Student Pathways and Engagement Mentor

Student Pathways and Engagement MentorFLSA Status: Non-Certified Non-Union Exempt 12-Month positionShea High SchoolPosition Summary:The Student Pathways and Engagement Mentor provides consistent relationship-based support to help students strengthen attendance school engagement academic habits and progress toward graduation and postsecondary success. The position works directly with assigned students providing individualized mentoring guidance encouragement and practical assistance to help students establish goals overcome barriers develop personal responsibility and build meaningful connections to Mentor supports students across all grade levels with particular attention to helping underclassmen remain on track with academic progress and graduation requirements and assisting upperclassmen with completing the steps necessary for college career vocational training and workforce full-time position complements the work of school counselors teachers administrators and other student support personnel by providing consistent student check-ins monitoring progress coordinating follow-up and connecting students with appropriate school and community resources. The Mentor reinforces academic and postsecondary plans established in collaboration with school counselors and does not replace the academic advising counseling or specialized services provided by those RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Student Mentoring and EngagementEstablish positive dependable relationships with assigned students through regular individual and small-group daily check-ins ongoing encouragement and individualized support based on student students develop and maintain goals related to attendance assignment completion organization participation academic achievement and personal students during important transitions including entering high school returning after extended absences and reconnecting with students in leadership self-advocacy decision-making and long-term participation in extracurricular activities leadership opportunities school events and other experiences that promote a sense of workshops and activities focused on goal setting financial literacy workplace expectations life skills and personal development.2. Attendance Academic Progress and Graduation ReadinessMonitor student attendance tardiness assignment completion and academic progress to identify students who may need additional graduation plans and academic goals established in collaboration with the Guidance students in understanding graduation expectations academic responsibilities and available academic support barriers affecting student attendance engagement and academic progress and coordinate appropriate interventions with school up on referrals and agreed-upon action steps including tutoring summer school credit recovery and other available student support students with organization time management study habits and successful completion of academic responsibilities.3. College Career and Postsecondary ReadinessSupport students in exploring postsecondary opportunities including college vocational and technical training military service apprenticeships and direct workforce students with completing action steps identified through their individual college and career plans and meetings with school practical assistance with college and career application checklists deadlines résumés scholarship searches and preparation for interviews and career-related student participation and logistics for college visits career presentations job shadowing career fairs guest speakers and community-based dual enrollment early college and career and technical education (CTE) participation by helping students navigate established participation in college and career readiness activities including Decision Day signing ceremonies and other schoolwide students to school counselors for academic advisement financial aid guidance FAFSA assistance and specialized postsecondary planning.4. Family School and Community CollaborationMaintain regular supportive communication with families regarding student goals progress attendance engagement and available with teachers school counselors administrators grade-level teams and other student support personnel to coordinate assistance for assigned in student support meetings and share relevant observations progress updates and relationships with local colleges businesses workforce organizations and community partners to expand student with family workshops and outreach activities addressing graduation requirements college and career pathways financial aid resources and student equitable access to information and opportunities for students and families from diverse backgrounds including multilingual counseling mental health safety and other specialized concerns promptly to the appropriate school personnel.5. Documentation Monitoring and AccountabilityMaintain accurate and confidential records of student contacts mentoring activities individual goals interventions referrals and student progress toward established goals and adjust mentoring strategies based on individual student participation attendance academic engagement and progress with the appropriate grade-level administrator and student support services and outcomes in accordance with district expectations applicable confidentiality requirements and the schools approved Title I with monitoring and reporting student engagement and college and career readiness activities as requested by school in professional development staff meetings and other activities related to student success and school QUALIFICATIONS:Experience working with adolescents in a school youth development mentoring or community-based ability to establish positive relationships with students and families from diverse interpersonal communication organizational and problem-solving to work collaboratively with students families teachers counselors administrators and community to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive student information to monitor student progress maintain accurate documentation and follow through on assigned of basic computer applications and Google Workspace or the ability to learn district-approved technology to work a full-time schedule throughout the school day with occasional flexibility for evening family events and school QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelors degree in Education Human Services Youth Development Counseling Social Work or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be experience in student mentoring attendance intervention college and career readiness or youth support working with multilingual learners first-generation college students and students facing academic or socioeconomic or multilingual working in a public school municipal or community-based SCHEDULE:Full-time position with daily availability throughout the school day. Specific work hours work year and occasional evening responsibilities will be established by the Pawtucket School INDICATORS:Successful performance will be evaluated based on:Consistent and meaningful engagement with assigned toward individual student attendance academic and personal development student attendance participation and school assignment completion organization and follow-through on academic coordination of student referrals interventions and support student participation in college career and postsecondary readiness and timely documentation of mentoring activities interventions and student progress.