School Success Mentor, PS/MS 123 (Part-Time) (53227)

Position Title:

School Success Mentor

Position Type:

Part-Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt

Schedule:

20 hours/week, School Day

Format:

Fully Onsite

Department/Program:

Community Schools at PS/MS 123

Location:

301 W 140th Street, New York, NY 10030

Direct Supervisor:

Director, Community Schools at PS/MS 123

Direct Reports (if any):

N/A

About Graham:

Graham provides life-changing tools and resources for children, young adults and families who face some of the most difficult obstacles caused by poverty, racial injustice, and lack of access to educational opportunities, living wage employment, quality healthcare, and affordable housing.
 

We collaborate with communities and strong partners to create and implement innovative strategies so everyone can lead healthy, joyful, and successful lives.

Program Description:

Community Schools is a strategy to organize resources and share leadership to integrate social services into the fabric of the schools.  The program is equipped to better serve the needs of families so that students succeed, and families feel connected.

Community Schools offer a family focused holistic approach toward supporting wellness driven by strong, collaborative partnerships among parents, School Building Leaders, teachers and the greater community. In Community Schools, parents are real and active drivers in their families’ success, the school climate is inviting, joyful and positive, and opportunities are endless.

An integral part of this approach is the integration and alignment of school- and community-based services such as health & wellness services, student/family support, parent engagement opportunities and enrichment. This position has been established to strengthen the Community School program’s ability to increase student attendance rates, academic scores and family engagement strategies simultaneously. 

Principal Objective/Role Overview:

The Community School Success Mentors connect with students and families during the traditional school day, both independently and/or with a lead teacher or partner Graham staff to support students who have a historical pattern of chronic absenteeism from school throughout the school year.  Contact by the mentor includes daily check-ins in school with students, home visits, in- school conferences with parents/guardians to mediate and advocate on behalf of students and families.  Relationship building is core to this work for students and families to create a realistic SMART plan and continue to receive the support for them to be achieved.

The Success Mentors will be assigned to students/families based on the following categories of attendance challenges:

• Family Health & Wellness and Medical Services
• Time management, managing multiple appointments and priorities
• Parent & student motivation and youth development
• Temporary housing and homelessness
• Student suspensions and/or behavioral concerns

Mentors will have some skill/expertise with working with families in these areas to support the families in reaching monthly attendance targets and yearly attendance goals.

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