Student Success Specialist- Elementary School

The Elementary School Student Success Specialist is responsible for the coordination and implementation of the academic support programming for Greater Than within Lincoln Street Elementary School. This position will implement a culturally specific service-delivery model to support bilingual student academic growth in and outside the classroom. This may include targeted small-group support, in-class support, and supporting the broader school community.

Academic Intervention and Student Academic Progress

• Monitor student academic progress to strengthen service delivery:
• Collaborate with teachers and Student Success Team to collect, record, analyze and monitor individual student progress.
• Provide targeted students with daily interventions through various delivery models aligned to the science of reading and Common Core Math standards.

Student Engagement and Achievement:

In Collaboration with Program Development & Partnerships Administrator:

• Create and implement culturally specific and targeted support for K-3 classrooms.
• Build and cultivate strong partnerships with teachers, principals, school officials, and other key decision makers and stakeholders.

Case Management

• Provide culturally specific direct service mentoring, leadership programming, and academic intervention to 70-90 bilingual Spanish speaking GT students.
• Maintain direct contact with GT students regarding middle school transition and continue ‘whole student’ culturally specific case management approach. Including academic success in and outside the classroom.
• Track GT students’ academic progress.
• Work with LSES Admin Team and K-3 teachers to identify and co-develop 1:1 intervention plans for high priority students.
• Communicate with families of high priority students participating in Emerging Scholars program.
• Create student portfolios and case management system that will track individual milestones for each student participating in Emerging Scholars.

Family Engagement and Leadership

• Support the Program & Partnership Administrator and Evergreen Student Success Specialist to develop and communicate a transition plan for our families and students as they move through the GT continuum of programming.
• Support with occasional family engagement nights hosted by Greater Than or by the Elementary School.
• Visit student family homes on an as-needed basis
• Attend and support the coordination with school personnel and our PCG/PAC to plan and execute school events and other activities.
• Support as needed, our attendance team by participating in planning meetings, connecting with individual teachers, students, and families to identify barriers and plan for supports.
• Support Program & Partnership Administrator with logistics regarding consistent systems for parent feedback (e.g. community listening sessions, parent surveys, individual interviews, etc.)
• Support Program & Partnership Administrator with logistics regarding consistent systems for parent feedback (e.g. community listening sessions, parent surveys, individual interviews, etc.)

Data and Reporting- Tracking, Managing, Organizing

• Navigate Apricot database software for data entry including tracking and managing parent data and organization and tracking of data for specific grants
• Understand the importance of data integrity, managing files for merging, organizing, and helping others track specific data needed for reporting.
• Work with Director of Impact & Evaluation to report and track measurable data for grants.