Grades 9-12 Prep Digital+ Personalized Learning Advisor

Position:

Grades 9-12 Prep Digital+ Personalized Learning Advisor

Type:

Charter

Location:

Urban

Job :

133503

County:

East Maricopa

Posted:

April 08, 2026

Contact Information:

ASU Preparatory Academy

1130 E University Dr. #230

Tempe, Arizona 85044

District Website

Contact:

Kathy Piippo

Phone:

Fax:

District Email

Job Description:

Salary Range:

$52,500.00 to $62,000 USD annually

As part of Arizona State University's charter to provide access and excellence, ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) shares this commitment by demonstrating all students can achieve at the highest levels, regardless of their background. To scale our current impact, ASU Prep is advancing a major expansion program taking fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve.

The Prep Digital+ Personalized Learning Advisor (PLA) serves as the main point of contact and the teacher of record, for assigned groups of students in the ASU Prep Digital+ program. The Prep Digital+ PLA will manage the day to day operations and lead several cohorts, at one or more of the ASU Prep Digital+ locations, developing and facilitating an innovative full-day program experience and will coach, motivate, and advise students to help them meet their own educational goals.

At the direction of the Director of Prep Digital+, as well as the Prep Digital+ Program Manager, the PLA shares responsibility for all aspects of the program including, but not limited to: daily lesson and program planning, academic and social-emotional curricular programming, collaboration with ASU Prep's Digital content teachers, as well as ASU Faculty to implement innovative cross-curricular project-based learning, tracking, monitoring and communicating information about student academics, behavior and attendance data to stakeholders, and assessing student progress.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.

* Minimum of three (3) years of experience teaching, academic coaching, social-emotional counseling, and/or college-going support for students.

* Flex classroom/Modern classroom experience, preferred.

* Content experience in:
Humanities, Science, Math, English, Foreign Language, Electives, and Professional Guidance/College Readiness.

* Experience with innovative technologies and online learning, highly preferred.

* Arizona Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsement for area of instruction.

* Bilingual in Spanish, desired but not required.

* Active Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) issued IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.

* Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Teacher of record for several cohorts of students in assigned courses for each site, which may include:
Project Based Learning elective, Experience course, Advisory course, and Learning Hub Independent Study.

* Spends 80% of working hours in direct contact with students on site and/or with guardians either in-person, via phone calls or Zoom meetings.

* Develops and implements structures that support a positive classroom environment and community culture, track student attendance, and build a system to communicate concerns to families,

* Responsible for the development and implementation of an innovative cross-curricular semester-based exhibition of work created with students, in collaboration with ASU Prep Digital+ team, industry partners, as well as ASU faculty.

* Supports students in ASU Prep Digital courses by developing goals and plans for success with students and communicating frequently with teachers in all subject areas, as well as students' Learning Success Coach and families.

* Responsible for developing a student-centered classroom structure incorporating intentional community-building, fostering student agency, and planning full-day program content for each assigned course and cohort collaborating with ASU faculty and industry experts, including field trip opportunities.

* Provides individualized support to all Prep Digital+ students based on identified risk factors including academic, socio-emotional, and other potential issues to help develop individual plans for success in collaboration with ASU Prep support staff (ie. Social Worker, LSC, Case Manager, Teachers and Prep Digital+ team members).

* Works with each assigned student regularly to develop an evolving ILP (Individualized Learning Plan) that includes realistic goals that will contribute to their academic and personal success; develop relationships that foster a sense of belonging; use restorative practices to resolve conflict within the community; motivate students to self-advocate on behalf of their educational goals.

* Conducts ILP conferences with students and their families a minimum of 2 times throughout the school year.

* Coaches students in-person, as well as by phone, email, text and other available online technologies.

* Closely analyzes students' progress on ASU Prep and ASU's LMS (Canvas), and develops plans and strategies for academic…