Student Advisor - BDCA

Position Title

Student Advisor

Department

Youth Department

Site/Location

Bronx Design and Construction High School

333 E. 151 street Bronx NY 10451

Job Classification (HR Use Only)

Non-Exempt

Full Time

Salary Range

$45,000

Reports To

The Community School Director

MISSION STATEMENT

East Side House cares for the individuals, families, and communities we serve by expanding opportunities to live more fulfilling lives through education, career, and supportive services.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/ Objective

East Side House (ESH) is a community resource in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan. We believe education is the key that enables all people to create economic and civic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their community. ESH’s Community Schools Program aligns with our mission by providing high quality programs and services within community centers and school partnerships.

Reporting to the Community School Director, the Student Advisor is responsible to The Student Advisor supports attendance improvement for the Community School Program, develops relationships with students and families feel support, community members, feel connected, and emerge in successful outcomes. Coordinated resources and programs must address key priorities such as attendance, academic; socio-emotional, health and others. Programmatically, resources may be designed to include options before, during after-school, during the school year, and summer months.

Under the supervision of the Community School Director with latitude for independent judgment, the Student Advisor will be responsible to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. As a member of the Community Schools TEAM, the Student Advisor is expected to be committed to the intellectual and emotional growth of every student through the creation of a nurturing and supportive learning environment. By mobilizing the resources of parents, the community, business and cultural entities and the professional staff, our school community is dedicated to a single purpose- maximizing pupil potential. This position’s direct reports include Community School Director and the management of the Youth Depertment and interacts with all youth and High School progams, with a focus on

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the of the Community School Director, the student advisor will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

Cohort Management & Support Services:

• Primary person advisor for assigned cohort of students
• Conduct regular one on one sessions with students, at least twice a month
• Support students to create SMART goals and to work toward implementation
• Partner with the students, family and/or caring adults, school, and Community School teams to develop an individualized plan for each student
• Conduct and support student advisory groups in collaboration with school faculty
• Provide updates on progress of students to Leadership and key school staff as needed; participate in weekly case conferencing with school and CS staff
• Providing crises intervention and counseling for students as needed, under supervision of Program Director.
• Providing attendance outreach through phone calls, texts through agency telephone, letters, remotely, and/or home visits
• Organize and implement special activities/events that meet the recreational, cultural, social needs of the school community.
• Support new student admission process (outreach, open houses/intake interviews, new student orientation, parent orientations)
• Partner with students to identify opportunities and referrals based on need and aspiration of student and family.
• With Program Director, create best practices for cohort management and support services to ensure high quality and demographic appropriate.

Family & Community Engagement:

• As an extension of our Primary Person Model (PP) model: build strong relationships with families to provide support, resources, and opportunities for growth.

• Work to implement family structures with the school: regular parent workshops tailored to parent needs, volunteer opportunities, and formal connection to community resources (alignment with the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships.
• Work with families in need of additional supports on an individual basis; access to ESH’s internal Social Services Department which offers a array of supportive services including individual and family counseling, entitlement screening, and referral services as well as school-based adult education opportunities such as work training programs, high school equivalency courses, and English language classes.

Collaborative Practices:

• Collaborate in the successful management of program with Program Director, NYCDOE Staff and the school community.
• Lead and/or champion school events to build community, pride, and a welcoming environment.
• Prepare and present workshops as needed for development of students’ leadership, life skills and self-efficacy.
• Collaborate with leadership to design tools and strategies to ensure program goals (or results) are tracked throughout the program and successfully met.
• Strategize with team for program improvement.
• Attend and participate in-school / community-based meetings, administrative meetings, professional development trainings and other meetings as needed.
• Complete task and/ projects assigned by Program Director.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.