Student Advocate Student Success Program/ALOP

Student Advocate Student Success Program/ALOP JobID: 2063 Position Type: Support Staff Date Posted: 9/28/2026 Location: Will County ROE 56 (Various Locations) Title:Advocate - Student Success Program/ALOP Reports To: Building Principal and/or designee JobClassification/Work Year: Aug. 12, 2026-June 7, 2027* *(Teacher Calendar(plus five (5) daysbefore first day and five (5) days after the last day of student attendance) FLSA Status: Exempt(TRS) Pay Rate:$60,000.00 prorated based upon start date Qualifications:

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Minimum of Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS in Education/Human Services Field and ISBE License preferred) ISBE Substitute Certification Required To perform thisjobsuccessfully, 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. Ability to work effectively with students, parents, staff, colleagues, school districts and community
2. Excellent communication, organization, and case management skills
3. Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict, including crisis intervention
4. Willingness to persist with students, despite their behavior and decision-making.
5. Experience in creating safe and welcoming social emotional learning environments
6. Passion for serving at-risk and underserved youth
7. Experience fostering strength based educational programming

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Six (6) months to one (1) year related experience and/or training preferred

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately to students, staff, and visitors. Ability to effectively communicate and interact with individuals from varied backgrounds. Ability to maintain a cooperative nature under stressful situations Ability to represent the district/school with a professional and positive demeanor and appearance. Ability to use technology applications including word processing, spreadsheets and other applicable database applications; and ability to use general office machinery Ability to work collaboratively with others. Ability to work effectively in a constantly changing environment. Interpersonal skills, including a regard for adolescents and an understanding of their basic developmental needs for respect, order and structure. Must be well-organized with the ability to multi-task. Physical Demands/ Work Environment While performing the duties of thisjob, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/ormove up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by thisjob includeclose vision,distance vision, color vision, and depth perception. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounterswhile performing the essential functions of thisjob. Reasonable accommodations may bemade to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Whileperforming the duties of thisjob, the employee is occasionallyexposed to movingmechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

1. Case management of approximately 35 students
2. Ensures that ALOP procedures are implemented with fidelity (ie obtaining consent, SSP goal development/monitoring, case note documentation, etc).
3. Prepares and facilitates frequent in-person check-ins with all students
4. Works as a liaison between family and school to create and implement a plan for students academic and social-emotional success
5. 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.
6. 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
7. Schedules, plans and participates in family outreach visits and family engagement events
8. Proactively communicates with parents/guardians in order to support student growth
9. Participates in the planning of transportation for students to and from school, as necessary
10. Shares performance data and serves as program ambassador at staff/school meetings.
11. Monitors behavior, attendance, and grades reports (B.A.G. Reports)
12. Responds and intervenes in student crises in accordance with school policy.
13. Plans and facilitates SEL sessions with other staff.
14. Provide transitional support in career and post-secondary exploration.
15. Other duties as deemed appropriate by supervisor/designee.

Various Health Care Plan Options HMO/PPO(Individual/Family) *Free-Single Plan Selection Contribution to Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Twelve (12) Sick Days (accrued at one (1)/month) #J-18808-Ljbffr Will County ROE