Advocate - Student Success Program/ALOP (Mokena SD 159)

Advocate - Student Success Program/ALOP

Reports To: Building Principal and/or designee

Job Classification/Work Year: Aug. 12, 2026-June 7, 2027 (Teacher Calendar (plus five (5) days before first day and five (5) days after the last day of student attendance)

FLSA Status: Exempt (TRS) Pay Rate: $60,000.00

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 this job successfully, 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.

• Ability to work effectively with students, parents, staff, colleagues, school districts and community
• Excellent communication, organization, and case management skills
• Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict, including crisis intervention
• Willingness to persist with students, despite their behavior and decision-making
• Experience in creating safe and welcoming social emotional learning environments
• Passion for serving at-risk and underserved youth
• 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 this job, 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/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Case management of approximately 32 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

Benefits: Various Health Care Plan Options HMO/PPO (Individual/Family) *Free-Single Plan Selection Contribution to Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Twelve (10) Sick Days (accrued at one (1)/month) Two (2) Personal Days