Title 1 Family Support Worker (2026-2027)

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Principal

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

EMPLOYMENT TERM: Minimum 200 days annually, pursuant to WV Code 18-5-45; extended employment terms may be established by KCSBOE.

SALARY: Pursuant to WV Code 18A-4-2, in accordance with Kanawha County Nurses Salary Schedule, commensurate with experience and education level.

EVALUATION: Performance in this position will be evaluated by the building principal/immediate supervisor and in accordance with WV State Code 18A-2-12, WV State Board Policy 5310 and KCS G48A.

JOB SUMMARY: The Title I Family Support Worker collaborates with school staff, families, community agencies, and local organizations to improve student attendance, engagement, and overall success. This position works closely with administrators, counselors, teachers, and attendance personnel to identify and support students experiencing attendance challenges through home visits, family outreach, and coordination of community resources. The Family Support Worker helps identify barriers to attendance, develops action plans with families and school teams, facilitates family and community engagement activities, and builds partnerships that strengthen connections between home, school, and community. Responsibilities also include monitoring and documenting program effectiveness, maintaining accurate records, supporting initiatives that improve attendance and reduce disciplinary concerns, and participating in ongoing professional development. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and organizational skills, knowledge of community resources and family engagement practices, and a commitment to supporting students and families through collaborative, solution-focused approaches.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Appropriate certification required: Middle School, grades 6-8 minimum; Senior High, grades 9-12 minimum; Sixth Grade Teacher, Elementary certification.
• Responsible for implementing adopted and supplemental academic programs.
• Responsible for implementing 21ST Century technology skills.
• Responsible for planning and implementing collaborative model with special education students and teachers.
• May be responsible for planning & implementing designated co-curricular activities and/or programs at the school such as curricular fairs, awards programs and field trips
• Be accountable for individual student achievement.
• Responsible for planning and implementing personalized learning for all students.
• Strong working/communication skills with students, parents and peers.
• Willing to implement any other programs designated by principal for school improvement.
• Responsible for maintaining classroom control.
• Includes supervisory and/or other duties as assigned by Principal.

GENERAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

An employee working for Kanawha County Schools is expected to comply with all the Kanawha County Schools Policies and Procedures, including maintaining regular attendance and completing all required training. Employees are required to follow all safety rules to maintain a safe workplace.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: Essential Job Duties.

• Work in collaboration with the school administration, assistant attendance director, counseling staff, nurse, psychologist, specialists, and instructional staff to identify students with attendance concerns.

• Improve student attendance through working with assistant attendance directors, teachers, counselors, and administration through home visits, regular, documented contacts with student and families, and by acting as a broker to obtain the services needed by these individuals to improve student attendance.

• Work with teachers to establish relationships with community and business leaders to become mentors and tutors to students to improve student attendance.

• Identify areas where families tend to gather within the community and work with these environments to foster linkages with the school.

• Be responsible for collaborating with school personnel to design family and community involvement activities within the schools or within areas that the schools serve (satellite areas) and for working with community members to increase family and community attendance and involvement at those meetings.

• Identify barriers to school attendance through surveying parents, students and community members and analyzing survey results and develop plans to enhance partnerships with families.

• Develop an action plan in collaboration with school staff, students, families and community representatives based on the results of the survey to identify and resolve barriers to student attendance.

• Collaborate with administration on incorporating the formed action plan within the Five Year Strategic Plan.

• In collaboration with a school based team, review and incorporate possible incentives for increasing family and community participation and student attendance based on identified barriers.

• Provide monthly data to demonstrate the effectiveness and the efforts and expected outcomes of action plans.

• Be responsible for working with school based personnel and outside agencies to increase student attendance; decrease tardiness; decrease discipline referrals and infractions; increase family involvement activities; increase involvement with community members.

• Maintain documentation and evidence of these activities through logs, sign-in sheets, etc. and be able to compare program success to beginning and end data points.

• Incorporate a variety of strategies to insure on-going family and community involvement that insures sustainable student attendance.

• Maintain professional competence through continuing education activities provided by Kanawha County Schools and / or self-selected professional growth activities.

• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, county policy and administrative regulations.

• Maintain professional work habits.

• Strong written and communication skills.

• Familiarity with local agencies and services offered for at-risk students and families.

• Demonstrated knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.

• Demonstrated knowledge of improving student attendance.

• Demonstrated knowledge of working with entire family units in efforts to improve student attendance.

• Demonstrated knowledge of organizing community leaders to assist with student attendance at school.

• Strong organizational skills to develop on-going, sustained parental and community involvement to promote student attendance.

• Demonstrated knowledge of working with families.

• Perform other duties assigned by the Principal, Director of Attendance, Director of Federal Programs, Assistant Superintendents, Deputy Superintendent, or Superintendent.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. However, accommodations as provided below may be provided to help you perform essential job duties.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with high poverty students in a public-school setting.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach, stand, walk, lift, grasp, write, talk, hear, see, use technology such as computers and multimedia equipment and use repetitive motions. While performing duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and/or move at least 10 pounds of materials. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff members.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Most commonly, the educational setting is indoors with outdoor setting for recess and field trip activities.

The information contained in the job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed by this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.