High School Student Advocate

 
Position Title:         Student Advocate
Department:           Building
Reports To:             Building Principal
 
SUMMARY:  Student Advocate will coordinate with principals to provide support for a student’s academic and behavioral success. 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be assigned.
Duties and responsibilities may include:

• Coordinate with principal to provide support to students within the school setting
• Work with counselors and teachers as necessary to facilitate academic and behavioral success for students
• Knowledge of community and the resources with the community
• Rapport with students and families
• Ability to communicate with all parties using a variety of methods

 
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

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QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and/or responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
 
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Associates degree is desired but not required
 
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Language skills required for this job may include:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees or visitors to the district.

 
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Mathematical skills required at all levels include:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

 
REASONING ABILITY:  
Reasoning ability may include:

• Ability to solve practical problems and involving several variables in various situations..
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.

 
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Other skills and abilities essential and required for this job may include:

• Ability to operate a personal computer and related software.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities
 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and sit.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 lb.
• Required to use close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

 
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
 
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
 
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND EVALUATION:
Terms of employment and evaluation for this job will include:

• A 161 day contract.
• Salary and fringe benefits to be determined by the Board of Education.
• An annual performance evaluation to be completed by the building principal.

 
Adopted 7/2010
Revised 5/2023