Student Advocate

Position Title: Student Advocate

Reports To: ALOP Coordinator

Terms of Employment: As outlined in contract for services

Location: Reporting District

Purpose: This is a full-time, 10-month position. Student advocates are hired by the South Cook Intermediate Service Center to help students dealing with trauma by way of social emotional learning support, in collaboration with specific South Cook school districts that will be identified upon hiring. This is a non-certified position working with the on-site school locations & South Cook Intermediate Service Center team.

The Student Advocate works directly with students in South Cook school districts. The student advocate will report to the ALOP Coordinator, in addition to the on-site school location building admin within the school environment.

• Strong technology skills and eagerness to keep up with technology updates
• Flexibility: adjust well to changes made at any given time Top-notch organizing: physically of advocacy space & digital files/drives
• Strong commitment to serving struggling and historically underserved students in elementary, middle and/or high school
• Experience in working with community agencies in providing support networks to assist. students and families; experience supporting public school students in grades 4-12
• Possess a strong problem-solving and organizational skills; willingness to persist with students
• Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict professionally
• Ability to cooperate and communicate effectively with students, families, and school personnel

• Bachelor’s degree (across all content areas)
• Must have a minimum of two years working with underrepresented youth/at-risk youth.
• Clear Background Check
• Must provide students with a positive pattern of engagement at school, fuel motivation, and foster development of the life skills

• Maintains a caseload of 25-32 students based on school placement grades ranging from (4th-8th) elementary/junior high school & (9th-12th) high school
• Takes student caseload attendance daily
• Observe students within their classroom setting (permission must be granted by building admin/teacher in advance)
• Monitors attendance, behavior, grades and acts as a first responder in the event of student’ crises; maintains accurate records of student engagement & interactions.
• Create an individual (SSP) Student Success Plan with goals for each student
• Meet with each student on caseload minimally once a week
• Attend mandatory SCISC ALOP team meetings & professional development trainings
• Complete SCISC “Know Before” technology on-line trainings
• Participates in family outreach visits and family engagement events to promote family participation in the student’s learning experiences and conducts wellness checks if needed
• Chart student caseload notes daily
• Maintain and organize student caseload google drive:
  Student caseload attendance and student caseload notes are required. Maintenance of the on-site school location google drive must be accessible for review to the following: SCISC Admin, Superintendent, & Building Admin.
• Work with students, families and the educational support team in establishing/writing success plans setting realistic goals, schedules and plans for monitoring student academic and social/emotional success
• Connects students’ and families’ to additional support services as needed and acts as a liaison to service providers
• Supports all school based initiatives actively and engages with all staff and administration to promote student success
• Attends all district institute/school improvement days.
• Greet students in the hallway during passing period
• Invite students…