Migrant Student & Family Support Specialist - Spanish Bilingual Required

Under the general supervision of the Migrant Education Coordinator, the Migrant Student & Family Support Specialist serves as a direct resource for migrant students and migrant parents of the Madera Unified School District to achieve and maintain standards of excellence in curricular areas so that each student receives the greatest supplemental academic and personal benefit from their learning experience. Incumbents of this class focus on improving student outcomes by providing age-appropriate personal support that enables students, parents, and staff to make sound decisions about academic, educational, college, vocational, and personal problems, opportunities, needs, and conflicts. The incumbents in this classification provide the school community with supplemental resources targeted to the specific needs of an identified population which in turn directly supports student learning and achievement. *The following alphabetical list of functions, duties, and tasks is typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform other closely related or department-specific functions, duties, and tasks from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.* - Advises and assists students, either individually or in small groups, on use of career exploration resources such as computerized career exploration applications, information, planning, and assessment systems. - Advises and orients students on requirements for high school graduation and academic requirements for application to college and university-level education systems, including orienting students to computer aided support with course research, evaluation of transfer requirements, and trade school or college and career placement. - Assists in direct services to migrant students for site based advising on secondary requirements for graduation and academic requirements for the university. - Assists students with research of potential occupations including but not limited to identifying the training and schooling requirements, special skills, and abilities, long term career growth opportunities, and aptitudes most positively contributing to success. - Attends meetings and professional development as required. - Chaperon educational field trips provided by the Migrant Education Program (MEP). - Collaborates with middle school/secondary counseling and teaching personnel to ensure that enrollment of migrant students in academic courses in preparation for meeting the requirements for admittance into the university/state university systems. - Confers with classroom teachers on the needs, assignment, and progress of migrant students on a regular basis. - Creates and directs services through supplemental instruction to students regarding cultural awareness and self-pride - Makes home visits as needed. - May arrange for and provide transportation for parents and students on an as-needed basis to meet objectives of the program. - May work flexible schedules including evening and weekends to contact parents and students and/or to participate in community resource events. - Monitors and support credit recovery services to high school students. - Prepares reports containing narrative and statistical information about student access, participation, and success for internal program assessment and to comply with state mandates. - Provide direct services of social emotional development strategies to students and parents. - Provide direct services to increase student engagement by incorporating activities into services that build migratory students' self-pride. - Provide direct services to students with a focus in cultural awareness. - Provides advisory assistance and referral services relating to applications for admission, scholarships, and financial aid for students who are preparing to transfer to colleges or technical/trade schools. - Provides direct assistance during the Migrant Parent Advisory Co…