Mentor

Mentor Position

The perfect Mountain Education employee: has a heart for at-risk and wounded students is a student advocate is compassionate, dependable, and accountable is passionate about the ME mission and vision is empathetic to the needs of our students and believes that all students are capable of success will go above and beyond the call of duty to meet our students' unique individual needs and ensure that our students achieve their goals has the skills, experience, and/or the alacrity to learn to meet the demands of their position has a positive attitude that contributes to a supportive and productive work environment is willing to accept feedback and seeks continuous personal and organizational improvement has superior communication skills is eager to collaborate with coworkers and values the knowledge, skills, and experience that each staff member contributes to the organization Fingerprinting and criminal background check required. Mountain Education is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, creed, nation, original age, or disability.

Mountain Education

Job Description

Position Title: Mentor

Division/Department: Student Services Evaluation Instrument: Student Support

Pay Grade: $22/hour Employment Basis: Part-Time, As Needed

Reports To: Principal and TEAM Coordinator

Minimum Qualifications

Education: High School diploma or equivalent

Certification: None required

Experience: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and form relationships with teenagers Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Goal Statement

To serve students as a positive, supportive adult who believes that all people have potential.

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Specific

1. Through weekly contact, develop a positive relationship of trust and caring with mentees.

2. Serve as the main advocate for mentees, identify barriers and initiate interventions as needed; make appropriate referrals to meet student academic or personal needs.

3. Facilitate monthly academic and attendance goal-setting.

4. Document all contacts in onTrack.

5. Make a minimum of one parent/guardian/significant influence contact per month (if appropriate).

6. Participate in monthly Campus PLC's and monthly Mentor PLC's.

General

1. Supervision of students in an ME setting.

2. Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and security of all records.

3. Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information.

4. Maintain a pattern of prompt and regular attendance and perform all duties as assigned effectively and efficiently.

5. Participate in professional learning as assigned.

6. Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

7. Demonstrate appropriate verbal, written, and telephone communication skills.

8. Complete routine tasks with little or no direct supervision.

9. Able to perform tasks involving periods of standing, walking, and sitting.

10. Able to perform the essential job functions with reasonable accommodations.

11. Perform other duties as assigned.

Important Notes

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be responsible for as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. It should also be noted that the order of duties/responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

Minimum Requirements

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

Revised: July 2025