in planning PAC meetings.
- Contact PAC parents and translate PAC information into Spanish (if not already available - oral interpretation during PAC meetings).
- Work as parent liaison during preschool home visits for Spanish-dominant families.
- Coordinate all OSY lessons and services, as needed.
- Update and create OSY lessons
- Coordinate OSY participation at PI events.
- Complete an OSY profile for each OSY and update accordingly.
- Complete the ID&R plan yearly.
- Assist in grant completion and budget.
- Network and collaborate with community agencies and school personnel for quality services.
- Maintain proper, current records and program documentation.
- Tutor students and maintain records of student progress.
- Complete all required training and attend professional development sessions.
- Perform assigned tasks in an orderly manner.
- Other duties as assigned.
Terms of Employment: 185 days (work flexibly to include evenings, weekends, and summers, as needed)
Evaluation: The performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with all provisions of the Board’s policy on the Evaluation of Professional Personnel.