ROE Student Advocate; ALOP

Regional Office of Education #21 is seeking applicants for

Are you passionate about making a real difference in students’ lives? As a Student Advocate in the Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (ALOP), you’ll have the opportunity to mentor, support, and empower at-risk students, helping them overcome challenges and achieve success. This role allows you to build meaningful relationships, provide academic and social-emotional support, and collaborate with educators and families to create lasting change.

If you’re looking for a rewarding career where your impact is felt every day, this is the perfect opportunity to inspire and uplift students who need it most!

• Ability to work effectively with students, parents, staff, colleagues, school districts and community.
• Excellent communication, organization, and case management skills.
• Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict, including crisis intervention.
• Willingness to persist with students, despite their behavior and decision-making.
• Experience in creating safe and welcoming social emotional learning environments.
• Passion for serving at-risk and underserved youth.
• Experience fostering strength based educational programming.

• Case management of approximately 32 students.
• Ensures that ALOP procedures are implemented with fidelity (ie obtaining consent, Student Success Plan goal development/monitoring, case note documentation, etc).
• Prepares and facilitates frequent in-person check-ins with all students.
• Works as a liaison between family and school to create and implement a plan for students’ academic and social-emotional success.
• Provides ongoing support in areas of academic deficiencies (credit recovery, executive functioning support, tutoring, etc), social emotional development, and resources around other identified areas of need.
• Works collaboratively with schools and programs to define and outline the role of school staff in improving student participation, performance, and success for individual students.
• Schedules, plans and participates in family outreach visits and family engagement events.
• Proactively communicates with parents/guardians in order to support student growth.
• Participates in the planning of transportation for students to and from school, as necessary.
• Shares performance data and serves as program ambassador at staff/school meetings.
• Monitors attendance, behavior, and grades.
• Responds and intervenes in student crises in accordance with school policy.
• Plans and facilitates SEL sessions with other staff.
• Provide transitional support in career and post-secondary exploration.

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a human services field, i.e. Social Worker. Experience with at-risk youth preferred.
• Valid IL Driver’s License
• Familiarity with ROE 21 School Districts and partner schools
• Student Advocates will be working in partner school districts.

Full time position with salary and benefits – $45,000.00 – $55,000.00 per year

Offers of employment will be made contingent upon passing a pre‑employment physical, and criminal background check, as well as meeting the Faith’s Law background requirements. Candidates who refuse to submit to employment requirements will be disqualified from the hiring process.