School Student Learning Advocate - Vacancy ID: 185547

East High School is seeking candidates for a Student Learning Advocate position for the 2023-24 school year. The accepted applicant would work alongside school staff to proactively support students’ social and emotional needs. The successful applicant would work to pull students for community building groups, as needed, to build skills in self-regulation and conflict resolution. This additional support person would also assist during recess and lunch to monitor student behavior. East High School is truly a learning organization that focuses on all students and the adult staff. We embrace the idea that all learners are lifelong learners, and we prepare all students and staff for this journey. For our students, we offer challenging classes, activities, and experiences that prepare them for a lifetime of challenges and opportunities. For our staff, we strive together to provide a professional learning community that is relevant to the learning needs of our students and staff. Students, staff, and parents are very proud of East High School and what they have accomplished in all areas. Our students go on from East to attend excellent colleges, great vocational programs, and some choose to serve our country directly after high school. Essential Functions: 1. Follows the Core Values of the Green Bay Area Public School District as driver of our words and actions. Excellence: Students and educators analyze, pursue learning, research, think creatively and work independently and/or collaboratively while applying their knowledge, abilities and skills with depth and critical thinking to both familiar and unfamiliar situations. Engagement: Active and enthusiastic involvement in and out of the classroom Equity: Systems and procedures we use to place students into nurturing and rigorous settings where students’ cultural approaches are honored and students are empowered to fully use their capacities. Equity enhances the quality and accessibility of opportunities Integrity: Demonstrating fairness in judgment and action Responsibility: Fulfilling obligations in a dependable manner and accepting consequences 2. Promotes efforts on diversity, establishes best practices and utilizes skills to remove barriers for students of diverse backgrounds. 3. Creates a favorable professional impact on students, parents, community, and other employees. 4. Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communication. 5. Refers confidential information to the appropriate person. 6. Follows safe practices and adheres to safety standards. 7. Assists students in academic and attendance improvement. 8. Keep administration and staff aware of student needs. 9. Promotes student engagement of identified under-involved students. 10. Works in partnership with administration and school student services staff to: Meet with diverse student population and families Facilitate one-to-one and/or small group mediation to assist in student conflict resolution Partner in home visits 11. Supports problem solving and advocacy focused on individual student needs. 12. Serves on various school improvement committees related to engagement, behavior and academics and provides interventions, as assigned by the principal. 13. Supports data collection and analysis of behavior incidents, as assigned by the principal. 14. Serves as a liaison between community groups, school administrators and staff. 15. Attends District sponsored meetings and professional learning as required. 16. Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor. Working Conditions: 1. Flexible daily schedule to permit attendance at assigned meetings/professional learning. 2. Work involves frequent disruptions of daily schedule. 3. Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure. 4. Work includes travel to other buildings/sites.