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Role and Mission

PARENT LIAISON ROLE AND MISSION

Research continues to emphasize the importance of parent involvement in promoting school success. Today’s families constantly deal with stress that impacts students’ abilities to participate in academic and extra-curricular school activities. If schools are to do an effective job of educating their increasingly diverse populations of students, they must find ways to communicate and build more cooperative working relationships with parents.

Parent Liaisons:

  • Facilitate parent-school communication;
  • Facilitate community agency referrals;
  • Encourage parent involvement in the school;
  • Foster trust between parents and the educational community
  • Foster higher academic achievement through collaboration with school Personnel.

The primary role of the Parent Liaison is to empower parents to become active participants in the education of their children. Targeted are those parents who:

  • need help in determining how best to help their children;
  • are infrequent participants in school activities;
  • may need clarification of their role in the educational process; and
  • need assistance in making connections and accessing services

WHAT IS A PARENT LIAISON?

A Parent Liaison is a person who works to bridge the communication between school and home by helping parents get the information, help and support they need to ensure their child’s academic and social success in school.

HOW CAN THE PARENT LIAISON HELP ME?

Often, parents feel uncomfortable about sharing their questions or concerns with the teachers or school administration. Because good communication between home and school is such a vital part of your child’s academic success, the Parent Liaison will listen to your concerns and then work with you to make sure that your situation, question or point of view is expressed and understood. They will help and support you if you need to find ways to resolve any issues that may be hindering your child’s success in school. Parent Liaisons want to be sure that you understand what you can do to get involved, keep informed, share information, and help your child do his or her best.

WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE CAN THE PARENT LIAISON PROVIDE?