Program Specialist - Education Stability

Program Specialist: Educational Stability and Success

Works with staff, students and families to promote educational stability, with a focus on intervention for highly mobile students (homeless/unaccompanied youth, students in foster care, and migrant students) at risk of chronic absenteeism and academic underperformance; Acts as case manager, interventionist, and mentor to ensure highly mobile students have a consistent advocate in the district.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acts as liaison and communicates with school staff regarding issues of attendance, academic performance, and behavior/discipline for highly mobile student groups.
• Initiates contact with and provides ongoing support for students at risk of chronic absenteeism and academic underperformance.
• Creates and maintains strong relationships with students and families to improve communication, increase engagement, and facilitate access to services.
• Maintains accurate records of students' academic needs, and monitors student performance and progress, including data collection, tracking, and reporting of student progress in the areas of attendance, behavior/discipline, credit attainment, and state/local academic performance measures.
• Prepares and implements incentive programs, data monitoring tools, and resources for staff, students and families, and assists school staff in planning and implementation of interventions.
• Works with TSD Liaisons and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion staff to facilitate the prompt and appropriate placement, transfer, enrollment, and support for students of highly mobile families.
• Assists families in accessing district, school, community, and county resources, and supports families to be knowledgeable and effective advocates for their children.
• Participates in relevant trainings, workshops and professional development, and prepares and assists with workshops and professional development for TSD staff, students and families, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• Basic math, writing; verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Google Sheets or Excel
• High level of organization

Education and Training:

High school diploma or equivalent required, post-secondary courses equivalent to two years of college or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred, but not required.

Experience:

1+ years experience working with school aged students. Middle/High School experience preferred. Social/Human Services experience preferred.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Thompson School District shall not discriminate in its employment or hiring practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. The Superintendent is committed to cultural diversity among district personnel as a means of enriching educational experience. The District shall identify, solicit, and consider applicants for employment from a broad spectrum of qualified individuals who will contribute to that effort.