ALOP Student Success Coach

Job Description

Job Title: Student Success Coach

Job Summary: To perform the job successfuly, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed represent the knowledge, skills, and ablities required:

1. Ability to work effectively with students, parents, staff, colleagues, and school districts

2. Excellent communmication, organization, and case management skills

3. Advocacy skills, including the ability to negotiate, compromise, and confront conflict, including crisis managment

4. Willingness to persist with students, despite their behavior and decision-making 

5. Ability to create safe and welcoming social-emotional learning environments

6. Passion for serving at-risk and underserved youth

7. Abiity to foster strength-based educational programming

Qualifications: Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Human Services (social work, education, etc)

Eligible for Professional Educator License (PEL)

Experience with at-risk youth preferred

Familiarity with school district and available community resources

Responsibilities: Key performance responsibilities include:

1. Case management of approximately 32 students

2. Ensure that ALOP procedures are implemented with fidelity

3. Prepare and facilitate in-person check-ins with students 

4. Work as a liaison between family and school to create and implement a plan for student success

5. Provide ongoing support in areas of academic, social-emotional development, and other identified areas of need

6. Work 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. Proactively communicate with parents/guardians in order to support student growth

8. Participates in the planning of transportation for students to and from school, as necessary

9. Serves as ALOP program ambassador at staff/school meetings when availability allows

10. Monitors attendance, behavior, and grades of students on the case load

11. Responds and intervenes in student crises in accordance with school policy

12. Facilitate SEL sessions with staff and/or students if deemed necessary

13. Provide transitional support in career and post-secondary exploration

Terms of

Employment 10 1/2 month contract with a $45,000 salary plus benefits for the 2026-27 year

Application Mail or email cover letter, resume, three professional references, and a copy of transcripts to:

Darlene Waier

Regional Office of Education #20

314 E Cherry Street

Carmi, Illinois 62821

dwaier@roe20.org

Offers of employment will be made contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check, as well as meeting the Faith's Law background requirements.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.