Student Achievement Mentor

To apply for this job, please email your resume to vcampbell@roe35.org with 1 or 2 sentences answering the following questions:

1. Describe a time you have had success working with children.

2. Describe a time you have advocated for yourself or others.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Organization and case management skills
2. Ability to work independently in a variety of different settings
3. Willingness to persist with students, despite their behavior and decision-making
4. Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict
5. Ability to cooperate and communicate effectively with students, families, and school personnel
6. Ability to cooperate with families and school staff
7. Ability to professionally respond to crisis

Reports To: Site Coordinator / Area Director

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Associate's Degree required with experience working in education, with children/youth, and/or mental health. Bi-lingual preferred

Requirements:

To provide students with a positive pattern of engagement at school, fuel motivation, and foster
Job Goal: development of the life skills needed for graduation and post high school learning and careers.

Performance Responsibilities:

Other essential duties and responsibilities may be assigned beyond the following:
1. Case management of up to 40 students
2. Works as a liaison between family and school to create and implement a plan for students academic and social /emotional success
3. Facilitates online credit recovery program as needed
4. Works collaboratively with schools and programs to define and outline student participation, performance, and success for individual students placed at high risk for leaving school before graduation
5. Schedules, plans and participates in family outreach visits and family engagement events
6. Arranges travel for students to and from school as needed
7. Attends weekly staff meetings
8. Monitors attendance, behavior, and grades
9. Responds and intervenes in students’ crises
10. Sets goals with students
11. Writes student success plans
12. Documents progress towards student success plan goals

Terms of Employment:

Twelve- month year.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Site Coordinator/Area Director

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff will follow school district COVID -19 mandates

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $47,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person